Experts

Experience brings insight. Collaboration delivers solutions.

Asianajotoimisto Ylikraka, Ceefo Advisory, 3J Partners and independent practitioners form the four-party Solvere alliance. The experienced team combines legal, financial and commercial perspectives into a shared view and coordinated execution.

Legal

Asianajotoimisto Ylikraka

Asianajotoimisto Ylikraka Oy is a business law firm with offices in Helsinki, Turku and Tampere. Its attorneys focus particularly on insolvency law and related disputes, and its practice also covers corporate law and business and financing arrangements, among other areas. Within Solvere, legal strategy is developed together with the financial and corporate finance specialists, so that the solution is both legally robust and financially executable.

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Pertti Ylikraka has handled insolvency proceedings and business arrangements for more than 30 years, in both Finnish and Swedish. He has served as bankruptcy administrator and restructuring administrator in numerous bankruptcies and corporate restructurings, including group-company proceedings.

His specialist areas include insolvency, dispute resolution and litigation, contract and corporate law, business arrangements and tort law. Alongside his law degree (University of Helsinki, Stockholm University), he holds an ekonom degree in business from Stockholm University, which brings a strong commercial perspective to restructuring work.

Kristiina Kaarte has many years of experience in bankruptcy and corporate restructuring proceedings. She has served as bankruptcy administrator in several bankruptcy proceedings and as restructuring administrator in corporate restructurings.

In addition to her legal work, she has first-hand business experience as a shareholder and board member of a company engaged in international trade. Her engineering background supports her understanding of technically and commercially complex situations.

Samuel Koivisto works on insolvency matters, with a particular focus on bankruptcies and corporate restructuring proceedings.

During his studies he specialised, alongside insolvency law, in sports and competition law themes. He holds a Master of Laws (University of Helsinki, 2022) and works with clients in Finnish and English.

Financial leadership

Ceefo Advisory

Ceefo Advisory provides outsourced CFO, finance manager and controller services, as well as accounting services, for small and medium-sized companies. Within Solvere, Ceefo Advisory establishes a reliable financial picture: short-term cash-flow forecasts, profitability analysis, budgets and forecasts, and reporting that stands up to lender scrutiny, enabling owners, boards and management to evaluate alternatives and implement practical measures on a sound basis.

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Pekka Sipola is the founder and CEO of Ceefo Advisory and leads the company's CFO services. He holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration.

Before founding Ceefo Advisory, he spent more than ten years at a family-owned group investing in technology businesses, serving as financial manager, CFO and CEO. Within Solvere, his expertise focuses on financial leadership, cash-flow management, forecasting, reporting, profitability analysis and lender communication.

Johanna Turunen is a Partner at Ceefo Advisory and, together with the other partners, is responsible for the company's CFO and accounting services for businesses. Her areas of expertise lie in financial administration and financial management, which form the foundation for understanding a company's financial position, planning its operations and developing its business.

Johanna brings a financial administration perspective to Solvere’s combined expertise, complementing the legal knowledge and the financial advisory related to corporate transactions. Reliable financial reporting, an up-to-date picture of the situation and well-functioning financial processes support decision-making particularly when a company is facing change, developing its financing structure or preparing significant business solutions.

Corporate finance

3J Partners

3J Partners Oy is a specialist firm focused on financial advisory for corporate transactions; since 2008 its professionals have completed more than 100 transactions. Within Solvere, 3J Partners leads the evaluation of strategic alternatives, transaction preparation and execution, valuation and financing structures, helping clients carry important ownership and business decisions through to completion.

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Juuso Aulanko is a founding partner of 3J Partners with more than 18 years of M&A experience. He leads M&A, financing advisory and other corporate finance engagements, and has advised sellers and buyers in more than 100 transactions.

He holds an M.Sc. in Accounting. Beyond corporate finance advisory, his expertise includes business development, financial administration and business model development.

Jaakko Niskanen is a founding partner of 3J Partners and leads M&A, financing advisory and other corporate finance engagements. He has advised on transactions particularly in industrial services, construction and technical building services.

Before joining 3J Partners, he worked as a portfolio manager at Danske Capital and its predecessor Mandatum Wealth Management, and at Kyro Oyj, where he was responsible for hedging the group's exchange-rate risk. He holds an M.Sc. in Finance.

Legal and receivables portfolios

Independent practitioners

Hannu and Mikko Ylönen form the fourth party of the alliance as independent practitioners. They contribute expertise in insolvency law, analysis and investigation of receivables portfolios, realisation of receivables, corporate arrangements and debtor negotiations.

Hannu Ylönen

Attorney-at-law

Independent practitioners

Attorney-at-law Hannu Ylönen brings to the Solvere team extensive experience in demanding business law, insolvency proceedings and corporate restructuring. He built a long career as a partner at Krogerus, working with companies, creditors and other stakeholders in situations where legal expertise, commercial understanding and negotiating skill are critical.

His expertise centres in particular on insolvency, restructuring and the resolution of complex corporate situations.

Mikko Ylönen, M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.), brings a commercial, financial and entrepreneurial perspective to Solvere.

His role focuses on business development, financial analysis, strategic thinking and bringing the different areas of expertise together into a coherent solution for the client.

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