PLC-Automation Joins the Expanding Technology Company Insta
We acted as legal and financial advisor to Insta Group in its acquisition of the entire capital stock of PLC-Automation Oy. This acquisition strengthens joint growth and the development of specialized expertise, enabling a customer-centric approach to better meet the growing and diversifying needs of industrial clients in electrical automation and digitalization.
Jouni Huotari, CEO of PLC-Automation Oy, commented:
“Eversheds acted as Insta’s advisor, but even as the sellers’ representative, I always received clear, consistent, and prompt answers from Eversheds to any questions I had relating to the transaction or its implementation.“
Insta Group Oy is a Finnish family-owned company specializing in industrial automation, industrial digitalization, cybersecurity, and defense technology.
PLC-Automation Oy, based in Oulu, is an engineering service company providing electrical and automation applications, as well as equipment and installation services for the industry.
The assignment was led by Partner Antti Husa, supported by COO Antti Liimatainen, M&A Manager Santeri Vaattovaara, Specialist Counsel Tiina Koivisto, Senior Associate Lavinia Husa, Associate Josefina Lind, Specialist Counsel Sinikka Turkki, and Senior Legal Trainee Titta Peltonen.
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Key contacts
Antti Husa
Attorney-at-Law, Partner
Antti Husa has been involved in over a hundred different corporate arrangements, ranging from assisting seed rounds of growth companies to IPOs. He actively serves as an advisor to both sellers and buyers in corporate transactions, and he also participates in the board work of several client companies as a board expert member and secretary.
Expertise includes
Private M&A
Venture Capital Transactions
Corporate and company law
Commercial agreements
Restructuring and Insolvency
Antti Liimatainen
Chief Operating Officer
Antti Liimatainen is the Chief Operating Officer at Eversheds Sutherland Finland, leading the Corporate Finance team. He has experience in more than 100 Finnish and cross-border corporate transactions.
Expertise includes:
M&A transactions
Financing
Exit readiness
Transaction readiness
Post merger integration
