Our business is to enable our clients’ success and ensure their legal protection. We stand committed by our customers’ side, helping them build a lasting advantage. To acknowledge their distinguished work towards our clients’ success, we promote nine of our experts to new roles.
We promote Anu Aaltonen as senior counsel and Freja Väyrynen and Lauri Ylönen as counsel. In addition, we promote four senior associate lawyers and two Business Services specialists. The promotions take effect today, 1 April 2026.
Anu Aaltonen, senior counsel, Competition & Procurement
Anu Aaltonen is an experienced competition law specialist with expertise spanning the entire field. She provides our clients with comprehensive and practical advice on all competition law issues, such as cartel investigations, dominance matters, self-assessments and M&A-related competition matters.
Her strategic thinking and ability to grasp the big picture have benefitted our clients even in the most challenging competition law matters, which is where her skills are particularly evident. This appointment is a testament to Anu’s strong expertise and her consistent and dedicated work for our clients.
Freja Väyrynen, counsel, Private Equity
Freja Väyrynen is an attorney specialising in private equity and fund-related matters, advising clients across the private equity lifecycle with a strong commercial and client-oriented approach.
She advises our clients on a broad range of assignments, including fund formation, fund investments and secondary transactions. Freja also regularly advises clients on private equity transactions.
Lauri Ylönen, counsel, Real Estate Investments & Transactions
Attorney Lauri Ylönen advises our clients broadly in both domestic and international real estate transactions as well as in other projects and arrangements related to real estate.
In addition to his work with real estate matters, Lauri is specialised in environmental law and has long‑standing experience in environmental law assignments.
New senior associates
Jonas Holm, Environment, Energy & Green Transition
Lotta Huhtamäki, Competition & Procurement
Juhana Hyytinen, Banking & Finance
Vilma Setälä, International Construction & Projects
Appointments in Business Services
Laura Pesonen, Legal Project Manager
Jonna Vainikainen, Data & Process Manager
Warm congratulations on your new roles, Anu, Freja, Lauri, Jonas, Lotta, Juhana, Vilma, Laura and Jonna!
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Neste – A EUR 250 million 10-year loan with NIB
We advised Neste as it signed a EUR 250 million 10-year loan with NIB. The loan will finance Neste’s investments related to research and development (R&D) in processing lower-quality feedstocks into high-quality renewable products; as well as the liquefied waste plastics (LWP) investment at Neste’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The R&D activities supported by the loan focus on the development of renewable solutions. These include, for example, expanding feedstock capabilities and technologies that enable the processing of new and lower-quality waste and residues into high-quality renewable end products. Part of the financing supports Neste’s liquefied waste plastics investment in Porvoo, related to upgrading low-quality plastic waste into high-quality feedstock at an industrial scale. The investment contributes to advancing circular economy solutions by enabling the use of hard-to-recycle plastic waste as a replacement for virgin fossil raw materials. The unit has an annual capacity to process up to 150,000 tonnes of liquefied waste plastic. Production ramp-up commenced in 2026.
Case published 19.8.2026
Aspo – Demerger and finance matters
We advised Aspo Plc, ESL Shipping Ltd and AtoBatC Shipping AB in relation to finance matters in connection with the demerger of Aspo, by which all the shares in ESL Shipping Ltd held by Aspo, together with the related assets and liabilities, will be transferred to a new independent company to be named ESL Shipping Group Plc. Aspo intends to apply for the shares of ESL Shipping Group to be admitted to trading on the regulated market of Nasdaq Helsinki. It is further intended that Aspo be renamed Telko Group Plc.
Case published 19.8.2026
Lenders and Export Credit Agencies – EUR 514.4 million green project financing for Easpring Finland New Materials’ CAM plant
We acted as Finnish law legal adviser to the lenders and the export credit agencies in connection with the EUR 514.4 million green project financing for the development and construction of Easpring Finland New Materials Oy’s cathode active material (CAM) manufacturing plant in Kotka, Finland. The borrower, Easpring Finland New Materials Oy, is a joint venture owned by Beijing Easpring Material Technology, Finnish Minerals Group and LG Energy Solution. The financing was provided by six international commercial banks, with Société Générale acting as financial adviser and mandated lead arranger together with Natixis as co-mandated lead arranger, and DNB, ICBC, ING and Standard Chartered participating as lenders, with support from the export credit agencies Finnvera and Sinosure. The project represents a significant milestone for Finland and the European battery value chain by strengthening Europe’s domestic supply of cathode active materials, a key component in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage applications. Once the first phase of the project is operational, the Kotka facility is expected to produce approximately 60,000 tonnes of cathode active material annually, making it one of the largest CAM production plants in Europe and supplying leading battery manufacturers across Europe.
Case published 21.7.2026
Delta Capacity – Acquisition of BESS Project
We acted as Finnish legal advisor to Delta Capacity in connection with its acquisition of the ready-to-build Karppio battery energy storage system (BESS) project from Helios Nordic Energy. The acquisition was made and the project will be implemented together with Strioga Family Foundation. The Karppio BESS project is located in Teuva, Finland, and has a capacity of 125 MW / 300 MWh. Delta Capacity will lead the remaining development of the project through to commissioning, planned for 2027, and will serve as long-term asset manager. Delta Capacity is a Swiss-based developer of utility scale battery storage systems. The acquisition adds to Delta Capacity’s growing Nordic portfolio.
Case published 20.7.2026