Lawyers in Finland

Rasmus Sundström

Partner

Avance

Rickard Langenskiöld

Senior Counsel

Castrén & Snellman

Riikka Autio

DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd

Riikka Eronen

Partner Riikka Eronen advises our clients on banking and finance transactions and debt restructuring. She has extensive experience in finance transactions, including corporate lending and real estate finance as well as acquisition financing and other event-driven financing. Prior to joining Borenius, Riikka has worked as an associate at another law firm and as legal counsel at Aareal Bank AG. Riikka joined us from Danske Bank whose corporate loans franchise she most recently worked at as a loan originator. Riikka co-heads the firm’s Banking & Finance team.

Borenius

Riikka Rannikko

Partner

Hannes Snellman

Riina Pajala

Riina Pajala specialises in assignments related to energy and infrastructure and construction sector. Riina also has experience in the financial sector in tasks related to the prevention of money laundering. In addition to her law degree, Riina also holds M. Sc. (Economics).

Lieke Attorneys Ltd.

Riina Toivonen-Vuong

Senior Associate

Krogerus

Riku Rauhanen

Riku Rauhanen is a Senior Associate in our Commercial and Privacy & Data Protection groups in Helsinki, where he works with our local and international clients advising them on data protection, other data regulation, and commercial contracts. Riku has extensive experience in providing legal advice on various data protection issues. His work covers all aspects of privacy and data protection law, including negotiating data processing agreements, carrying out data protection impact assessments and implementing multijurisdictional data protection projects. He has advised a wide variety of clients from public bodies to multinational technology companies on data protection law. In addition to privacy and data protection, Riku also specialises in other data regulation. His particular area of interest is the EU's artificial intelligence regulation. Riku is part of Bird & Bird's global network of AI experts. In addition to data-related councelling, Riku also provides guidance on contract law issues. He has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating different types of contracts as well as supporting clients with interpreting contracts and resolving contract-related conflicts.

Bird & Bird

Risto Mynttinen

Risto Mynttinen specialises in finance and debt capital markets transactions. He advises corporate borrowers, sponsors and financial institutions in all types of financing transactions, including project finance and real estate finance as well as corporate lending and financial restructuring. Risto has extensive experience particularly in large-scale energy and real estate related financing transactions.

Lieke Attorneys Ltd.

Risto Sipilä

As a senior counsel in Bird & Bird's international Dispute Resolution group in Helsinki, Risto Sipilä has a wealth of experience advising on dispute resolution matters as well as on construction and real estate law issues. Advising his clients on dispute resolution in various fields of law and across all business sectors, Risto specialises in matters, disputes and pre-dispute management. He also acts on behalf of our clients in energy & utilities, and as an arbitrator. His main area of expertise is construction and real estate law. Typically Risto represents construction parties and related projects in arbitration and litigation proceedings. He has also represented clients in court proceedings on other areas of business law, such as delivery agreements and assets deals.

Bird & Bird

Ritva Aalto

Partner

Krogerus

Robert Peldán

Partner Robert Peldán advises on insolvency and dispute resolution. Robert has substantial experience in advising companies, creditors, lenders, investors, and other stakeholders on a variety of liquidations, distressed situations, and complex restructuring matters. During his career, Robert has engaged in more than 800 insolvency and corporate related tasks and has acted as administrator in bankruptcies and restructurings. In addition to legal insolvency proceedings, Robert has also participated in several voluntary restructurings advising both the creditors and the distressed companies. Robert heads the firm’s Restructuring & Insolvency team.

Borenius

Robin Eklund

Chief data officer, Associate

Lexia Attorneys Ltd

Robin Nordblad

Partner

Avance

Roosa Suutari

Roosa Suutari specialises in commercial dispute resolution. Roosa advises and represents clients in domestic and international arbitration, litigation and mediation. She also advises clients on conflict prevention and management. Roosa has years of experience in assisting in various commercial disputes in different industries.

Lieke Attorneys Ltd.

Rosa Lång

Rosa Lång specialises in construction and IT law, project management and various commercial contracts. Rosa is an experienced negotiator both in the contract negotiation phase and in dispute resolution situations. In addition to domestic assignments, she has experience in numerous international projects. In addition, Rosa has worked for several years in an international construction group as an inhouse counsel for the Nordic and Baltic companies, and on a secondment in an international IT group. She has also held positions related to organizational compliance and GDPR functions, as well as risk management. Rosa is endorsed in The Legal500, an international directory evaluating leading law firms and lawyers.

Lieke Attorneys Ltd.

Saara Lapiolahti

Saara advises clients on commercial disputes, both in arbitration and in civil and administrative courts, on selected corporate crime cases and on internal, regulatory and police investigations. In addition to commercial disputes, Saara advises clients on intellectual property related litigation, especially on patent and copyright litigation, and on questions related to non-contentious intellectual property and information technology.

Borenius

Saara Ryhtä

Partner

Lexia Attorneys Ltd

Saara Sorvaniemi

Senior Associate

Avance

Saga Lamminsivu

Associate Saga Lamminsivu advises our clients in the areas of Corporate Advisory and Mergers & Acquisitions. Her expertise covers also corporate responsibility. Saga joined Procopé & Hornborg in January 2023. Before joining the firm, Saga gained experience from two law firms and an in-house legal department during her studies. In addition to obtaining her law degree from the University of Helsinki, Saga has completed a Master of Science degree in Economics and Business Administration at Aalto University and studied at Melbourne Business School.

Procopé & Hornborg

Sakari Halonen

Sakari Halonen is a partner and co-head of Bird & Bird's Nordic Tech & Comms group based in Helsinki. He predominantly advises clients in complex cross-border IT outsourcing transactions as well as in IT contracting in general. He also leads Bird & Bird's Finnish Commercial group. His ability to quickly get to the core of the problem, focus on the key issues, and find win-win solutions is the essential element valued by his clients. In addition to advising numerous global IT service providers, Sakari also acts for the customer-side in various industry sectors, including financial services, aviation, defence and automotive. Sakari is also frequently engaged in M&A transactions, with a particular focus on technology-related transactions and the technology aspects of M&A in general. In addition, as an arbitrator, he is also involved in IT-related dispute resolution processes.

Bird & Bird

Sakari Lukinmaa

Partner

Castrén & Snellman

Sakari Lähteenmäki

DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd

Sakari Salonen

Partner

Castrén & Snellman