Robin Nordblad > Avance Attorneys Ltd > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile

Noted for its capabilities in complex finance transactions, Avance Attorneys Ltd advises clients on syndicated and bilateral loans, acquisitions, real estate-related issues, structured and project financing arrangements, and securitisations and restructurings. The department works with lenders and borrowers at the senior, mezzanine and subordinated financing levels. Sari Wallgren, who has ‘excellent knowledge and long-standing experience’, leads the team and is adept at the full range of banking and finance transactions. Other key members of the team are Tytti Laajanen, who has vast experience in complex corporate finance transactions and financial regulatory matters, as well as Robin Nordblad and Selinda Näse.

With high-end ECM and public M&A transactional work at the core of the practice, Avance Attorneys Ltd‘s capital markets team has recently been engaged in de-SPAC transactions in the Nordics, significant public tender offers, and complex block trades. Robin Nordblad heads up the department and has in-depth experience of public M&A and investment funds; he is recognised for his ‘top knowledge of capital markets documentation and regulation’. Rasmus Sundström is praised by clients as ‘a very hands-on, result-oriented, and pragmatic lawyer who is a pleasure to work with’.

Avance Attorneys Ltd excels in complex M&A in Finland and across the Nordics, with matters often involving cross-border elements. Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa is an expert in complex M&A transactions; Ilkka Perheentupa advises funds and industrial clients on M&A, investments and capital markets transactions; and Ulf-Henrik Kull is regularly involved in domestic and cross-border transactions throughout the Nordic region. Carl-Henrik Wallin advises on corporate governance issues and has key experience in nuclear industry matters, while Anders Floman has led on a notable number of prominent technology transactions. Robin Nordblad focuses on public M&A, private investment funds as well as regulatory work, and Rasmus Sundström focuses on M&A, public takeovers and equity capital markets transactions. Henrik Aro is the key name at senior associate level.