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About Janko
Janko is a transactional lawyer with over 20 years of experience in M&A, private equity, venture and growth funding capital related assignments, and financing transactions.
Janko primarily advises international corporates as well as leading Nordic and European private equity firms and their portfolio companies, venture capital and growth investors, and technology and media companies.
Janko heads the firm’s M&A & Private Equity team.
Service areas
Rankings
Chambers Europe & Global
- Corporate M&A
Chambers Europe & Global
“Janko Lindros offers great responsiveness, attention to detail, negotiation skills, commercial understanding and efficiency in delivery.”
The Legal 500
- Commercial, Corporate & M&A
Selected References
- Advised Fonecta Group (Sponsor Capital’s portfolio company) on its acquisition of Swedish hitta.se
- Advised Accent Equity on its acquisition of Helkama Bica
- Advised Supercell on its investment in Redly Games
- Advised Kamux on a cooperation arrangement with Secto Automotive
- Advised as lead counsel M-Files Corporation and its shareholders in a majority recapitalization investment led by Haveli and Bregal Milestone
- Advised InfraRed Capital Partners’ value-add strategies on its investment in Voltan Energy
- Advised Korea Investment Partners on its investment in Bitmagic
- Advised Harvia on the acquisition of Thermasol
- Advised Sponsor Capital on its acquisition of Fonecta
- Advised Supercell on its investment in Future Run
- Advised F-Secure on the acquisition of its mobile consumer security business from Lookout, Inc. *
- Advised Triton on its majority investment in Esperi Care, the leading care provider in Finland. *
- Advised Supercell on its acquisition of a majority stake in Trailmix and committing USD 60 million in financing for Trailmix as well as its further investment into Space Ape – including an additional investment of USD 37 million – and its backing of Channel37, a Finnish game studio working on an undisclosed PC-exclusive title. *
- Advised Ahlstrom-Munksjö on the reorganisation of the ownership structure of its Decor business, which was transferred to a newly formed company named Munksjö. *
- Advised Eurazeo as the lead investor in the USD 210 million Series D fundraising of Aiven, a Finnish cloud scale-up. *
- Advised the family-controlled investment company Nordstjernan on the acquisition of Finnish diagnostics group Aidian. *
- Advised Neles on its acquisition of Flowrox Oy’s valve and pumps businesses. *
- Advised Valmet on its acquisition of the PMP Group. *
- Advised HMD Global, the home of Nokia phones, on a funding round from some of its key global strategic partners with a first closing of USD 230 million. *
- Advised Andreessen Horowitz (known as a16z) on its investment in Mainframe Industries. *
- Advised Accent Equity, a Nordic mid-market investor, on the acquisition of Lunawood. *
- Advised Nordic Capital on the acquisition of iLOQ from Sievi Capital and other shareholders. *
*prior to joining Borenius
Career
- Partner, Borenius, 2023–
- Partner, White & Case, 2015–2023
- Local Partner, White & Case, 2012–2014
- Associate and Counsel, White & Case, 2002–2011
- Leading Finnish law firm and IT start-up, 1999–2002
Education
- Member of the Finnish Bar Association
- Master of Laws (LL.M.), 1999, University of Helsinki, Finland
Languages
- Swedish, Finnish, English
Related references and news
- Borenius advised Fonecta Group (Sponsor Capital’s portfolio company) on its acquisition of Swedish hitta.se (hittapunktse AB)
- Borenius advised Accel on the funding round of Taito.ai
- Borenius advised Supercell on its investment in Redly Games, a gaming studio based in Helsinki, Finland
- Borenius advised Accent Equity on its acquisition of Helkama Bica Oy
- Borenius advises Kamux on a cooperation arrangement
