DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd‘s corporate and M&A practice is well-known for its capabilities in cross-border and domestic mid-market M&A and private equity transactions. The group receives mandates from private equity and industrial clients spanning a variety of sectors. Salla Tuominen has vast experience in equity capital markets work and advises on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions, venture capital and private equity mandates, and corporate governance and compliance issues. Ilkka Liljeroos is experienced across the full range of domestic and international M&A and private equity transactions.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team has the perfect background and vast experience, which is most useful in our case, and their altruistic approach to explore potential collaboration opportunities with us made all this possible.’

  • ‘Professionalism and exceptional abilities to listen and understand our "challenged" vision, and then to provide needed support and advice to go forward (mentally and technically).’

  • ‘Great people, understand timelines. You can easily reach by phone or mail. Hardworking.’

  • 'DLA team led by Matti Ylä-Mononen is business and results oriented in their advice and services. The team can contribute to all different aspects that surface in the M&A deal.'

Key clients

  • AAC Capital and a private equity fund managed by AAC Capital
  • ABRY Partners
  • AddSecure Group
  • Admicom Plc
  • Alfen N.V.
  • Avidly Plc
  • Avient Corporation
  • Bladefence Ltd
  • Bolt Group Oy
  • Bravedo
  • Bregal Milestone
  • Brockwell Capital
  • CapMan Special Situations I Ky
  • Cloud2
  • Digia Plc
  • Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (D9)
  • Elisa Plc
  • Enersense International Oyj
  • Euclid Transactional
  • Fairpoint Capital AB
  • Geniem Oy
  • GoGolf Oy
  • Helppy Oy
  • HkScan Corporation
  • INEOS
  • IPR.VC Fund
  • Keskinen Recycling Oy
  • Læringsverkstedet Gruppen AS
  • Manitou BF, SA
  • MANN+HUMMEL International GmbH & Co. KG
  • MB Funds
  • Ministry of Justice
  • MVisionAI Oy
  • NFT.VC Fund
  • Nordic Eye Venture Capital
  • Nordic Inertial Oy
  • Open Ocean Ventures
  • Oy Peuramaa Golf – Hjortlandet Golf Ab
  • Pamark Group Oy
  • Peak Capital
  • Plarium Global Ltd
  • Picosun Oy
  • PPG Industries, Inc.
  • Raksystems Group / MB Funds
  • Saari Partners and its fund Saari I Ky
  • Safedo Oyj
  • Spinverse Oy
  • Sponsor Capital
  • Storskogen
  • Studeo
  • Superhero Capital
  • Tallink Group
  • Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment)
  • TLD Registry Oy
  • Tenendum Oy
  • Tikkurila Oyj
  • TM Voima Oy
  • Touhula-päiväkodit
  • VisionPlus Fund I Ky
  • Worldline
  • Wulff Group Plc

Work highlights

  • Advising HKScan on the €90m divestment of its Baltic business to Estonia-based AS Maag Grupp.
  • Acting as legal adviser for MANN+HUMMEL on its acquisition of 60% of the shares in M-Filter.
  • Advising CapMan Special Situations I in connection with the merger of its portfolio company HopLop into Leo’s Lekland, a portfolio company of Litorina.

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Ilkka Liljeroos
DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd
Salla Tuominen
DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Salla Tuominen

Other key lawyers

Ilkka Liljeroos, Matti Ylä-Mononen