Mr Jan Ollila > Dittmar & Indrenius > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile
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Mr 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
Lawyer Rankings
Finland > Commercial, corporate and M&A
(Leading individuals)Dittmar & Indrenius is a trusted adviser for clients across a broad spectrum of industries, including the healthcare, media, IT, industrial, energy and infrastructure sectors, advising on high-value transactions in the corporate and private equity spheres, often with cross-border elements. Wilhelm Eklund and Mikko Eerola jointly lead the transaction powerhouse team; while Eklund regularly advises private equity houses and large corporates on transactions, Eerola focuses on M&A and private equity matters in the energy and infrastructure fields. Anders Carlberg regularly acts for private equity houses and financial institutions; Gabrielle Dannberg has a special focus on technology transactions; and Jasper Kuhlefelt regularly advises private equity houses and large corporations on public takeovers, buy-outs, exits, minority investments, joint ventures and corporate reorganisations. Jan Ollila heads up the firm’s public M&A practice.