Marius

af Schultén

Energy and Renewables
Environment and Natural Resources
Infrastructure
Transactions

One of the leading renewables legal experts in the country. Responsive, business-minded and high-performing lawyer.

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Marius

af Schultén

Marius af Schultén is a member of the HPP Energy & Infrastructure team. He  specialises in energy law and environmental law, with a particular focus on the development and financing of renewable energy projects as well as transactions in the energy & infrastructure sector.

Marius has extensive experience in advising both domestic and international project developers, investors, specialist funds, utilities and financial institutions in their investments into Finnish renewable energy projects. His expertise also includes providing strategic advice regarding the development of renewable energy projects, notably with regard to land use planning, permitting and land use agreements. Marius also has a broad experience in assisting a wide range of industrial clients in environmental administrative court procedures.

Before joining HPP, Marius worked for nine years for another leading Finnish law firm.

FINNISH, SWEDISH, ENGLISH, PORTUGUESE & FRENCH
MEMBER OF THE FINNISH BAR

Area of ​​Expertise and Teams

Energy and Renewables

HPP’s Energy team is widely-acknowledged as one of the leading teams advising clients in the energy sector on their Finnish legal issues. Our lawyers advise on assignments at the cutting edge of the fast-changing Finnish energy market, advising both domestic players and international clients on the legal aspects of planning and executing Finnish renewable energy projects and investments in the current regulatory climate across the whole spectrum of generation, from wind, solar to biomass to nuclear as well as advising on issues arising from the distribution, sale and trading of power in the Nordic region, including corporate Power Purchase Agreements.

Environment and Natural Resources

In the fields of environmental law, land use and permitting, HPP is renowned as the leading private practice team in this specialism in Finland. Our team of environmental law experts is the largest in Finland and is specialised in all aspects of the environmental and natural resources sectors. We provide business-oriented and sustainable solutions to all of our clients’ environmental issues based on decades of experience in this area.

Infrastructure

HPP has significant and long experience of advising clients on large-scale, high value and challenging infrastructure projects, having advised on a number of the highest value infrastructure projects ever executed in Finland. Our experience includes infrastructure projects in sectors including mining and extraction, construction, harbours and ports, roads and airport terminals.

Transactions

HPP has extensive experience in advising on corporate transactions, including private and public M&A, joint ventures, mergers and demergers, spin-offs and group restructurings, share swaps and business divestments. Our M&A team is regularly engaged on both sell-side and buy-side mandates, both domestic and involving cross border aspects, advising strategic buyers, industrials and private equity funds as well as corporate finance advisers on the execution of Finnish M&A deals.

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