Petri Morelius, Partner

Petri Morelius has experience in cross-border transactions with particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, also providing general corporate advice.

Petri has been involved in numerous complex M&A and joint venture cross-border transactions and participated in initial public offerings of several telecommunication companies. Recently, Petri has been increasingly active in domestic and cross-border real estate transactions.

He has gained extensive experience through his years in private practice, as well as in his in-house position at a leading Finnish telecommunication operator.

Credentials

Education

Hanken School of Economics, MBA, 2004
Trained at the Bench, 1993
University of Helsinki, Master of Laws, 1992

Memberships

Finnish Bar Association
International Bar Association

Experience

Prior Experience

2007 to 2016, Partner, Finnish law firm
1996 to 1999, Senior Legal Counsel, TeliaSonera PLC (former Sonera)
1994 to 1995, Associate, Finnish law firm

Selected Recent References

Advising Worldline in acquisition of the card-acquiring activities of Handelsbanken in the Nordics
Advising PPG Industries on the EUR1.5 billion public tender offer for all shares in Tikkurila
Representing ABRY Partners in its acquisition of DL Software and Cash-in Consulting in Vaasa, Finland and Computer Program Unit in Joensuu, Finland
Advising Miab AB, the largest privately held cleaning services company in Sweden, on its acquisition of Finnish N-Clean
Advising Infosys, a global leader in consulting, technology and next-generation services, on the acquisition of Finland-based Fluido Oy, one of the largest Salesforce consulting partners in Europe
Representing Urbaser S.A. in relation to their successful acquisition of RenoNorden AB and RenoNorden Oy from the bankruptcy estate of RenoNorden ASA
Advising Maintpartner Group, a Nordic supplier of industrial maintenance and operation services, on the transfer of operation and maintenance services of several power plants and district heating networks in Finland, owned by Fortum Corporation
Advising the Dutch shipping company, Spliethoff’s Bevrachtingskantoor B.V., on the acquisition of Bore Ltd from Rettig Group