Emmi Malm

Senior Associate / Helsinki

About Emmi

Emmi specialises in complex industrial projects, advising clients across all phases from project structuring and contract negotiation to execution and operation of industrial facilities and power plants. She works on projects across industries ranging from clean transition, renewable energy and commodities, green hydrogen, bioproducts, and defence to production plants and industrial facilities.

Emmi’s expertise includes advising on project contracts (such as EPC & EPCM), operation and maintenance agreements, supply and procurement of industrial equipment and machinery, and standalone commodity supply and offtake agreements, including corporate PPAs. She is well acquainted with international and domestic standard forms of contract, such as FIDIC, NLM, Orgalim and the YSE 1998.

She also has experience in project finance transactions and other transactional aspects of renewable energy projects.

Selected references

  • Advised Exilion on battery energy storage investments, including construction, supply and services contracts with Merus Power: 20 MW / 41 MWh facility and a hybrid controller co-located with Varevaara wind farm; and 30 MW / 66 MWh facility in Mäntyharju*
  • Advised OX2 on the construction, offtake and Finnish law aspects of the project financing of two energy storage facilities with a combined capacity of 235 MW / 470 MWh, co-located with Kannisto and Korkeamaa wind farms*
  • Advised OX2 on multiple onshore wind farm projects: construction, development, PPA and Finnish law aspects of the project financing of wind farms with a total capacity of 472 MW (Rajamäenkylä and Honkakangas) and 277 MW (Kannisto, Korkeamaa, Salo-Ylikoski); and construction contract packages for the 455 MW Lestijärvi wind farm and the 145.2 MW Niinimäki wind farm*
  • Advised Helen in the acquisition of Väre Oy*
  • Advised SSAB on its transformation project to build a fossil-free mini-mill in Luleå, Sweden, including the contracting structure and key technology contracts with Danieli and SMS*
  • Advised SSAB on its Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) plant project based on HYBRIT® technology in Mississippi, USA*
  • Advised Aneo in its acquisition of the 43.2 MW Kokkoneva wind farm from Greencoat Renewables PLC*
  • Advised Exilion on the construction of a 70 MWp solar PV project in Simo, the first utility-scale solar PV project in Finnish Lapland*
  • Advised Exilion on a long-term power purchase agreements with Statkraft and Snellman Group for wind power produced at the Ii Palokangas wind farm*
  • Advised Schaeffler in its investment in H2 Green Steel*
  • Advised Keliber on the construction and supply contracts of its lithium project in Central Ostrobothnia, including a key concentrator and lithium hydroxide plant delivery by Metso Outotec*
  • Advised Metsähallitus on the offshore wind project joint venture with Vattenfall, Finland’s first large-scale offshore wind farm*
  • Advised Veolia on its crude methanol processing plant project at Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill*
  • Advised the State of Finland and the Finnish Defence Forces on the procurement of a fighter aircraft system*
  • Advised Enersense International in its acquisition of onshore wind farm developer Megatuuli Oy*

*prior to joining Borenius

Career

  • Senior Associate, Borenius, 2026–
  • Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2022–2026
  • Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2021–2022
  • Associate, Bird & Bird, 2018–2021

Education

  • Bar Admission, 2022, Helsinki, Finland
  • Master of Laws, 2018, University of Turku

Memberships

  • Member of the Finnish Bar Association
  • Member of the Association of Finnish Lawyers
  • Member of AIJA

Languages

  • Finnish, English, Swedish