Borenius‘ practice is well placed to handle a wide range of tax matters, including tax disputes, M&A transactions, real estate tax work, indirect taxes and transfer pricing mandates. The team stands out as a key choice for domestic and international clients, including blue-chip corporations and private equity houses, seeking advice on all facets of tax issues. The team is jointly headed up by the duo of Einari Karhu and Heikki Wahlroos; Karhu provides counsel on corporate taxes, international tax matters and M&A structuring work, while Wahlroos has notable expertise in corporate and personal income taxation issues, with a strong focus on the private equity and venture capital sectors. Henna Jovio specialises in VAT, excise duties, and customs disputes.
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- ‘Good cooperation with other practice areas within the firm.’
- ‘In addition to great technical competence, Einari Karhu is business-minded and maintains a solution-oriented approach to complex tax matters.’
- ‘Availability, reaction and response time, deliverables with high quality responses to client's business needs.’
- ‘People and collaboration are the strengths of Borenius. Their technical knowledge is sound, and they collaborate well in teams with each other and with us as their client.’
- ‘Strategic goal thinking taking into account the whole legal process and the target in the end.’
- ‘Heikki Wahlroos - understands customer's views and business targets and can adapt legal solutions to be aligned with their needs. Strategic thinker. Henna Jovio - deep knowledge, serves business needs very well.’
- ‘This is a firm that has a deep knowledge and a fantastic technical expertise, as well as ruling requests and in general issues. They are proactive, client-oriented, quick to react to any question and pedagogical in their explanations.’
Clients clés
- Nokian Tyres plc
- CapMan Plc
- Intera Partners Buyout Funds
- Agnico Eagle
- Aberdeen Standard Investments
- Harvia Plc
- Netflix, Inc.
- Kemira Plc
- Sanoma plc
- Mandatum plc
Points forts
- Advised InfraRed Capital Partners on its first investment in the Finnish market, made in geothermal system provider Voltan Lähienergia with total managed assets of $13bn.
- Advised Davie on its acquisition of the business of Helsinki Shipyard Oy.
- Assisted M-Files Corporation and its shareholders with a majority recapitalisation investment led by Haveli Investments, an Austin, TX-based technology-focused private equity firm, and Bregal Milestone, a European software private equity firm.
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Responsable de la pratique
Einari Karhu; Heikki Wahlroos
Autres avocats clés
Henna Jovio