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.

Tax and Structuring

We provide domestic and international clients across a range of industry sectors with extensive legal assistance on taxation issues arising from corporate transactions, business operations, tax procedures and tax disputes. We provide tax advice both as standalone advice on individual tax assignments and as part of integrated advice to clients in conjunction with advice from other HPP teams giving comprehensive advice on transaction, disputes or other commercial assignments.

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.