EU and competition

Dittmar & Indrenius

The ‘excellent practice’ at Dittmar & Indrenius is sought after for its excellence in high-profile competition infringement, public procurement and antitrust damages cases. The firm excels in EU and competition law, particularly in complex merger control and transactional work, while also handling major cartel, abuse of dominance, and infringement cases. Practice head Ilkka Leppihalme has longstanding experience of merger control filings, cartel investigations, distribution agreements and abuse of dominance mandates. Toni Kalliokoski focuses on competition litigation, and Jussi Koivusalo is well versed in all aspects of domestic and EU competition law. Aarne Puisto is another key member of the team.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘Aarne Puisto stands out as a very knowledgeable and skilled lawyer. He is a very responsive and solution oriented professional.’
‘Ilkka Leppihalme is a true specialist and an excellent practitioner in the Finish market.’
‘Ilkka Leppihalme is very bright, responsive and, at the same time, amicable.’
‘Great lawyers with internationally recognised expertise.’
‘Ilkka Leppihalme is an outstanding lawyer.’
‘Ilkka Leppihalme is a very professional, modern and international practitioner. He is an excellent lawyer.’
‘The team provided excellent advice and input in Finnish public procurement law and practices. They quickly understood the challenges on both a legal and practical level.’
‘Aarne Puisto was easy to talk with and discuss the problems presented. Aarne showed that he fully grasped and understood the intricacies between EU/Finnish procurement/competition law and contract management.’

Key clients

Ahlsell
CapMan
Dasos Capital
EG A/S
Elcoline
Evli
General Electric
GlaxoSmithKline
KLAR Partners
Nobina
OP Financial Group
Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ)
Viaplay Group

Work highlights

Represented Ahlsell in one of Finland's largest ever competition infringement proceedings, first for 7.5 years at the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority and the last two years in the Market Court.
Represented Nobina in Finland's largest state aid recovery case over unlawful aid granted to Nobina's competitor before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
Advised Svenska Handelsbanken on all competition law aspects relating to the sale of most of its Finnish operations, a major bundle of transactions in the Finnish banking sector.

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