EU and competition

Avance Attorneys Ltd

Client Satisfaction

The competition and state aid practice at Avance Attorneys Ltd is well equipped to handle cross-border merger control, antitrust, foreign direct investment filings, public procurement, and related regulatory matters at both EU and domestic levels. In addition to this, the firm has extensive experience of representing clients before the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority. Practice head Katja Jaakkola provides strategic counsel on cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, with particular expertise in the healthcare sector, and is supported by Laura Kauppila. Asko Lindqvist routinely assists clients with public procurement, foreign investment control, and state aid matters.

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Testimonials

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‘The team is highly competent, skilful, and customer orientated.’
‘Partner Asko Lindqvist cares about the client and wants to deep dive into the challenges the client has to tackle and solve.’
‘The team is very experienced.’
‘Katja Jaakkola is very experienced. Nice to work with. I warmly recommend.’

Key clients

CVC Capital Partners
Mehiläinen Yhtiöt Oy
Alma Media Oyj
CapMan Oyj
Puuilo Oyj
If P&C Insurance Ltd
Adelis Equity Partners
Summa Equity AB
Altor Equity Partners
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA
Triton Equity Partners
Intera Partners
Keskisuomalainen Oyj
NCC Property Development Oy
Barings LLC / Barings Real Estate
HiQ International AB
Harry Schaumans Stiftelse
KKR

Work highlights

Advised Triton Equity Partners on Crayfish BidCo’s, a Finnish company controlled by Triton Fund V, voluntary public cash tender offer for all the shares in Caverion Corporation.
Advised a listed company, Puuilo, on its acquisition of Tavaratalo Hurrikaani’s business operations in the cities of Nokia.
Advised Mehiläinen on its acquisition of Docrates, the only private cancer centre in Finland.