Avance Attorneys Ltd

Mergers and Acquisitions, Intellectual Property, Capital Markets and Financial Regulatory, Energy and Infrastructure, Games and Entertainment, Media and Communications, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Growth Equity, Investment Funds, Healthcare and Life Sciences

Ilkka is the Managing Partner of Avance. He represents fund and industrial clients in mergers and acquisitions, investment and capital markets transactions, as well as shareholder, contractual and corporate matters. He has spent a significant part of his career in a corporate, capital markets and private equity practice in New York and London. Industries that Ilkka has recently served include private equity and venture capital, energy and infrastructure, gaming, media and entertainment, and technology. In addition to a Finnish law degree, Ilkka is also admitted to the New York State Bar.

Managing Partner

Avance Attorneys Ltd, Managing Partner 2022– Avance Attorneys Ltd, Partner (2011–2021) Goldman, Sachs & Co., Merchant Banking – Principal Investment Area, New York (2010–2011) Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, Senior Associate, Transactions – Private Equity (2006–2010) Hannes Snellman, Helsinki, Associate (1998–1999), Senior Associate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Capital Markets (2002–2006) Latham & Watkins LLP, London, Capital Markets Associate (2000–2002)

New York Bar Association.

LL.M. (Corporate), NYU Law School and Georgetown University, Fulbright Scholarship, 2000 Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 1999 MBA studies at NYU Stern and Helsinki Business Schools