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Merja Blankenstein

Partner
Attorney-at-Law, M.Sc. (Econ), Head of Finance within the group M&A (Transactions and Finance)

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Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish

Merja specializes in financial arrangements. She is the head of our Finance Law team within the group Transactions and Finance.

In addition to finance, Merja advises our clients in both domestic and international M&A transactions. She is also an expert in real estate arrangements. Merja has long and extensive experience in negotiating and drafting various commercial agreements. In addition, Merja specializes in company law.

 

Merja’s experience includes, inter alia, following:

  • advising a Nordic real estate investor in various funding arrangements related to purchases of commercial properties
  • representing a Finnish listed company in the issuing of bonds, the drawing up of a prospectus and a syndicated credit facilities arrangement
  • representing a Finnish listed company in issuing a hybrid loan
  • representing a Finnish listed company in a syndicated credit facilities arrangement, a debenture loan issue, a directed share issue and the conversion of a convertible bond into shares
  • acting as trustee in a matter concerning the redemption of minority shares of Finnlines Oyj
  • representing a Finnish real estate investor as it acquired office premises, a business centre and a commercial property
  • representing a fund owned by a Central European real estate investor as it acquired two buildings in a business park
  • advising regularly domestic and international buyers and sellers of companies and businesses
  • representing Yleisradion Eläkesäätiö and Apteekkien Eläkekassa as purchasers in a real estate transaction in which 40% of the shares of Kiinteistö Oy Oulun Alasintie 10, the owner of a 11.000 m2 newly constructed commercial building, were transferred to the ownership of each of the purchasers

Eversheds Attorneys Ltd., Partner, 2017–
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd., Partner, 2008–2017
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd., Specialist Counsel, 2005–2007
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd., Senior Associate, 2000–2004
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd., Associate, 1999–2000
PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy, Auditor, 1997–1999
District Court of Juva, Trainee District Judge and acting District Judge, 1992–1993

 

Memberships:

  • Finnish Bar Association

Member of the Bar, 2001
M.Sc. (Econ.), Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, 1997
Master of Laws trained on the bench, 1993
Master of Laws, University of Turku, 1991

Merja Blankenstein

Partner

Attorney-at-Law, M.Sc. (Econ), Head of Finance within the group M&A (Transactions and Finance)

Merja Blankenstein

Partner

Attorney-at-Law, M.Sc. (Econ), Head of Finance within the group M&A (Transactions and Finance)

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