Avance

Meet the team.

Avance is a Finnish law firm focusing on demanding cross-border transactions and large projects as well as complex business disputes.

• Asset finance
• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: Derivatives
• Capital markets: Equity
• Capital markets: High yield
• CLO/CDO
• Competition
• Covered bonds
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory
• Hedge funds
• Investment funds
• M&A
• PPP/PFI
• Private equity
• Private equity funds
• Project bonds
• Project development
• Project finance
• Real estate finance
• Real estate funds
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Securitisation
• Structured finance/securitisation
• Trade finance

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Banking & Finance:

• Sari Wallgren
• sari.wallgren@avance.com
• Selinda Näse
• selinda.nase@avance.com

Public M&A and Capital Markets:

• Robin Nordblad
• robin.nordblad@avance.com

Corporate Advisory:

• Ulf-Henrik Kull
• ulf-henrik.kull@avance.com
• Carl-Henrik Wallin
• carl-henrik.wallin@avance.com

Contract and Commercial:

• Ilkka Perheentupa
• ilkka.perheentupa@avance.com
• Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa
• erkki-antti.sadinmaa@avance.com

Dispute Resolution and Compliance:

• Ulla Vuokila
• ulla.vuokila@avance.com
• Salla Suominen
• salla.suominen@avance.com

Competition, Economics and State Aid:

• Mikko Alkio
• mikko.alkio@avance.com
• Katja Jaakkola
• katja.jaakkola@avance.com
• Petri Rouvinen
• petri.rouvinen@avance.com

Intellectual Property and Technology:

• Topi Siniketo
• topi.siniketo@avance.com

Tax and Structuring:

• Sebastian Kellas
• sebastian.kellas@avance.com

Mergers & Acquisitions:

• Ulf-Henrik Kull
• ulf-henrik.kull@avance.com
• Carl-Henrik Wallin
• carl-henrik.wallin@avance.com
• Mathias Lindqvist
• mathias.lindqvist@avance.com
• Ilkka Perheentupa
• ilkka.perheentupa@avance.com

Private Equity and Venture Capital:

• Ulf-Henrik Kull
• ulf-henrik.kull@avance.com
• Ilkka Perheentupa
• ilkka.perheentupa@avance.com
• Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa
• erkki-antti.sadinmaa@avance.com

Real Estate:

• Christoffer Charpentier
• christoffer.charpentier@avance.com
• Mathias Lindqvist
• mathias.lindqvist@avance.com

Recent transactional highlights:

• The recommended public cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares in Neles Corporation by Alfa Laval;
• The cash tender offer for all shares in Pihlajalinna Plc by Mehiläinen Yhtiöt Oy;
• The sale of Alma Media’s regional news media business and printing operations to Sanoma;
• The sale of Seriously Digital Entertainment to Playtika;
• The acquisition by Antilooppi of a portfolio of nine properties in Ruoholahti from Sponda Oyj and its subsidiaries;
• The divestment by Ruukki Constructions, a subsidiary of SSAB of its Building Systems business to Donges Group and
• The acquisition by Greenfood Group of Apetit’s fresh fruit and vegetables business.

• Banking
• Construction and materials
• Consumer goods and services
• Energy
• Financial services
• Food and beverage
• Gaming
• Government and public policy
• Healthcare
• Industrials
• Investment management
• Media
• Natural resources
• Pharm and life sciences
• Real estate
• Tech and telecoms
• Transport
• Utilities