Mikko Saarve
Senior Associate, Helsinki
General Commercial, Private Equity, Private M&A, Real Estate
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Mikko Saarve is a Helsinki-based Senior Associate specialized in real estate and M&A. He is regularly involved in various real estate and private M&A transactions. In addition to his Finnish Bar admission, Mikko is admitted to the Bar also in Germany. His previous experience includes working for Hengeler Mueller in Frankfurt and another major law firm in Helsinki.
Work highlights
Mikko Saarve’s experience includes advising:
- A global real estate investment manager in the acquisition of three new logistics facilities developed in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area by YIT;
- Blackstone in the EUR 21 billion recapitalization of Mileway;
- Stockmann plc in the EUR 400 million sale and leaseback arrangement relating to Stockmann’s flagship department store property with the Finnish pension provider Keva as purchaser;
- MSD Finland Oy in the sale and leaseback of an office property in Keilaniemi, Espoo to Skanska’s property development company;
- Altaal and Carnegie in the acquisition of an office property in north-western Helsinki;
- Altaal and Carnegie in the acquisition of an office building in Espoo;
- Altaal and Carnegie in the establishment of a new investment company and its acquisition of Ramboll’s Finnish headquarters;
- WasaGroup Funds Oy on the divestment of a commercial real estate portfolio to a fund managed by Elite Alfred Berg;
- WasaGroup Funds Oy on the divestment of nine educational and care segment properties to Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB;
- Trevian Asset Management Oy in the sale of a real estate portfolio of 18 retail assets to Cibus Nordic Real Estate AB;
- NREP in the EUR 66 million sale of the Dixi shopping center to Special Investment Fund eQ Finnish Real Estate;
- CORPUS SIREO Real Estate in the acquisition of the new Fredriksberg A office property from NCC;
- Telia Finland Oyj in the sale of its current headquarters in Helsinki to YIT and the negotiation of a new lease agreement with YIT for Telia’s new headquarters in Tripla Workery East;
- CORPUS SIREO Real Estate in the acquisition of a property in the city center of Helsinki;
- Pareto Securities AB in the acquisition of a Finnish real estate portfolio consisting of 123 grocery store and daily-goods properties from funds managed by Oy Sirius Capital Partners Ab;
- A fund managed by Savills Investment Management in the divestment of the Malmin Nova Shopping Center to the Special Investment Fund eQ Finnish Real Estate; and
- Deka Immobilien GmbH in a EUR 190 million office property acquisition from Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company.
Career
Roschier (2015-)
Borenius Attorneys Ltd /Helsinki, Associate (2012-2015)
German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce /Helsinki, Lawyer (2009-2012)
Hengeler Mueller /Frankfurt am Main, Lawyer (2008-2009)
ODS Business Services Group GmbH /Hamburg, In-House Lawyer (2007-2008)
Memberships
Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Member of the Chamber of Lawyers Frankfurt am Main
Education
Hanseatic Higher Regional Court Hamburg, Second state examination (2007)
University of Hamburg, First state examination (2004)
Languages
English, Finnish, German