Capital Markets & Public M&A

Capital Markets & Public M&A

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We are a creative partner with strategic business acumen and a strong international track record of working in the shifting capital markets and regulatory landscape.

Many issuers and lead managers choose us because our expertise and processes hold up in demanding international arenas. Our services cover transactions in both equity and debt capital markets as well as public M&A.

Our long practical experience enables us to handle even the most complex and largest equity and debt capital markets transactions flexibly and efficiently. The breadth and depth or our expertise also allows us to provide international players with unrivalled regulatory advice on the Finnish market.

Ownership and restructuring arrangements of public companies provide countless opportunities for active value creation. We provide leading Finnish expertise in capital markets transactions and mergers and acquisitions that involve listed companies. We have extensive and versatile experience in providing strategic advice to Finnish and international listed companies and private equity sponsors.

A solution-oriented advisor with business insight

We are known as a trusted partner of boards of directors and management in strategic initiatives and demanding situations of change that concern listed companies. Our clients include Finnish and international offerors, target companies, major shareholders, financiers, private equity sponsors and investment banks as well as C-suite executives and board members of listed companies.

We regularly advise listed companies on their ongoing disclosure obligations and a wide range of other regulatory matters, ensuring issuers remain fully compliant while achieving their strategic objectives.

Many of our lawyers play an active role in the development of regulation. Our team has excellent working relationships with supervisory authorities, stock exchange, and the broad community of capital-markets stakeholders, enabling us to anticipate regulatory change and advocate effectively on our clients’ behalf.

International publications consistently rank our services and our lawyers among Finland’s best.

Latest references

We advised NoHo Partners Plc on the issuance of EUR 50 million senior secured floating rate notes. The notes have a tenor of four years and mature on 10 September 2030. The notes bear interest at a rate of three-month EURIBOR plus a margin of 4.375 per cent. per annum. The notes were allocated to a mix of domestic and international investors. We also advised NoHo Partners on the negotiation of its new senior facilities agreement. The facilities agreement comprises a EUR 60,000,000 term loan facility, a EUR 10,000,000 capex facility and a EUR 27,000,000 revolving credit facility. “We are delighted by the interest investors have shown in the company’s Notes, which reflects confidence in our strategy. The successful issuance of the Notes, together with the new loan agreement, extends the maturity profile of our financing and enables the company to continue executing its growth strategy going forward. I would like to thank all investors for their participation, as well as our partner bank for the excellent execution of the Notes issuance”, says Jarno Suominen, CEO of NoHo Partners. OP Corporate Bank plc acted as the sole lead manager and bookrunner for the issue of the notes. NoHo Partners Plc is a Finnish group established in 1996, and it specialises in restaurant services being the creative innovator of the Northern European restaurant market. The company was listed in Nasdaq Helsinki in 2013 becoming the first Finnish listed restaurant company, and it has continued to grow strongly throughout its history. NoHo Partners’ vision is to be the leading restaurant operator in Northern Europe.
Case published 4.9.2026
We advised Suominen Corporation in connection with its rights issue. The offering was oversubscribed, and the company raised gross proceeds of approximately EUR 28 million. We also advised Suominen in connection with the renegotiation of the terms of the company’s three-year EUR 100 million syndicated credit facility, under which the maturity was extended and headroom was added to the financial covenants. “I would like to thank our shareholders for their support and confidence in Suominen’s future. The completion of the Offering will enable us to accelerate the implementation of our Full Potential Program while strengthening our capital structure. Our transformation particularly focuses on enhancing the reliability and efficiency of our production and supply, and on reinforcing our commercial capabilities, allowing us to better meet the expectations of our customers and shareholders”, comments Charles Héaulmé, President and CEO of Suominen. Suominen is a nonwovens manufacturer operating in global markets. Suominen creates value by taking fiber raw materials and turning them into nonwovens that the company’s customers convert into both consumer and professional end products. Suominen’s vision is to be the frontrunner for nonwovens innovation and sustainability. Suominen’s net sales in 2025 were EUR 412.4 million and the company has almost 700 professionals working in Europe and in the Americas. Suominen’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.
Case published 6.7.2026
We advised Finnish Cultural Foundation and Nordea, who acted as the Sole Bookrunner, in the sale of 3 million shares in Huhtamäki Oyj held by Finnish Cultural Foundation in an accelerated book-building.  The shares represented approximately 2.8% of all shares in Huhtamäki Oyj. The aggregate selling price of the shares amounted to approximately EUR 76 million.
Case published 15.6.2026
We advised Huhtamäki Oyj on its issuance of a EUR 300 million 6-year senior unsecured bond under the EMTN programme and on the tender offer of its EUR 500 million senior unsecured bond maturing in 2027. The new bond bears interest at a fixed rate of 3.875 per cent per annum. Huhtamäki used the net proceeds from the issuance of the new bond for the partial repurchase of its bond maturing in 2027 and for general corporate purposes.
Case published 21.5.2026