Private Equity investments

Private Equity

Our distinguished team of experienced lawyers, spanning key practice areas, forms one of the largest and most experienced private equity practices in Finland.

We advise leading international and Nordic private equity sponsors on their transactions in the Finnish market. Our comprehensive expertise covers the full range of M&A transactions for private equity firms and their portfolio companies across various industries and sectors. We regularly advise on:

leveraged buyouts and consortium deals
investments and divestitures
take-private transactions
add-on acquisitions
joint ventures
recapitalisations and restructurings.

We also have vast experience in tax structuring, debt financing, management incentivisation programmes, and ESG reviews associated with private equity transactions.

Clients value our agile, reactive and proactive way of working. You will be supported by a dynamic and responsive core team. Through our cross-practice approach, all relevant industry and domain knowledge is integrated into every private equity transaction. Our processes are further optimised through the use of AI and advanced legal technology.

As members of the Finnish Venture Capital Association and Invest Europe, we are active contributors to the development of the private equity industry. Through our extensive experience and networks, we have a deep knowledge of the private equity ecosystem and the latest trends, and are ideally positioned to provide strategic counselling and innovative solutions to our clients.

Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, The Legal 500 and Best Lawyers International consistently rank our services and our lawyers among Finland’s best.

Latest references

Korona Invest – Sale of Innoflame

We advise Korona Invest and the other shareholders of Innoflame Oy on the sale of Innoflame to Sponsor Capital. The transaction makes Sponsor Capital the new majority owner of Innoflame. Korona Invest has been a shareholder of Innoflame since 2021 and, together with the other selling shareholders, has over the past five years supported the company’s growth, development and several strategically significant corporate transactions, through which Innoflame has strengthened its position as Finland’s leading product media company. The ownership change is intended to support Innoflame’s next phase of growth, including its ambition to build a significant European product media company with the capability to expand rapidly into new markets. The transaction is conditional to the customary closing conditions such as authority approvals. Innoflame is one of Finland’s leading product media specialists, helping its clients build a unified brand experience by offering the design, sourcing and management of product media as a single integrated service. Korona Invest is a Finnish private equity firm founded in 2006, specialising in buyout and growth investments in domestic small and medium-sized enterprises. It makes both majority and minority investments, structuring each project to suit the company’s growth strategy.

ParkMan – Investment by Hawk Infinity and Armada Credit Partners

We advised the shareholders of ParkMan Oy in the arrangement whereby Norwegian investment company Hawk Infinity and Armada Credit Partners invested in ParkMan enabling ParkMan’s accelerated growth. ParkMan is a parking solutions and management software company that provides a digital parking application for consumers and businesses operating in Finland, Denmark, Lithuania, and Estonia. ParkMan is based in Helsinki, Finland. Hawk Infinity, based in Oslo, Norway, is one of the largest and fastest growing Nordic software compounders with a long-term, growth-oriented investment approach. Hawk Infinity focuses on investing in founder-led companies and scaling them through add-on acquisitions and organic growth, while preserving existing management and culture. Since its establishment in 2008, Hawk Infinity has grown into a multi-vertical SaaS group by acquiring and scaling niche software businesses across Europe.

Banyan Software – Acquisition of Carus Ferry

We acted as legal adviser to Banyan Software on its acquisition of Carus Ferry, a Finland-based provider of reservation, check-in and port operations software for ferry and passenger shipping operators. The acquisition further strengthens Banyan Software’s presence in the Nordic region while providing Carus with a long-term partner to support its continued growth and development. Carus was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mariehamn on the Åland Islands, Finland. The company develops mission-critical software for ferry, cruise and passenger shipping operators, covering the full passenger journey from booking and ticketing to capacity management, check-in and boarding. Carus also provides port automation, onboard sales systems and business information tools. The company serves approximately 30 operators across four continents and is the largest vendor by customer count in ferry reservation and departure control. Banyan Software is an acquirer and long-term operator of mission-critical software businesses serving specialised industries. Founded in 2016, Banyan follows a buy-and-hold-for-life approach and supports the long-term growth and development of its portfolio companies. Banyan operates more than 130 portfolio companies across North and South America, the United Kingdom, Europe and APAC. Following the acquisition of Carus, Banyan operates three businesses in the Nordic region.

Move Energy – Combination of 3North Partners and Steady Energy and related private placement and IPO

We advised Move Energy as an investor in connection with the combination of 3North Partners Plc and Steady Energy Oy and the related private placement and initial public offering of the combined company on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland. In connection with the transaction, 3North Partners received approximately EUR 69.8 million in investor commitments from a group of institutional and other investors, including Move Energy, to fund the combined company. Steady Energy is a Finnish nuclear technology company developing a new generation of small modular reactors (SMRs) particularly suited for district heating. Its LDR-50 reactor is designed to provide cities and utilities with a scalable and low-carbon alternative to combustion-based heat production.

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