Mergers & Acquisitions, Governance & Compliance, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance

I began my career working in a law firm already as a law student. Having had the possibility to work in a small office, I joined Castrén & Snellman as a partner in 1990. Due to my background and my keen interest in insolvency proceedings and transactional work I’ve been working with the largest and most complex cross-border insolvencies and transactions in Finland for over 30 years. Since early 1990 I've been one of the best known insolvency and restructuring lawyers in Finland. My core expertise is in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, insolvency administration, corporate restructuring and distressed M&A as well as in acting as a trustee and administrator of bankruptcy estates and restructuring proceedings. This has enabled me to deeply learn about various industries, from retail to construction, wholesale to food production, shipbuilding to mining industries, just to name some of them.

I'm also routinely involved in corporate governance and corporate law as well as advising several private company boards both in Finland and abroad and chairing public company AGMs on a regular basis. I also advise large family companies in their strategic development as well as in crafting and implementing solutions for company succession.

Throughout my career I've always been very active in various international associations, such as the International Bar Association and the International Insolvency Institute. I am currently an officer of these organisations.

At Castrén & Snellman I've previously served as the Managing Partner for ten years and I have been a board member for 25 years. I'm extremely keen to take our profession further to ensure the best and highest quality of legal service to our clients. Currently as a Senior Partner of our firm I greatly enjoy working closely with my partner colleagues as well as with our great, young, talented lawyers for the benefit of our clients.

Member of the Finnish BarIBA, LPD Council Member, Liaison to the Insolvency SectionThe Finnish Insolvency Law AssociationInternational Insolvency InstituteINSOL EuropeThe Association of Finnish Lawyers

Senior Partner

Castrén & Snellman, Partner 1990–, Managing Partner 1998–2008, Senior Partner 2009– Pekka Jaatinen Attorneys at Law, Partner 1988–1990 Miikka Pello Attorneys at Law 1983–1988 Court training 1984/1985 Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 1983