Dittmar & Indrenius is slightly smaller than competitors however, says a peer, "when they are involved in a capital markets transactions they do it with skill and experience, it's just not that often".Anders Carlberg leads on most deals, often with the support of Juha-Pekka Mutanen, Jan Ollila and M&A senior associate Robin Nordblad (who is also a member of the New York bar and was recently recruited from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson....
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Dittmar & Indrenius is slightly smaller than competitors however, says a peer, "when they are involved in a capital markets transactions they do it with skill and experience, it's just not that often".
Anders Carlberg leads on most deals, often with the support of Juha-Pekka Mutanen, Jan Ollila and M&A senior associate Robin Nordblad (who is also a member of the New York bar and was recently recruited from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson.
In 2010-11, the firm acted on a number of debt transactions, advising some confidential Finnish banking clients on one covered bond programme and a regional MTN programme.
Mutanen also provides regulatory and disclosure advice to domestic listed companies on a regular basis and international fund houses including PIMCO, Eaton Vance, Skandia, Mellon Funds and Pall Mall Investment Management.
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Dittmar & Indrenius scores highly for its project finance practice and presence on international deals. Peers note that the finance practice, led by Juha-Pekka Mutanen, has strong connections with Swedish clients....
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Dittmar & Indrenius scores highly for its project finance practice and presence on international deals. Peers note that the finance practice, led by Juha-Pekka Mutanen, has strong connections with Swedish clients. The team also relies on support from leading corporate lawyer Anders Carlberg.
The banking team was considerably strengthened in 2011, hiring associate Robin Nordblad from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson (and before that Goldman Sachs), and in September 2011, former Hannes Snellman head of banking Kari Lautjärvi, who joins from his own boutique firm. The hires more than make up for the loss of senior associate Mika Lehtimäki to Swedish start-up Magnusson.
In highlight deals, the firm advised BNP Paribas, Standard Bank and others on the Finnish aspects of a project financing the construction of the Kevitsa nickel mine in Sodankylä by First Quantum Minerals, and Société Générale and others on a $320 million project financing to mining company Talvivaara. The latter deal is for the construction of one of the largest nickel mines in Europe.
The firm also assisted Rexel on the Finnish legal aspects of a refinancing related to a €750 million issuance of senior notes and €1.7 billion revolving credit facility. Other deals saw the firm advise Russian Railways on a €120 million financing for a high-speed train and private equity house Ratos on financing of its acquisition of Finnkino.
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Dittmar & Indrenius' corporate team is led by the well-known Anders Carlberg along with leading partner Jan Ollila, who is highly ranked by commentators for his quality of work. Peers see the firm as having a young and small team with a strong litigation practice....
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Dittmar & Indrenius' corporate team is led by the well-known Anders Carlberg along with leading partner Jan Ollila, who is highly ranked by commentators for his quality of work. Peers see the firm as having a young and small team with a strong litigation practice. "The dedicated M&A lawyers there are very good and thorough," says one competitor.
In October 2010 the firm added a new senior associate in tax specialist Kai Holkeri from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Associate Wilhelm Eklund appears on most transactions.
In April 2011, the firm closed a deal for the Swedish listed Ratos, which acquired Finnish film theatre group Finnkino for €116 million. Ollila advised Finnish media company and directories group Fonecta on its acquisition of offline and online business assets (including the Yellow Pages trade mark) from its competitor Eniro.
Elsewhere, Carlberg helped global company Amazon in an acquisition of a Finnish R&D company and Aurubis on the Finnish aspects of its €200 - 250 million acquisition of Luvata Group's rolled products business.
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