FINLAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Maria Lehtimäki, Niklas Thibblin and Timo Lehtimäki, Waselius
Waselius is an independent Helsinki-based business law firm that provides services in all areas of business law with efficient teams and partner involvement throughout the assignment, combining specialist expertise with generalist training and international experience. The bank - ing and finance and capital markets team has three partners and ten other qualified lawyers. Waselius advises market participants on trans - actions and regulatory matters relating to loans, securities, hybrid instruments, crypto, alterna - tive investment funds and collective investment
schemes, securitised products, investment ser - vices, securities trading, share buy-backs, net - ting, clearing and settlement, derivatives and associated matters of company law and taxa - tion, working together with the tax structuring team. The firm is a key player in the Finnish securitisation market and promotes discourse between issuers and regulators. It advises cli - ents such as Santander Consumer Finance and LocalTapiola Finance on the structuring and ex - ecution of internationally known hallmark secu - ritisation transactions.
Authors
Maria Lehtimäki is a partner in the banking and finance and capital markets team at
Niklas Thibblin is the managing partner of Waselius and head of the tax and structuring practice. He is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and joined the firm in 2000 after obtaining his
Waselius, and steers the firm’s securitisation practice. She is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and joined the firm in 2012 after obtaining her Master of Laws from the University of Helsinki. Maria has also spent time at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, working on capital markets transactions. She advises market participants on cross-border financing and capital markets transactions and regulatory matters. A key area of her practice is structured finance across a variety of asset classes and industries, including automotive and aviation.
Master of Laws from the University of Helsinki; he has been a partner since 2009. Niklas has also spent time at Loyens & Loeff in Rotterdam and Luxembourg, working on various international tax issues. He has extensive experience in structuring demanding cross- border transactions, including securitisation transactions.
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