Olga Palojärvi

Associate, Helsinki

Biography

Overview

Olga Palojärvi advises Finnish and international clients in corporate and financial transactions, including debt finance as well as mergers and acquisitions. Olga's experience includes general bank lending, representing lenders and corporate clients, as well as real estate related transactions.

Prior to joining White & Case in 2022, Olga was an associate at another law firm in Helsinki.

Education
LLM
University of Turku

Faculty of Law

Languages
English
Finnish

Experience

Representation of Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan and Nordea Bank as Mandated Lead Arrangers, on the issuance by Assemblin of €480 million senior secured floating rate notes due 2029 and the establishment of new €180 million super senior revolving credit and guarantee facilities as well as a new pension guarantee facility. Assemblin is one of the Nordic region's leading providers of complete installation and service solutions, with a primary focus on electrical engineering, heating, sanitation, ventilation and automation.

Representation of Antilooppi Ky, a real-estate investment firm in the Helsinki region, in its financing package, worth over half a billion euros. The financing consist of a ten-year €40 million financing agreement with Nordic Investment Bank to finance the Siltasaari 10's LEED Platinum renovation project and a three-year €528.4 million sustainability-linked financing agreement with Nordea, OP, SEB and Danske Bank covering the majority of the other assets in the portfolio.

Representation of Duell Corporation, a leading powersports gear importer and distributor in Northern Europe, on the amendment and restatement of its existing senior facilities agreement with Nordea Bank Abp. The amended and restated EUR 58,500,000 facilities agreement includes both term and revolving facilities.

Representation of NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank in relation to the financing of the Pajuperänkangas wind farm of ABO Wind AG in North Ostrobothnia, Finland. The wind farm consists of a total of 14 Vestas turbines and achieves an output of 87 megawatts.

Representation of investment firm Triton on its acquisition of a majority share in Esperi Care, a leading residential care provider in Finland and related financing arrangements. The current owners Ilmarinen, Danske Bank and SEB will continue as minority shareholders in partnership with Triton.

Representation of Ahlstrom Munksjö, a global leader in fiber-based materials, on its reorganization of the ownership of its Decor business to a newly formed company that will be named Munksjö.