Lawyers

Jan Ollila

Jan Ollila

Work Department

M&A & Private Equity

Position

Focus on high-level transactions and transaction related disputes.

Partner Jan Ollila heads the firm's Public M&A practice. He is known for advising corporate clients, private equity houses and financial institutions on public and private M&A and capital markets transactions and on transaction related disputes. He renders strategic advice to Finnish private and listed companies as well as to a number of international companies with operations in Finland. He also acts as arbitrator and mediator in domestic and cross-border commercial disputes.

Jan was the Managing Partner of the firm in 2007 – 2014 and is the Senior Partner since 2015.

Euromoney’s Expert Guides ranks Jan as one of the 30 best M&A lawyers in the world. He is the only lawyer in Finland and one of only two lawyers in the Nordics on this exclusive list.

Career

Jan Ollila joined Dittmar & Indrenius 1992, Partner 2000.  He was  the Managing Partner of the firm in 2007 – 2014 and Senior Partner 2015-2022.

Languages

Finnish, Swedish, English, German and Norwegian

Memberships

Finnish Bar Association, International Bar Association, International Fiscal Association.

Jan Ollila is an experienced chairman of boards and general meetings. He is a board member and chairman of a number of companies and organisations, including Amcham Finland, as well as the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WWF Finland. He is the former President of the Association Européenne d’Etudes Juridiques et Fiscales.

Education

University of Helsinki, LLM, 1992

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