Europe Guide 2026 : Finland
Ranked Individual
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Our experienced and highly ranked banking and finance team advises lenders, borrowers, investors and other market participants in a wide range of demanding banking and finance transactions, including e.g., acquisition, real estate, project and other structured debt financing arrangements, bond issues and debt restructurings. Our team also provides counsel relating to banking and financial regulatory matters.
Clients benefit from our hands-on, senior-oriented team with strong market insight, which is fully integrated with the firm’s M&A, real estate, capital markets, tax, restructuring and insolvency, and other practices to offer seamless advise and execution in all transactions.
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Avance has a skilled banking and finance team with notable presence in acquisition, real estate and project finance transactions. The department also advises on refinancing arrangements. The lawyers are experienced in both syndicated and bilateral financing mandates, as well as note issuances.
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Avance advised the lenders, including OP Corporate Bank, on the EUR200 million sustainability-linked revolving credit facility provided to Metsäliitto Cooperative.
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The firm is very good at navigating intricate legal frameworks and delivering results. It has highly experienced partners who are swift to respond to questions and understand the business objectives.
The necessary expertise in various areas of law can be found in the firm, and it has the ability to react quickly.
Avance understands the value it creates for clients. The team is straightforward, easy to operate with, clear and concise.
Avance has a genuine understanding of the client's needs as well as broad, strong and comprehensive advisory capabilities.
The team has extensive experience and a solution-oriented approach.
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Sari Wallgren is an experienced practitioner who advises on bilateral and syndicated finance arrangements, assisting lenders and borrowers with a wide range of transactions, including real estate.
Sari is a strong player in the Finnish banking and finance field. She understands what is possible and what is not, and genuinely wants to help the client to achieve the deal.
She has strong experience and is very easy to work with, including from the other party's perspective.
It is always a pleasure to work with Sari on transactions.
She is a great lawyer who is super nice to work with.
She has a very long history within the banking industry. Her network is wide in Finland, but also in London. Her experience is very strong and she is a very hands-on, practical lawyer.
Banking & Finance
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Tytti Laajanen
Donya Baya
Essi Paavolainen
Hanna Rajatalo
Toni Takala
Heidi Mentula
Lari Savolainen
Sari Wallgren
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