Mergers and Acquisitions

The Hybrid Graphics, Ltd. - Cross-border acquisition in 2006
We represented the well-known Hybrid Graphics, Ltd. as legal advisor in an acquisition, in which NVIDIA Inc. (listed in the USA) was the buyer and the selling price was over 10 MEUR.

Restructuring of Puuharyhmä Oyj group in the spring of 2005
We acted as the legal advisor to Puuharyhmä Oyj, which is listed on the I list at Helsinki Stock Exchange, when the group incorporated the business operations of one of its amusement parks through a transfer of the operation to a subsidiary. The transfer of the operation was implemented in the spring of 2005. We assisted with the planning of the project and with charting alternative terms and conditions, with compiling documents relating to the transfer as well as with making corporate resolutions and disclosures relating to the arrangement.

Smartner Information Systems Oy - a multinational acquisition in 2005
We acted as legal advisor to the sellers in an acquisition in which Seven Networks Inc. was the buyer and Smartner Information Systems Oy was the object of purchase, the purchase price was over 10 MEUR. Smartner Information Systems Oy is one of the leading players in the mobile e-mail sector, with foreign subsidiaries.

The APLAC Solutions Oy acquisition in 2005
We acted as the legal advisor to the sellers and assisted APLAC Solutions Oy, when a US company known as Applied Wave Research (AWR) acquired APLAC Solution Oy's share capital in a share exchange. APLAC Solutions Oy is a major R&D organisation, developing and marketing simulation and analysis software for analogue and radio frequency models. AWR is a supplier of high-frequency electronics automation products.

The Raute Precision Oy acquisition in 2004
We acted as legal advisor to the buyers when Raute Precision Oy transferred in a share sale from the listed company Raute Oyj into the ownership of a fund administered by the company´s operative management and capital investor. Raute Precision Oy is one of the leading suppliers to glassworks, raw material plants and plaster plants in the world and the biggest weighing sector company in Finland.

Multinational acquisition in 2005
We acted as legal advisor to the sellers and assisted the Finnish target company in an acquisition in which an industrial enterprise operating in several countries bought a Finnish company operating in the technology sector. In the same connection, a business sale was carried out through which part of the earlier business operation was transferred to the company remaining in the seller´s ownership. The purchase price was over 10 MEUR.