Finland: Financial Services

Finland has implemented significant changes to its banking M&A regulatory framework through CRD6, introducing new notification obligations and FIN-FSA approval processes for credit institutions undertaking mergers, acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations. The updated rules establish materiality thresholds for asset transfers and holding acquisitions while creating a complex multi-layered regulatory landscape that institutions must navigate when planning transactions.

Various guidelines and principles exist to clarify and harmonise the playing field of the different forms of sustainable financing created by the financial market.

Our tax experts Sari Laaksonen, Mikko Alakare and Anette Laitinen authored the Finland Chapter.