Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa
Global Guide 2024
Band 4 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa
Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions, Compliance and Investigations, Employment and Incentives, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Growth Equity
Erkki-Antti advises clients in a variety of mergers and acquisitions, investments, restructurings, management incentive arrangements, and corporate matters. He has broad experience of transactions involving both fund and industrial clients. Erkki-Antti has been advising in numerous transactions in the areas of infrastructure investments, private healthcare, and technology, and he has also advised both investors and targets in private equity and venture capital investments and related shareholder structures. Erkki-Antti has an MBA from ESADE Business School.
Career
Avance Attorneys Ltd, Partner 2012–
Roschier, Attorneys Ltd., Helsinki, Senior Associate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Private Equity (2005–2011)
Professional Memberships
Finnish Bar Association
Education
ESADE Business School
MBA
2012
University of Lapland
Master of Laws
2004
Chambers Review
Global
Advancing in the rankings, Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa is head of Avance's M&A practice. He is reputed for his assistance to private equity houses with acquisitions and investments, and is particularly active across the transportation and energy sectors.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa has excellent knowledge and commercial awareness. He is always very responsive."
"He has good availability and is very strong commercially - one of the most commercial lawyers. He is someone you can trust to always look out for the client's best interests."
"Erkki-Antti Sadinmaa has excellent knowledge and commercial awareness. He is always very responsive."
"He has good availability and is very strong commercially - one of the most commercial lawyers. He is someone you can trust to always look out for the client's best interests."
Articles, highlights and press releases
17 items provided by Avance Attorneys
CapMan Infra and its portfolio company Valokuitunen acquire Telia's fibre network
Avance advises CapMan Infra and its portfolio company Valokuitunen Oy in the acquisition of Telia’s residential area fibre network.
Mehiläinen repurchases all shares held by LocalTapiola
Avance advises Mehiläinen and its majority owner, CVC Capital Partners, on a transaction whereby Mehiläinen Konserni Oy repurchased all shares held by LocalTapiola in the company as well as the related debt financing arrangements. Prior to the transaction, LocalTapiola owned approximately 20 percent
Paptic raises additional growth funding
Avance advises Paptic, a Finnish developer and manufacturer of wood-fibre based packaging materials, in a funding round led by UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund (UB FIGG) and joined by Emerald Technology Ventures, SIG InnoVentures and EIC Fund.
Paptic raises a growth equity round and agrees on a capital loan
Avance advises Paptic, a Finnish developer and manufacturer of wood-fibre based packaging materials, in its EUR 23 million growth funding round.
Intera and NoHo Partners establish a Europe-wide premium burger company Better Burger Society
Avance advises Intera Partners in the establishment of Better Burger Society, a company targeting a leading position in the growing premium burger market in Europe, together with NoHo Partners.
CapMan Infra’s portfolio company Valokuitunen closes EUR 400 million refinancing
Avance advises CapMan Infra’s portfolio company Valokuitunen Oy in a financing package close to EUR 400 million, of which EUR 285 million is committed at closing.
CapMan Infra and SkartaNYAB establish a joint venture
Avance advises CapMan Infra in establishment of a JV with SkartaNYAB Plc focusing primarily on solar power projects located in Finland.
Standout Capital divests Miradore
Avance advises Standout Capital in its divestment of Miradore Oy to GoTo, the all-in-one business communications and IT support and management platform.
Koiviston Auto acquires Pirkanmaan Tilausliikenne
Avance advises Buffalo BidCo Oy, the sole shareholder of Koiviston Auto Oy, in relation to Koiviston Auto’s acquisition of Pirkanmaan Tilausliikenne Oy, the largest public traffic operator in the Tampere region.
CapMan Infra acquires Koiviston Auto
Avance advises CapMan Infra in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Koiviston Auto (Metsäpietilä Oy), Finland’s leading bus operator.
Sponsor Capital invests in Fresh Servant
Avance advises Sponsor Capital in its investment in Fresh Servant, the rapidly growing and developing food company being market leader in consumer-packaged salads.
Evidensia acquires Omaeläinklinikka
Avance advises Evidensia Eläinlääkäripalvelut Oy, the largest veterinary service provider in Finland, in the acquisition of Omaeläinklinikka Oy.
Fysios to merge with Mehiläinen
Avance advises Mehiläinen in a share transaction where Fysios, the largest private physiotherapy company in Finland, will become part of Mehiläinen.
Intera joins Midagon as new growth partner and shareholder
Avance advises Intera Partners in its investment in Midagon, a Finnish consulting company focused on business transformation program management.
Summa Equity to sell HyTest to Mindray for EUR 545 million
Avance advises Summa Equity in the sale of HyTest, a leading developer and producer of high-performance antibodies and antigens, to Mindray, a leading global medical technology company, for total consideration of approximately EUR 545 million.
Avance advised Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) and KKR on the acquisition of a total of a 40% interest in Caruna, the largest electricity distribution network in Finland, from First Sentier Investors.
Avance advises KKR in its investment in Wolt Enterprises Oy, a Helsinki-based technology company known for their food delivery platform. Wolt raises in total EUR 440 million in a financing round led by ICONIQ Growth.
CapMan Infra and its portfolio company Valokuitunen acquire Telia's fibre network
Avance advises CapMan Infra and its portfolio company Valokuitunen Oy in the acquisition of Telia’s residential area fibre network.
Mehiläinen repurchases all shares held by LocalTapiola
Avance advises Mehiläinen and its majority owner, CVC Capital Partners, on a transaction whereby Mehiläinen Konserni Oy repurchased all shares held by LocalTapiola in the company as well as the related debt financing arrangements. Prior to the transaction, LocalTapiola owned approximately 20 percent
Paptic raises additional growth funding
Avance advises Paptic, a Finnish developer and manufacturer of wood-fibre based packaging materials, in a funding round led by UB Forest Industry Green Growth Fund (UB FIGG) and joined by Emerald Technology Ventures, SIG InnoVentures and EIC Fund.
Paptic raises a growth equity round and agrees on a capital loan
Avance advises Paptic, a Finnish developer and manufacturer of wood-fibre based packaging materials, in its EUR 23 million growth funding round.
Intera and NoHo Partners establish a Europe-wide premium burger company Better Burger Society
Avance advises Intera Partners in the establishment of Better Burger Society, a company targeting a leading position in the growing premium burger market in Europe, together with NoHo Partners.
CapMan Infra’s portfolio company Valokuitunen closes EUR 400 million refinancing
Avance advises CapMan Infra’s portfolio company Valokuitunen Oy in a financing package close to EUR 400 million, of which EUR 285 million is committed at closing.
CapMan Infra and SkartaNYAB establish a joint venture
Avance advises CapMan Infra in establishment of a JV with SkartaNYAB Plc focusing primarily on solar power projects located in Finland.
Standout Capital divests Miradore
Avance advises Standout Capital in its divestment of Miradore Oy to GoTo, the all-in-one business communications and IT support and management platform.
Koiviston Auto acquires Pirkanmaan Tilausliikenne
Avance advises Buffalo BidCo Oy, the sole shareholder of Koiviston Auto Oy, in relation to Koiviston Auto’s acquisition of Pirkanmaan Tilausliikenne Oy, the largest public traffic operator in the Tampere region.
CapMan Infra acquires Koiviston Auto
Avance advises CapMan Infra in the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Koiviston Auto (Metsäpietilä Oy), Finland’s leading bus operator.
Sponsor Capital invests in Fresh Servant
Avance advises Sponsor Capital in its investment in Fresh Servant, the rapidly growing and developing food company being market leader in consumer-packaged salads.
Evidensia acquires Omaeläinklinikka
Avance advises Evidensia Eläinlääkäripalvelut Oy, the largest veterinary service provider in Finland, in the acquisition of Omaeläinklinikka Oy.
Fysios to merge with Mehiläinen
Avance advises Mehiläinen in a share transaction where Fysios, the largest private physiotherapy company in Finland, will become part of Mehiläinen.
Intera joins Midagon as new growth partner and shareholder
Avance advises Intera Partners in its investment in Midagon, a Finnish consulting company focused on business transformation program management.
Summa Equity to sell HyTest to Mindray for EUR 545 million
Avance advises Summa Equity in the sale of HyTest, a leading developer and producer of high-performance antibodies and antigens, to Mindray, a leading global medical technology company, for total consideration of approximately EUR 545 million.
Avance advised Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (OTPP) and KKR on the acquisition of a total of a 40% interest in Caruna, the largest electricity distribution network in Finland, from First Sentier Investors.
Avance advises KKR in its investment in Wolt Enterprises Oy, a Helsinki-based technology company known for their food delivery platform. Wolt raises in total EUR 440 million in a financing round led by ICONIQ Growth.