The International Tax Review (ITR) continues to recognize Avance’s Tax and Structuring practice in its 2026 edition of the ITR World Tax guide, which is a comprehensive directory of the world’s leading tax firms encompassing over 140 jurisdictions across all continents.
Avance has yet again achieved Tier 2 ranking in both the Tax controversy and Transactional tax categories, reflecting our team’s dedication to providing top-tier tax advisory services. Moreover, Avance maintained its Tier 3 ranking in General corporate tax and Indirect tax categories.
Our Partner Sebastian Kellas continues to be recognized as ‘Highly Regarded’ in the Real estate and Transactional tax, and our Senior Advisor Antti Leppänen is once again acknowledged as ‘Highly Regarded’ in Tax controversy. In addition, our Senior Associate Janina Järvi continues to be celebrated as a ‘Rising Star’ in Transactional tax and as a ‘Women in Tax Leader’. Our Senior Associate Anneli Nurminen receives her first recognitions as a ‘Rising Star’ in General corporate tax and a ‘Women in Tax Leader’.
Since our entry into the tax advisory market in early 2019, Avance has rapidly positioned itself as a distinguished player. We provide a broad range of tax advisory services with focus on private and public M&A transactions, due diligence, real estate transactions and property development, acquisition financing, tax controversy, tax audit assistance as well as financial services tax. Our tax services complement our ability to execute high-end transactions, equity and debt structures, and tax litigations processes.