Antti Paloniemi

Partner
Head of Tax
Antti Paloniemi
Location
Helsinki
Language
English, Finnish, Swedish
Services

Antti Paloniemi practices in various fields of Finnish and international taxation. Antti is specialized in M&A taxation as well as domestic and international corporate income taxation. He has strong experience from buy and sell side tax due diligence, W&I projects and structuring assignments.

Antti advises companies, multinationals, investors, family owned businesses as well as private individuals in various matters concerning domestic and cross border taxation, transfer taxation, transfer pricing and personal taxation. His work field also covers tax controversy matters, assistance with tax audits and advance ruling processes.

Credentials
Education
  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2005
  • Management accounting (approbatory studies), University of Joensuu, 2015
Memberships
  • Finnish Bar Association
Experience
Prior Experience
  • 2018 to 2020, Attorney-at-law, Counsel (Tax), Another Finnish law firm
  • 2016 to 2018, Director, Corporate-, International- and M&A Tax, BDO Oy
  • 2006 to 2016, Senior Manager, M&A Tax, Deloitte & Touche Oy
  • 2005 to 2006, Tax Adviser, Corporate tax, Large Tax Payers’ Office
  • 2003 to 2005, Tax Clerk, Corporate tax, Uusimaa Regional Corporate Tax Office
  • 2002, Assistant Tax Clerk, Payroll taxation, Uusimaa Regional Tax Office
Selected recent references
  • Advising The Orange Company on its sale of Smartum to Epassi (2024)
  • Advising Helsinki Shipyard Oy on the sale of its business – Helsinki Shipyard's operations to continue in Helsinki (2023)
  • Advising Hoplop, CapMan Special Situations I on merges with Leos’s Lekland (2023)
  • Advising Touhula and its management in a management buy-out (2022)
  • Advising MB Funds on its investment in Alltime (2021)
  • Advising MB Funds on investment in Pyroll Packaging (2021)
Rankings
ITR World Tax
  • Endorsed in ITR World Tax 2024
  • Endorsed in ITR World Tax 2025