Bird & Bird‘s EU and competition team advises on all aspects of EU and national competition law including merger control work, cartels and anti-trust investigations, public procurement and state aid matters and competitive neutrality. The ’highly skilled’ Katia Duncker leads the practice and excels in national and international competition and public procurement cases. Other key team members include the ‘skillful’ Petteri Metsä-Tokila and Jori Taipale, who is a ’go-to partner in tougher negotiations’.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Excellent knowledge of substance and good practical advice based on that.’
'Katia Duncker is a highly skilled lawyer with practical, precise and to-the-point advice. Lovely to work with. High integrity.'
‘Petteri Metsä-Tokila has excellent knowledge of competition law, customer oriented.’
'Jori Taipale is intelligent and practical. Our go-to partner in tougher negotiations. Nice to work with.'
'Practical attitude coupled with strong experience. High overall skills with regards to the subject matter. Enough resources to execute efficiently.'
'Petteri Metsä-Tokila is skillful lawyer who is very nice to work with. He is good in working with different type of client organisations.'
Key clients
- S-Pankki Oyj / S-Bank Plc
- MTV Oy
- Lähitaksi Oy
- Vantaan Kiinnike ja Rak Oy
- Eficode Oy
Work highlights
- Advised S-pankki / S-Bank Plc on the acquisition of the Finnish private customer, asset management and investment management services operations of Svenska Handelsbanken AB.
- Advising Finnish media group MTV Oy on competition law related aspects.
- Advising Lähitaksi Oy on competition law related matters.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Katia Duncker