Avance is home to a broad real estate practice, whose varied caseload includes transactions, financing, development, and disputes. The team is particularly active in advisory work, providing end-to-end guidance on complex portfolio transactions, joint ventures, divestments and other operations that require deep industry expertise. The firm’s notable recent work includes advising two real estate companies on establishing a joint venture in the care home market. The team is involved in several major property acquisitions in Finland, primarily advising buyers. Henrikki Tahkokallio spearheads the practice. Tahkokallio is closely assisted by Mathias Lindqvist, who excels in strategic real estate and construction legal advice, and Christoffer Charpentier, an expert in transactions and development, praised by clients for ‘broad market knowledge’.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Knowledgeable, fast, constructive, good networks, well respected.’
- ‘Avance's team is solution-oriented and pragmatic with their advice. They understand the needs and requirements of their client and focus on these issues during drafting and negotiations.’
- ‘Christoffer Charpentier: Industry leader with broad market knowledge.'
- ‘Knowledgeable, exact and diligent, proactive. Represents client interests clearly.’
- ‘Good people, communication clear and precise.’
- ‘This is a very strong team with a broad set of capabilities to support in various questions. They make for a good go-to advisor to support with all kinds of questions and have good resources available. The know-how and attention to detail, while being able to maintain a pragmatic approach, make it both unique and strong as compared to other firms.’
Key clients
- Nrep
- Plus Hoivakiinteistöt
- NCC Property Development
- Nordisk Renting
- Hyperco
- Sirius Capital Partners
- Ylva
- eQ
- Lumme Palvelukiinteistöt (Alma Property Partners)
- Hemsö
- Retta Group
- Kielo (Nyfosa)
Work highlights
Advised Nrep and Plus Hoivakiinteistöt in the establishment of a strategic joint venture Plus Hoivakodit Oy, focusing on the Finnish care home market.
Advised NCC Property Development in the divestment of the public properties project Cleantech Garden in Espoo, Finland, comprising approximately 13,750 square meters of lettable area for SEK 900 million.
Advised Nordisk Renting in the acquisition of a healthcare property asset from Investors House Oyj and Ovaro Kiinteistösijoitus Oyj for approx. EUR 60 million.
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Practice head
Henrikki Tahkokallio
Other key lawyers
Mathias Lindqvist; Christoffer Charpentier, Eeva Riivari, Miira Heikkinen, Björn Söderblom, Erik Rosin, Janina Järvi