About

Riikka Tieaho joined Nokia, the multinational communications and information technology company, in 1999. She held a number of legal counsel and legal director positions in the company, including a role as a sales and marketing lawyer in both Europe and Africa for Nokia’s Devices & Services business. In addition Tieaho acted as the Board secretary before being promoted to her current role of vice president, corporate legal, in April 2012. An international lawyer, in 2013 Tieaho obtained experience in a top New York City law firm when she worked at Clearly Gottlieb for six months after successfully completing her LLM at New York University. Tieaho now leads a team of 27, who are responsible for a full range of Nokia’s legal requirements as a New York and Helsinki stock exchange listed company. Her responsibilities cover corporate and securities law, corporate governance, finance law, equity plans, legal entity management, trademarks and records management. One of her most notable achievements has been to create a flexible and proactive mentality in the legal team, allowing them to adapt to the demands of the changing company profile and culture. Nokia has undergone significant changes during Tieaho’s time as vice president. As a specialist in corporate legal work and in her role as the corporate secretary, she played an integral role in facilitating its biggest recent deals, including the USD 7.2 billion sale of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft in 2013 and USD 1.9 billion buyout of Siemens in the same year. In April 2015 she worked on the USD 8.8 billion capital market transaction with Alcatel-Lucent and is currently working with her team to implement the deal.