We assisted OP Financial Group in the sale of Pohjola Hospital Ltd, which is owned by Pohjola Insurance Ltd, to Pihlajalinna Terveys Ltd, which is part of Pihlajalinna Group. As part of the deal, Pohjola Insurance and Pihlajalinna will sign a long-term cooperation agreement on the provision of health services for cus-tomers of Pohjola Insurance.
Pohjola Hospital is a hospital chain that specialises in orthopaedic care and the sports clinic services and offers treatment for accidents, musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. Pohjola Hospital operates in five cities in Finland and is one of Finland’s largest operators in orthopaedic day surgery.
OP Financial Group is Finland’s largest financial services group, with two million owner-customers and over 12,000 employees. OP Financial Group consists of approximately 137 OP cooperative banks, their central cooperative OP Cooperative, and the latter’s subsidiaries and affiliates.
Pihlajalinna is one of Finland’s leading providers of social and healthcare services. The company’s customers include private individuals, businesses, companies and public sector entities, such as municipalities and joint municipal authorities. Pihlajalinna offers high quality social, health and wellbeing services at private clinics, hospitals, dental clinics, fitness centres and housing services across Finland.
The transaction requires the approval of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.
Our team included legal experts from our following services: Mergers & Acquisitions, Capital Markets & Financial Regulation, Tax & Structuring, and Competition & Procurement.
