FINLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Tarja Pirinen, Fiiu Linninen, Teija Lius and Marko Koski, HPP Attorneys Ltd
HPP Attorneys Ltd (HPP) is one of the leading legal service providers with regard to mining and mineral exploration in Finland, offering a full range of legal services required for the es - tablishment and successful implementation of a mining project. The team offers sector-specific knowledge and expertise in mining, energy and infrastructure projects law, including – eg, min - ing law, environmental law, land use, financ -
ing and transactions. In M&A, real estate and finance transactions where environmental as - pects and additional investments are of central importance, HPP is ideally positioned to assess risks and offer solutions that take the special characteristics of mining and exploration, as well as the environmental law issues related thereto, into consideration.
Authors
Tarja Pirinen is a partner at HPP Attorneys Ltd, with over 20 years’ experience of mining law and the wide range of other legal issues relating to mineral exploration, project
Teija Lius is a partner at HPP Attorneys Ltd, specialising in banking and finance. She advises clients on various financing transactions and arrangements, with particular
development and mining operations. She has assisted several mining companies in their operations in Finland in all phases of the life cycle of a mining project, from exploration to closure of mine, and has also advised in numerous M&A and finance transactions in the mining sector. Her areas of expertise include mining and environmental permit procedures, administrative court procedures, and tenement-related matters, as well as matters pertaining to environmental liabilities.
emphasis on renewable energy and project finance and, in recent years, on the mining sector. Teija has been involved in numerous financing transactions on the borrower, lender and investor sides. She has approximately 17 years of experience in domestic and cross- border transactions at leading Finnish law firms and international financiers. Prior to joining HPP, Teija worked as an in-house lawyer at the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg and in a Finnish development fund in Helsinki.
Fiiu Linninen is an associate in the environmental law team at HPP Attorneys Ltd. She advises clients on legal questions related to permitting, land use planning, environmental liabilities and
nature conservation. In addition, her areas of expertise include mining law and other legal issues relating to mineral exploration and mining operations.
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