Gibson Dunn Advised EQT on €1 Billion Financing of ICEYE Oy
Firm News | August 7, 2026
Gibson Dunn advised global investment firm EQT as co-lead investor on the €1 billion Series F financing round of ICEYE Oy, the world’s leading provider of sovereign intelligence from space, at a valuation exceeding €10 billion.
EQT invested through the Scaleup Europe Fund, which was established by the European Commission alongside a group of European investors and is managed by EQT. ICEYE is the fund’s first investment.
Founded in Finland in 2014, ICEYE owns and operates the world’s largest and most advanced synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite constellation, delivering continuous monitoring capability in any weather, day or night.
The Gibson Dunn team was led by London corporate partners Wim De Vlieger and Isabel Berger and included of counsel Luca Bernini and associates Romain Tourenne and Konstantinos Flogaitis on corporate matters. Partner Mark Leverkus and associates Imogen Ormerod, Ronan Holohan, and Celine Teo advised on transportation and space matters; of counsel Marija Bračković and Pedro G. Soto and associate Katie Mills on anti-bribery, corruption, and anti-money laundering; partner James Cox and associate Katie Hall on employment; partner Kavita Davis and associate Christina Wenzel on finance; partner Lindsay M. Paulin and associate Sarah-Jane Lorenzo on U.S. government contracts; partner Lore Leitner and associates Elisa Wong, Libby Pica, and Ioana Burtea on intellectual property and data protection; of counsel Richard Sen, staff attorney Anna Roberts, and associate Sophie Wellen on real estate; and associates Irene Polieri and Dominic Solari on sanctions.