Ilkka Perheentupa > Avance Attorneys Ltd > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile

Avance Attorneys Ltd
MANNERHEIMINTIE 20 A
00100 HELSINKI
Finland

Work Department

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.

Position

Managing Partner

Career

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)

Memberships

New York Bar Association.

Education

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

Lawyer Rankings

Finland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading partners)

Ilkka PerheentupaAvance Attorneys Ltd

Avance Attorneys Ltd‘s ‘solution-oriented and service-minded’ team is well-placed to handle complex cross-border M&A and inbound investment transactions across the energy, healthcare, industrial, technology and gaming sectors. Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa steers the department and is well-versed in assisting funds and industrial clients. Ilkka Perheentupa is a key contact for international and Nordic private equity sponsors with deals in Finland. Ulf-Henrik Kull focuses on mergers and acquisitions, development and private equity transactions, while Anders Floman specialises in handling technology and infrastructure deals, further assisted by Henrik Aro.

Finland > TMT

Jointly spearheaded by Ilkka Perheentupa, Anders Floman, Minna Katajoki and Sonja Heiskala, Avance Attorneys Ltd’s team excels in handling a wide range of assignments, including venture capital investments for technology companies and the creation of new media platform joint ventures for established media companies. The firm also offers strategic guidance tailored to the unique needs of healthtech, cleantech, quantum computing, gaming, fintech/blockchain and the bioeconomy industries.