Krista Rekola

Krista Rekola

Associate, Helsinki
Krista Rekola
Krista Rekola

Krista Rekola

Associate, Helsinki
Krista Rekola

Clients laud Krista Rekola for providing ‘first-class service and advice’

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Biography

Krista Rekola advises Finnish and international clients in corporate and financial transactions, representing lenders as well as corporate clients. Krista's debt finance experience includes acquisition finance, real estate finance, project finance and general bank lending.

Experience

Representation of Adelis Equity Partners Fund I AB, a Swedish private equity fund, on the secured financing for the acquisition of Retta Oy and Retta Ab, a leading property management group in the Nordics. In addition to the platform acquisition, the financing may be used for financing future M&A and general corporate and working capital requirements.

Representation of Antilooppi Ky, a real estate investment firm specializing in office properties in the Helsinki region, in connection with the amendment and restatement of its up to EUR 520 million sustainability-linked, secured, term loan financing. As part of the amendment, the term of the financing was extended by three years, with additional extension options. Nordea, OP, SEB and Danske Bank continue as lenders.

Representation of a syndicate of lenders including Nordea Bank Abp, Aktia Bank plc, LocalTapiola General Mutual Insurance Company, LocalTapiola Mutual Life Insurance Company, LocalTapiola Corporate Lending I LP, Danske Bank A/S, Finland Branch and Swedbank AB (publ) and Nordea Bank Abp as agent and CSC Corporate Services Finland Oy as security agent in connection with the partial refinancing of the secured financing arrangements of eQ Commercial Properties Fund, one of the largest special investment funds in Finland. The purpose of the refinancing is, among other things, to extend the maturity of the loan portfolio and reduce finance expenses.

Representation of F-Secure Oyj on the financing of the acquisition of the mobile consumer security business from Lookout, Inc (Lookout) for an enterprise value of US$223 million (approximately €202 million). The acquisition, closed in June 2023, significantly increases F-Secure’s scale, with a strengthened footprint in the US as well as a complementary mobile optimized product portfolio reaching tens of millions of subscribers worldwide. F-Secure is a Finland-headquartered consumer cyber security company that operates in more than 100 countries and offers security and privacy products and services. Lookout's mobile consumer security business is the leading consumer focused mobile security platform, with mobile-first solutions used by hundreds of millions of customers across the world.

Representation of Sato Oyj, one of Finland's leading housing providers, on the €150 million secured, sustainability linked term loan facility with Legal & General Investment Management's dedicated UK and European Real Estate Debt Division. The loan has a 12-year tenor and will be used for general financing purposes and refinancing existing indebtedness.

Representation of Technopolis Holding Plc, a real estate company owned by Kildare Partners and providing shared workspaces as well as a wide range of related services, and certain of its Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian subsidiaries in connection with the over EUR 720 million refinancing provided by a syndicate led by Citibank together with a number of global and local lenders. The refinancing consisted of euro, Norwegian krone and Swedish krona denominated senior secured term facilities and mezzanine secured term facilities.

Representation of Danske Bank A/S, Nordea Bank Abp, OP Corporate Bank plc, DNB Bank ASA, Handelsbanken AB (publ) and Swedbank AB (publ) on the corporate reorganization of Stockmann plc, a Finnish retailer.

Representation of Nordea Bank Abp, as coordinator, and the other syndicate lenders consisting of Nordea Bank Abp, Swedbank AB (publ), OP Corporate Bank plc, Danske Bank A/S, Finland Branch and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) as original lenders on the amendments to Finnair Oyj's existing €175 million revolving credit facility providing for, among other matters, gearing covenant relief. This representation was part of the broader mandate in relation to Finnair's recapitalization plan, where White & Case also advised the joint global coordinators, joint bookrunners and joint lead managers on the fully underwritten approximately €510 million rights offering of Finnair Oyj, the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland.

Finland, Attorney-at-Law
LLM
Faculty of Law
University of Helsinki
MSc
Economics and Business Administration
Aalto University School of Business
MSc
CEMS MIM
Aalto University School of Business
English
Finnish

Leading Associate in Banking and Finance
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