Bird & Bird advises T. Tazaki & Company on the acquisition of Agrica
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As a Finnish senior corporate partner and the firm's Partner Head of Business Development in the Nordic Region, I have in-depth experience of complex cross-border M&A transactions and corporate and commercial work. I am also a member of our Finnish Management Team and a Board Member of OXYGY, the management consulting firm offering a multi-disciplinary offering with Bird & Bird.
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I am Head of Corporate in our Corporate and M&A group in Helsinki where I use my expertise to advise clients on M&A transactions at the Nordic level and internationally. Additionally, I advise clients on securities markets regulation and franchising related questions.
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I am a partner and head of Tax in Helsinki, advising on domestic and international tax matters in corporate and personal income taxation. In addition, I specialise in advising private equity fund managers and fund investors on legal questions concerning private equity funds.
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International law firm Bird & Bird has successfully advised UK based T. Tazaki & Company (Tazaki) on its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Agrica Ab, a family-owned business based in Porvoo, Finland, specialising in food wholesale.
This acquisition is part of Tazaki’s strategy to significantly expand its market presence in Finland and the broader Northern European region. Tazaki is the leading importer, developer and distributor of Japanese food and drinks in the UK and Europe.
Bird & Bird’s dedicated team for this transaction included partner Maria Carlsson (corporate), partner Iina-Mari Supperi (corporate), partner Ville Alahuhta (tax), Counsel Tomi Luukkainen (employment), senior associate Matias Vikström (tax), senior associate Esa Airola (employment), associate Juhani Vuento (corporate), associate Rondy Stenman (corporate), associate Niilo-Pekka Salminen (commercial), associate Elina Kaartinen (tax), associate Jennika Sucksdorff (intellectual property), associate Anna-Kaisa Mäenpää (finance) and associate Maria Karpathakis (competition law).