Borenius‘ practice is well placed to handle a wide range of tax matters, including tax disputes, M&A transactions, real estate tax work, indirect taxes and transfer pricing mandates. The team stands out as a key choice for domestic and international clients, including blue-chip corporations and private equity houses, seeking advice on all facets of tax issues. The team is jointly headed up by the duo of Einari Karhu and Heikki Wahlroos; Karhu provides counsel on corporate taxes, international tax matters and M&A structuring work, while Wahlroos has notable expertise in corporate and personal income taxation issues, with a strong focus on the private equity and venture capital sectors. Henna Jovio specialises in VAT, excise duties, and customs disputes.
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  • ‘Good cooperation with other practice areas within the firm.’
  • ‘In addition to great technical competence, Einari Karhu is business-minded and maintains a solution-oriented approach to complex tax matters.’
  • ‘Availability, reaction and response time, deliverables with high quality responses to client's business needs.’
  • ‘People and collaboration are the strengths of Borenius. Their technical knowledge is sound, and they collaborate well in teams with each other and with us as their client.’
  • ‘Strategic goal thinking taking into account the whole legal process and the target in the end.’
  • ‘Heikki Wahlroos - understands customer's views and business targets and can adapt legal solutions to be aligned with their needs. Strategic thinker. Henna Jovio - deep knowledge, serves business needs very well.’
  • ‘This is a firm that has a deep knowledge and a fantastic technical expertise, as well as ruling requests and in general issues. They are proactive, client-oriented, quick to react to any question and pedagogical in their explanations.’

Kernmandanten

  • Nokian Tyres plc
  • CapMan Plc
  • Intera Partners Buyout Funds
  • Agnico Eagle
  • Aberdeen Standard Investments
  • Harvia Plc
  • Netflix, Inc.
  • Kemira Plc
  • Sanoma plc
  • Mandatum plc

Highlight-Mandate

  • Advised InfraRed Capital Partners on its first investment in the Finnish market, made in geothermal system provider Voltan Lähienergia with total managed assets of $13bn.
  • Advised Davie on its acquisition of the business of Helsinki Shipyard Oy.
  • Assisted M-Files Corporation and its shareholders with a majority recapitalisation investment led by Haveli Investments, an Austin, TX-based technology-focused private equity firm, and Bregal Milestone, a European software private equity firm.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Praxisleitung

Einari Karhu; Heikki Wahlroos

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Henna Jovio