Sanna Boow
Counsel | Helsinki@hannessnellman.com
Hannes Snellman’s Financial Services Regulation practice advises local and international clients on all aspects of banking, investment, asset management, payment services, insurance, and financial markets law and regulation. Our clients include top-tier banks, investment firms, fund managers, and insurance companies, as well as new entrants to the fast-evolving financial services industry.
The team advises clients on licences and authorisations for local and cross-border activity and marketing and offering requirements for investment funds, derivatives, structured instruments, and other types of financial instruments and insurances. The team also represents clearing and settlement organisations and their members on questions relating to derivatives trading, clearing, and settlement. We are proud to be ISDA’s netting opinion counsel in Finland.
We actively follow the regulatory developments in Finland, Sweden, and the EU, and our understanding of financial regulation enables us to provide practical solutions to clients. We have broad experience in EU, Finnish, and Swedish financial services regulation and we are used to working with the relevant regulators in both Finland and Sweden.
Hannes Snellman’s Financial Services Regulation practice has experience within banking, finance, and capital markets, and we work in close co-operation with our M&A, Tax, Dispute Resolution, and Technology and Data practices.
Finnish counsel to Brite AB.
Counsel to various UK based banks, fund managers and investment firms as well as Nordic and international entities on their Brexit planning in Finland and Sweden
Counsel to various UK based investment firms and banks on applying for post-Brexit authorisation from the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority.
Counsel to various alternative investment fund managers on Finnish and Swedish licencing applications and notification requirements, and assisted in their licence or notification processes with the Finnish and Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority
Counsel to a Swedish credit institution on the implementation of changes to the regulatory treatment of non performing exposures.
Finnish counsel to Nordax Bank AB (publ).
Counsel to an international firm with launching its consumer credit business in Sweden including ownership and management assessments, and the various documentation necessary for regulatory approvals.
Finnish netting counsel to ISDA.
Finnish counsel to CLS.
Counsel to the Finnish State Treasury on financial regulatory and documentation issues.
Finnish and Swedish counsel to SIX x-clear Ltd in their entry to the Nordic market as a central clearing counterparty for NASDAQ OMX originated trades.
Counsel to Euroclear SA/NV on Finnish banking and financial regulatory matters.
YIT Corporation, Ålandsbanken
YIT and Ålandsbanken entered into an agreement to establish a joint venture company for housing investments
EUR 112 million
Counsel to YIT Corporation
Nordea Bank Abp
Nordea Bank Abp's issue of U.S.$1,250,000,000 Perpetual Non-Call March 2026 Additional Tier 1 Conversion Notes under the U.S.$25,000,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme in March
USD 1,250,000,000
Counsel to Nordea Bank Abp
Danica Pension A/S (Seller), Dancia Pension Försäkringsbolag AB (Target), Unigestion (Bidder), Acathia Capital GmbH (Bidder), Polaris Private
A consortium consisting of Polaris, Acathia, Unigestion, and other co-investors has acquired Danica Pension Försäkringsaktiebolag (publ)
SEK 2.6 billion
Counsel to Unigestion
Nordea Bank Abp
Nordea Bank Abp's establishment of its €50,000,000,000 Euro Medium Term Note Programme
EUR 50,000,000,000
Counsel to Nordea Bank Abp
Nordea Bank Abp
Nordea Bank Abp's establishment of its USD 25,000,000,000 Global Medium-Term Note Programme
USD 25,000,000,000
Counsel to Nordea Bank Abp
Advice in connection with the issuance of Tier 1 and Tier 2 capital base instruments to be issued by Hoist Finance and other regulated entities.
Telia Company (Buyer), AinaGroup Oyj (Seller), AinaCom Oy (Target)
Telia Company’s acquisition of AinaCom Oy from AinaGroup Oyj
Value not public
Counsel to Telia Company
Commonwealth Bank (Seller), Colonial First State Global Asset Management (Target), Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (Buyer)
Commonwealth Bank's sale of its global asset management business, Colonial First State Global Asset Management (CFSGAM), to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
AUD 4.1 billion
Counsel to Commonwealth Bank
Counsel to Victory Park Capital Advisors, LCC in connection with their financing of a Swedish payment service provider.
Counsel to BlackRock on Finnish banking and financial regulatory matters.
Counsel to Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited on Finnish financial regulatory matters.
Counsel to Bank of America Merrill Lynch on Finnish financial regulatory matters.