Mathias Lindqvist

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Nordisk Renting to acquire main rescue station in Kuopio

Avance advises Nordisk Renting in connection with its acquisition of the Neulamäki rescue station in Kuopio, which is currently under construction.

Cobbleyard with its sponsors acquires the historical Henry Ford building

Avance advises Cobbleyard Real Estate and its sponsors in the acquisition of the historical Henry Ford building from Schroders Plc.

Intera to exit Rantalainen Group

Avance advises Intera Fund III in the sale of Rantalainen Group to Nordic private equity firm Norvestor.

Ålandsbanken’s housing fund acquires development project

Avance advises Ålandsbanken Bostadsfond Fonder V Kb in the acquisition of a development project in central Tapiola, Espoo.

Bravida Finland acquires LVI-Press

Avance advises Bravida Finland in the acquisition of plumbing and HVAC company LVI-Press Oy, thereby expanding Bravida’s operations to include southwestern Finland. Bravida Finland is part of Nasdaq Stockholm listed Bravida, the leading service and installation company in the Nordics.

Hemsö acquires hospital in Kouvola

Avance advises Hemsö in the acquisition of the Kymenlaakso Psychiatric Hospital in Kouvola from Kymsote (joint municipal authority for Kymenlaakso social and health services). Kymsote will continue to run the hospital and has signed a 20-year lease agreement.

Antilooppi sells office property in Aviapolis

Avance advises Antilooppi in the sale of an office property at Tietotie 9 in Aviapolis, to Colony, a company established by Swedish Altaal and managed together with Finnish Avant Capital Partners.

Sagax acquires portfolio of eight industrial properties

Avance advises Sagax, a Nasdaq Stockholm listed property company, in the acquisition of eight industrial properties from a private seller.

Sirius acquires several residential assets

Avance advises an affiliate of Sirius Capital Partners in the agreements to acquire seven assets comprising in total 261 rental apartments located predominantly in the Helsinki region as well as four assets comprising in total 129 rental apartments located in Helsinki and Turku.

Genesta sells Bulevardi 21 office property

Avance advises Genesta (on behalf of its fund GNRE Fund II) in the sale of the historic office property Bulevardi 21 in the center of Helsinki.

Medical Properties Trust acquires hospital property portfolio

Avance advises NYSE listed Medical Properties Trust, Inc. in the acquisition of a property portfolio of four general acute hospitals in Helsinki, Oulu, Turku and Kuopio for approx. EUR 178 million.

Sagax acquires property portfolio

Avance advises Sagax, a Nasdaq Stockholm listed property company, in the acquisition of properties located in the Tampere and Turku regions.

Cobbleyard and investors acquire two logistics assets

Avance advices investors represented by Cobbleyard Real Estate in the acquisition of two strategically important logistics assets leased to Valio Aimo Oy (former Heinon Tukku).

Sirius acquires residential asset from Bonava

Avance advises an affiliate of Sirius Capital Partners in the acquisition of an asset comprising 53 rental apartments from Bonava.

Sirius acquires large residential portfolio from YIT

Avance advises Sirius Capital Partners and its newly established affiliate in the agreement to acquire a portfolio of 18 build-to-rent residential buildings from YIT, the largest construction company in Finland.

Sirius develops new headquarters for EY

Avance advises Sirius Capital Partners and Sirius Fund III in relation to the development work and long lease agreement with EY regarding an office property at Korkeavuorenkatu 32-34.

NCC sells Fredriksberg D office project

Avance advises NCC in the sale of the Fredriksberg D office project to a fund managed by abrdn. The transaction is based on an underlying property value of approx. EUR 75 million.

LCN Capital Partners finances Nokia’s new R&D campus

Avance advises LCN Capital Partners in its build-to-suit investment with Nokia, a leading multinational telecommunications, networks infrastructure and information technology company.

Hemsö acquires university property in Lappeenranta

Avance advises Hemsö in the acquisition of Tieto-Sähkötalo, a property (comprising 5,800 sqm) in the Lappeenranta campus of LUT University.

Sagax acquires 10 properties in Finland for SEK 557 million

Avance advises Sagax, a Nasdaq Stockholm listed property company, in the acquisition of 10 properties in Finland through two separate transactions. The total investment amounts to the equivalent of SEK 557 million.

Investors represented by Cobbleyard and Revcap sell major office property

Avance advises investors represented by Cobbleyard Real Estate and Revcap in the sale of Leipätehdas, a major office building in Sörnäinen, Helsinki. The property was acquired by NREP.

Sirius acquires EUR 170 million residential portfolio from YIT

Avance advises a newly-established affiliate of the Finnish real estate investment manager Sirius Capital Partners in the arrangement to acquire a portfolio of 13 residential buildings, comprising more than 700 apartments in Finland.

Mercell acquires Cloudia

Avance advises Mercell, the leading European eTender system and Tender Alert provider, in the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Cloudia Oy, the leading e-Procurement platform in Finland, for EUR 102.5 million on a cash and debt free basis.

Enreach acquires Benemen

Avance advises Enreach, the fast-growing unified communications group backed by investment company Waterland, in the acquisition of Benemen Oy, a leading provider of cloud-based communication solutions in the Nordic countries.

Intera exits Rototec Group

Avance advises Intera Fund II in the sale of Rototec Group to Swedish investment company Formica Capital. Rototec is Europe’s largest provider of geoenergy solutions and an innovative pioneer in the field.

Bravida enters the Finnish solar energy market

Advised Nasdaq Stockholm listed Bravida in its acquisition of a 65% majority share of the Finnish solar energy company Savon Aurinkoenergia Oy.

Hemsö acquires Paavola campus

Avance advised Hemsö, Sweden’s leading private owner of properties for public use, in the acquisition of the Paavola campus buildings from the City of Lahti for approx. EUR 80 million.

YIT’s and Ålandsbanken’s JV to sell its housing stock

Avance advised YIT’s and Ålandsbanken Residential Property fund’s joint venture ÅB Kodit Ky in the sale of its housing stock, consisting of 10 apartment buildings, to UK based M&G European Property Fund.