Central to DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd’s corporate practice is a strength in equity financing, including venture capital-related transactions. The practice leverages its broad international network to assist both domestic and international clients in private M&A. Salla Tuominen oversees the team and is particularly adept at advising on venture capital and private equity matters. Ilkka Liljeroos regularly assists with the full range of sales, acquisitions and investments. Matti Yla-Mononen and Essi Lavikkala are also highly active practitioners.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Specialised M&A team. Extensive experience in M&A.’
- ‘Strong knowledge across different aspects of the law, easy interface to all knowledge through one partner & one associate managing the comms towards the customer. They manage the timings and small details, making execution easy for the customer.’
- ‘Cooperation is easy, and my contacts understand the task at hand and execute the outcome well.’
- ‘The Finnish team is quite small, but very hands-on and practical. Easy access and reachability.’
- ‘Ilkka Liljeroos is very easy to communicate with, and he understands the customer's "business point of view" easily. With him, there is low hierarchy, and he aims to find practical solutions.’
- ‘The responsiveness, the coverage and knowledge of different regions/market areas are notable.’
- ‘They collaborated well with their colleagues across countries and helped us manage different laws and regulations when trying to liquidate the target's subsidiaries. It was efficient and reliable that they could provide advice across countries.’
Key clients
- AAC Capital ABRY Partners AddSecure Group Admicom Plc Alfen N.V. Arctic Instruments Oy Avient Corporation Bladefence Ltd Bolt Group Oy Bravedo Bregal Milestone Brockwell Capital CapMan Special Situations I Ky Cloud2 Dexcom Inc Digia Plc Digital 9 Infrastructure plc (D9) EG Danmark A/S EG Finland Oy Elisa Plc Euclid Transactional Flovi Oy (former Biila Solutions Oy) Fresenius Medical Care Suomi Oy / Nephocare Suomi Oy Giosq GoGolf Oy Helppy Oy Helsinki Shipyard Oy HKFoods Corporation Keskinen Recycling Oy Leonardo Læringsverkstedet Gruppen AS / Dibber AS Manitou BF, SA MANN+HUMMEL International GmbH & Co. KG MB Funds Mehiläinen NFT.VC Fund Nordic Inertial Oy Nordic Science Investment Onego Bio Ltd Open Ocean Ventures Phoenix Invest Oy Management Buy-Out Plarium Global Ltd PPG Industries, Inc. Rethink Ventures Rettig Oy Ab Safedo Oyj Safegrid Oy Seaber Oy Solar Foods Oyj Spinnova Spinverse Oy Sponsor Capital Storskogen Studeo Superhero Capital Sustera Group Tallink Group Tenendum Oy Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment) The Orange Company Tikkurila Oyj TLD Registry Oy TM Voima Oy Touhula-päiväkodit VisionPlus Fund I Ky Voima Ventures Wulff Group Plc
Work highlights
Advised Mehiläinen, a leading Finnish private provider of social and healthcare services, on its acquisition of 9Lives Kotipalvelut Oy from the 9Lives Group.
Advised Dexcom Inc in its strategic USD 75 million investment in Oura Health Oy for its series D funding.
Advised Rettig Oy Ab in connection with a capital raise in which app. EUR 300 million were raised to DevCo’s single-asset investment vehicle Medix Biochemica.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Salla Tuominen
Other key lawyers
Ilkka Liljeroos; Matti Yla-Mononen; Essi Lavikkala