Praised for its ‘highly dedicated team’, Avance Attorneys Ltd’s dispute resolution practice provides the full range of conflict management services, handling litigation, arbitration, compliance work and investigations, as well as insolvency and restructuring mandates. Leading the team is the trio of Ulla Vuokila, who has notable experience in compliance matters and internal investigations relating to securities markets, business secrets and anti-corruption related issues; Salla Suominen, who advises on insolvency-related cases and restructuring proceedings; and Minna Katajoki, who focuses on commercial dispute resolution, compliance work and investigations.
Testimonials
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- ‘Knowledgeable and professional.’
‘Salla Suominen is experienced and provides good advice with a commercial mindset.’
‘Avance has established a highly dedicated team. In the court preparations and proceedings, they have full overview of all details in a complicated fact-heavy matter.’
‘We have been represented by a highly skilled and motivated team of all female lawyers. We appreciate their pro-activeness and ability to see and understand details.'
- 'Newly elected dispute resolution partner Minna Katajoki has been an outstanding counsel in an international finance and technology arbitration.’
‘The team is very active taking the role in case(s). They bring value by showing different angles to case(s) as well as their experience on similar cases.’
‘Active in communication and taking the lead when necessary, building up the case, knowledgeable, experienced, idea-rich individuals.'
Work highlights
- Represented a global technology company in a €30m post-M&A arbitration.
- Represented a Finnish media company in a Market Court process over a public tender dispute with the full value of the tender process approximately €95m.
- Represented a large Finnish insurance company in a series of proceedings in a complex €12m dispute over termination of rental agreement during corporate restructuring.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ulla Vuokila, Salla Suominen, Minna Katajoki