Bird & Bird LLP

Dispute Resolution; Real Estate and Construction

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.

Before joining Bird & Bird, Risto worked for another major law firm in Finland, in addition to working for a law firm in the United States.

Over the years, he has acted as the President of the Finnish Bar Association (2013-2016) and was previously the Vice President and board member of the Finnish Bar Association, President of the Helsinki Bar Association and a board member of the Association of Finnish Lawyers. Risto has also represented the Finnish Bar Association in the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe and in the International Bar Association. He has also been a member of the Finnish Judicial Training Board.

Risto is a frequent lecturer on construction and real estate law.

Finnish, English

Member of The Finnish Bar Association

Member of the Finnish Judicial Appointments Board

LL.M., University of Helsinki

Trained on the bench, District court of Orimattila 1993