Avance’s Tax and Structuring practice has again been recognized in the prestigious World Tax ranking released by International Tax Review, by receiving e.g. Tier 2 rankings in both Transactional tax and Tax controversy categories. In addition, Partner Sebastian Kellas individually ranked as ‘Highly Regarded’ in the Real estate and Transactional tax categories.
ITR World Tax 2022
“Very accurate, precise and reliable advice. Very good drafting skills and extremely good responsiveness. Very knowledgeable on both content (SPAs, Option Agreement, M&A statute) and market.”
“Fast, hard-working, excellent domain expertise, command of both US and Finnish law, good negotiators.”
IFLR1000 2022, M&A
“Pragmatic approach, good understanding of the bank’s goals and lending business. In-depth knowledge of market practices.”
“Professional approach, prompt responses, good solutions to avoid conflicts.”
“Avance is able to assist us in all finance-related issues (bank financing, bonds etc). They work seamlessly together with the firm’s other practice areas.”
“Long relationship and proactive analysis of the situation so the background work has been done before any meetings and planning sessions. They take personal contacts seriously and devote a lot of time to understand our company needs/situation.”
IFLR1000 2022, Banking and finance
“Avance is very professional and proactive in handling the case.”
IFLR1000 2022, Project development
“Extremely competent, trustworthy and flexible service. We have been very satisfied and have achieved remarkable victories with the team.”
The Legal 500 2021, EU and Competition
“Experienced and creative team in structured finance platforms.”
“Extremely flexible team which is able to respond and allocate resources in line with urgent customer needs.”
The Legal 500 2021, Capital Markets
“Highly competent, world-class team with a high work ethic.”
“Always on top of things, always precise and accurate and always available, they have been a pleasure to work with.”
The Legal 500 2021, Commercial, Corporate and M&A