Christoffer Charpentier
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Band 1 : Real Estate
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About
Provided by Christoffer Charpentier
Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions, Environment, Real Estate and Construction, Energy and Infrastructure
Christoffer advises clients on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, with a special focus on real estate transactions and projects. He has several years of experience with large-scale energy, infrastructure and natural resource projects and related regulatory matters, as well as a broad range of environmental matters. Christoffer is recognized as a leading real estate and construction lawyer in Finland.
Career
Avance Attorneys Ltd, Partner 2011–
Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, Head of Real Estate Finland (2011)
Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, Partner (2009–2011)
Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, Associate and Senior Associate (2001–2006, 2006–2009)
Professional Memberships
Finnish Bar Association
Education
University of Helsinki
Master of Laws
2001
Chambers Review
Europe
Christoffer Charpentier has an outstanding track record handling the divestment and acquisition of commercial real estate portfolios.
Articles, highlights and press releases
18 items provided by Avance Attorneys
Nuveen Real Estate’s European value-added strategy makes first single-family housing acquisition in
Avance advises Nuveen Real Estate (Nuveen, a TIAA company) in its forward-purchase of the delivery of 141 single-family housing units in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
eQ Commercial Properties Fund sells a retail park in Finland
Avance advises eQ Commercial Properties Fund in the sale of a retail park in Espoo to an entity established by Swiss Life, one of the leading real estate managers and facilitators in the Nordics.
Barings acquires prime logistics scheme in Finland
Avance advises Barings Real Estate in the acquisition of a fully let, prime logistics scheme located adjacent to the Helsinki Airport in Finland.
Harry Schaumans Stiftelse (HSS) agrees to sell HSS Media Ab to Bonnier News
Avance advises Harry Schaumans Stiftelse (HSS) in the sale of HSS Media Ab to Bonnier News. HSS Media’s newspapers Vasabladet, Österbottens Tidning och Syd-Österbotten, as well as the local radio station Radio Vaasa and marketing agency Seger Marketing, will be part of the Dagens Nyheter business ar
HGR Property Partners divests daycare and school properties in central Helsinki
Avance advises HGR Property Partners in the sale of one school and two daycare assets in the historical Kaartin Lasaretti block in the city center of Helsinki to CapMan Social Real Estate Fund.
eQ Community Properties Fund sells a healthcare property portfolio to Nrep
Avance advises eQ Community Properties Fund in the sale of a healthcare property portfolio for approx. EUR 100 million to a fund represented by the Nordic real estate investor Nrep.
eQ Community Properties Fund sells a healthcare property portfolio in Finland
Avance advises eQ Community Properties Fund in the sale of a healthcare property portfolio for approx. EUR 75 million to an investment fund managed by Northern Horizon, a specialized healthcare real estate investor.
JV of Ylva and Varma sells office property in central Helsinki
Avance advises a joint venture formed by Ylva and Varma in the sale of a newly built office and retail property in central Helsinki to Niam.
KSF Media agrees to issue shares representing a majority interest to Bonnier News
Avance advises Föreningen Konstsamfundet r.f. and its subsidiaries Mercator Media Ab and KSF Media Ab in the issue of shares representing a majority interest in KSF Media Ab to Bonnier News.
Aurora Infrastructure signs electrification partnership agreement
Avance advises Aurora Infrastructure in relation to its electrification partnership agreement for its customer’s new R&D, office and manufacturing campus in Oulu, Finland.
NREP sells residential portfolio
Avance advises an investment fund managed by NREP in the sale of a residential portfolio of 13 assets in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Turku and Jyväskylä.
Partners Group agrees to sell EUR 200 million property portfolio to Nyfosa
Avance advises Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, acting on behalf of its clients, in the sale of 43 properties located in several municipalities in Finland, with focus on the Helsinki region, Turku and Jyväskylä, to Nyfosa for approximately EUR 200 million.
eQ acquires office and healthcare property in Tikkurila
Avance advises eQ Commercial Properties and eQ Community Properties in the acquisition of an office and healthcare property located at address Väritehtaankatu 8 in Tikkurila, Vantaa from Sponda.
eQ sells prime parking property to Equitix
Avance advises eQ Commercial Properties Fund in the sale of a newly built parking property in Helsinki to an infrastructure fund controlled by Equitix, a UK-based infrastructure asset manager.
NREP acquires retail center Columbus
Avance advises Nordic real estate investor NREP in its acquisition of the retail center Columbus in Helsinki from Citycon.
eQ Community Properties makes conditional EUR 141 million acquisition
Avance advises eQ Community Properties Fund in the conditional agreement to acquire an approximately EUR 141 million community property portfolio from the City of Jyväskylä.
Ylva and Varma establish a new joint venture
Avance advises Ylva in the establishment of a new joint venture concerning the Lyyra development project together with Varma, one of Finland’s largest pension insurance companies.
eQ Care signs agreement to divest 222 million euro portfolio
Avance advised eQ Care – Special Investment Fund in the agreement to sell an approximately 222 million euro healthcare property portfolio encompassing altogether 55 assets to Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (publ).
Nuveen Real Estate’s European value-added strategy makes first single-family housing acquisition in
Avance advises Nuveen Real Estate (Nuveen, a TIAA company) in its forward-purchase of the delivery of 141 single-family housing units in the Helsinki metropolitan area.
eQ Commercial Properties Fund sells a retail park in Finland
Avance advises eQ Commercial Properties Fund in the sale of a retail park in Espoo to an entity established by Swiss Life, one of the leading real estate managers and facilitators in the Nordics.
Barings acquires prime logistics scheme in Finland
Avance advises Barings Real Estate in the acquisition of a fully let, prime logistics scheme located adjacent to the Helsinki Airport in Finland.
Harry Schaumans Stiftelse (HSS) agrees to sell HSS Media Ab to Bonnier News
Avance advises Harry Schaumans Stiftelse (HSS) in the sale of HSS Media Ab to Bonnier News. HSS Media’s newspapers Vasabladet, Österbottens Tidning och Syd-Österbotten, as well as the local radio station Radio Vaasa and marketing agency Seger Marketing, will be part of the Dagens Nyheter business ar
HGR Property Partners divests daycare and school properties in central Helsinki
Avance advises HGR Property Partners in the sale of one school and two daycare assets in the historical Kaartin Lasaretti block in the city center of Helsinki to CapMan Social Real Estate Fund.
eQ Community Properties Fund sells a healthcare property portfolio to Nrep
Avance advises eQ Community Properties Fund in the sale of a healthcare property portfolio for approx. EUR 100 million to a fund represented by the Nordic real estate investor Nrep.
eQ Community Properties Fund sells a healthcare property portfolio in Finland
Avance advises eQ Community Properties Fund in the sale of a healthcare property portfolio for approx. EUR 75 million to an investment fund managed by Northern Horizon, a specialized healthcare real estate investor.
JV of Ylva and Varma sells office property in central Helsinki
Avance advises a joint venture formed by Ylva and Varma in the sale of a newly built office and retail property in central Helsinki to Niam.
KSF Media agrees to issue shares representing a majority interest to Bonnier News
Avance advises Föreningen Konstsamfundet r.f. and its subsidiaries Mercator Media Ab and KSF Media Ab in the issue of shares representing a majority interest in KSF Media Ab to Bonnier News.
Aurora Infrastructure signs electrification partnership agreement
Avance advises Aurora Infrastructure in relation to its electrification partnership agreement for its customer’s new R&D, office and manufacturing campus in Oulu, Finland.
NREP sells residential portfolio
Avance advises an investment fund managed by NREP in the sale of a residential portfolio of 13 assets in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area, Turku and Jyväskylä.
Partners Group agrees to sell EUR 200 million property portfolio to Nyfosa
Avance advises Partners Group, a leading global private markets firm, acting on behalf of its clients, in the sale of 43 properties located in several municipalities in Finland, with focus on the Helsinki region, Turku and Jyväskylä, to Nyfosa for approximately EUR 200 million.
eQ acquires office and healthcare property in Tikkurila
Avance advises eQ Commercial Properties and eQ Community Properties in the acquisition of an office and healthcare property located at address Väritehtaankatu 8 in Tikkurila, Vantaa from Sponda.
eQ sells prime parking property to Equitix
Avance advises eQ Commercial Properties Fund in the sale of a newly built parking property in Helsinki to an infrastructure fund controlled by Equitix, a UK-based infrastructure asset manager.
NREP acquires retail center Columbus
Avance advises Nordic real estate investor NREP in its acquisition of the retail center Columbus in Helsinki from Citycon.
eQ Community Properties makes conditional EUR 141 million acquisition
Avance advises eQ Community Properties Fund in the conditional agreement to acquire an approximately EUR 141 million community property portfolio from the City of Jyväskylä.
Ylva and Varma establish a new joint venture
Avance advises Ylva in the establishment of a new joint venture concerning the Lyyra development project together with Varma, one of Finland’s largest pension insurance companies.
eQ Care signs agreement to divest 222 million euro portfolio
Avance advised eQ Care – Special Investment Fund in the agreement to sell an approximately 222 million euro healthcare property portfolio encompassing altogether 55 assets to Samhällsbyggnadsbolaget i Norden AB (publ).