Roschier > Helsinki, Finland > Firm Profile

‘Expert level knowledge of the market.’

‘Johannes Ahti excels within his areas of expertise.’

‘The team has a good size and diverse capabilities. Good ability to leverage specialist experience from other teams when needed.’

‘Johannes Ahti is very responsive and resourceful.’

‘Best team in Finland. Fantastic breadth of the team on all topics.’

‘Antti Ihamuotila is the most capable capital markets lawyer in the country. Unique international experience.’

‘Extensive knowledge of the various capital market transactions and ability to solve, negotiate, and deliver good results under tight time schedules.’

‘Antti Ihamuotila communicates extremely well and has a profound understanding of the clients’ needs and has vast experience especially from various capital markets transactions. Antti is a pleasure to work with and would recommend him to anyone.’

‘Good presence in the market in a wide range of transaction work, senior lawyers with established specialisations. Working methods at least in our engagements are quite traditional. Roschier is used to international work.’

‘DCM specialist Helena Viita does a good job.’

‘All relevant expertise in one house. Strong Nordic angle and competence. Very experienced and strong partners.’

‘Leading experience, cross-border and international capabilities. Always up to speed with respect to key market and regulatory development. Petri Avikainen is the go-to person with respect to legal services needed in complex international bond transactions.’

‘Best team in Finland. Fantastic breadth of the team on all topics.’

‘Antti Ihamuotila is the best lawyer in the country. Broad experience provides unique perspective and depth of knowledge.’

‘Jouni Salmi is an extremely seasoned M&A lawyer with great judgement and maturity.’

‘A team with highly versatile capabilities. Always able to execute no matter how tight the deadline or how complex the deal circumstances. Very clear and precise communication, also able to facilitate deals for less experienced counterparts.’

‘Tero Jormanainen is a great communicator and has the ability to make any circumstances feel straightforward and simple despite the deal complexity.’

‘Very solid firm, one of the key players of the market. Has all requisite local resources.’

‘Jouni Salmi is always tempered, a good negotiator and solution maker. A great player to have on your side on a high-stakes transaction.’

‘Pragmatic and business-oriented approach, ability to get deals done. Their team is of course of highest calibre in Finland when it comes to M&A, structuring, MIP, financing and those kinds of topics.’

‘While being a big and highly regarded law firm, Roschier at the same time has personal and individual attitude towards the client and dedication and very hands-on approach also on partner level. Seamless cooperation between offices in Finland and Sweden, it really feels like one team.’

‘Laila Sivonen (Finland) is very hands-on and attentive to every detail, deeply committed and proactive. Her recommendations are always well thought-through, clear and concise. She is very responsive and always ready to walk the extra mile for the client.’

‘Great knowledge of their home market and very capable handing international disputes even governed by different legal rules/systems.’

‘Incredibly hard working – always available and thinking critically about the problem.’

‘Aapo Saarikivi is composed, makes thoughtful contributions; good sense of strategy.’

‘They assemble a team with diverse expertise/practice areas and with very good coordination among them behind the scenes.’

‘Fast and high quality responses. Practical answers that can be immediately applied to the business situation.’

‘Jukka Paloheimo is a seasoned professional, top-class lawyer with the capability to draw the big picture in a limited timeframe with detailed law information, ripple effect scenarios and conclusions. Jukka has a great sense of humour and his in-depth knowledge is impressive, so working with him brings a very high degree of comfort and trust.’

‘Anu Waaralinna is a true leader with capabilities to review the business world through the lens of law. She has a remarkable presence and isn’t afraid to challenge and coach the client. Incredibly skilled in employment law.’

‘Janne Nurminen has extensive knowledge of labour law and collective agreements and has an attitude that sees challenges from customers perspectives.’

‘Anu Waaralinna knows employment law inside out and has a very good strategic eye in tackling labour issues.’

‘Jukka Paloheimo is a great expert in litigation.’

‘The team is extremely skilled and competent, and at the same time very brave and business minded. They turn every rock to find perfect solution.’

‘The team’s strengths are strong expertise in the applicable regulation regime, and a very well-established network both nationally and cross-border that supports the team’s competences as well as understanding the process both at the Finnish courts and EU instances.’

‘Mikko Alkio is an easily approachable person and very pragmatic. Mikko has wide experience of EU and competition law and regulatory matters. We highly appreciate his knowledge and advice in energy and infrastructure regulatory matters.’

‘Lasse Nordström has great knowledge and wide experience in competition, public procurement and energy and infrastructure related regulatory matters. His knowledge of our business sector is very much appreciated. Lasse is diligent, result-oriented, and approachable.’

‘A highly committed and motivated team, flexible and comprehensive service.’

‘Extensive and high-level expertise in both law, economics and politics (Mikko Alkio). Intelligent, systematic, careful, reliable (Lasse Nordström).’

‘Superb team of lawyers handling complex IP litigation.’

‘Rainer Hilli is top of his game. Great fun to work with. Clear, helpful and a master in courts up to the very highest levels.’

‘Mikko Manner is simply excellent, always pragmatic and solution oriented, and is astonishingly effective in grasping the important aspects of a case. Surely one of the best – perhaps even the best – IP lawyers in the Nordics.’

‘Niklas Östman is a highly appreciated adviser but also very much a business partner. His vast experience and knowledge help moving the needle and he has on several occasions solved locked negotiations.’

‘Kaisu Korpua and Asta Uhlbäck, they both are true experts in the trade mark, design and enforcement matters and always available and responsive. I highly appreciate their support and knowledge in all kinds of IP matters.’

‘Roschier’s IP team is a veritable powerhouse that is equally strong in all aspects of IP work, contentious as well as non-contentious. I don’t think any of the Helsinki competitors come close to showing the muscle they do.’

‘Johanna Lilja is very thorough and knowledgeable, and very nice to work with.’

‘We work a lot with a Finnish team, headed by the excellent Markku Tuominen. A highly committed lawyer who is extremely responsive and a quick thinker. He is taking care of wonderful brands. His team provides excellent work.’

‘Roschier has fast response times, a team that’s both super professional and refreshingly youthful, a wide range of services in any practice, and they consistently deliver top-notch results. It’s like having a best-in-class squad for our business legal needs.’

‘Antti-Jussi Partanen has excellent real estate market knowledge, which is really helpful in deal making. I think Antti-Jussi knows the transaction market even better than some of the commercial transaction advisers. Furthermore, it is very convenient to work with Antti-Jussi and the quality of work of his and his team is top notch.’

‘Roschier individuals know how to serve us well. They have a good understanding of our business and are quick to respond to requests. They make sure everything is crystal clear and see things through to the end. The whole Roschier team is solution-focused.’

‘The individuals are caring and attentive to the details, with unmatched response times. They work hard on keeping a relationship with the client, and ensuring all their problems are solved.’

‘Martti Ylinen deserves mention here. He has very sharp mind, capability to raise the right questions on the table and strong grip of all the items under discussion. And if some topic was left on the table, for 100% certainty Martti came back to the topic with answer or suggestion.’

‘Antti-Jussi Partanen is a result-oriented person with a broad understanding of the real estate sector and transactions. He can explain complex legal matters clearly, adequately and comprehensively, ensuring that clients are well-informed throughout the legal process.’

‘First-class tax advice, always to the point.’

‘Ossi Haapaniemi is exceptional.’

‘Ossi Haapaniemi is a very experienced tax litigator. He is always available for customer and processes the tax disputes with high professionalism.’

‘Highly professional team with deep understanding of tax and corporate law.’

‘Professional, efficient, solution-providing and proactive team.’

‘Very recommendable team in IT-related matters. The team has a thorough understanding of the business models and the drivers of each market player type, so they are able to give sound commercial advice on top of purely legal advice.’

‘Arto Linnervuo and Miikka Konttinen have an outstanding understanding of market practices and they are able to give business-oriented pragmatic advice in very understandable manner.’

‘Arto Linnervuo and the team have the ability to integrate their work into technical and business topics. Contracts prepared by the team are also working as operational manuals in many cases.’

‘Their ability to integrate to our internal tools and systems is unique and something we value extremely high. This truly allows teams to work efficiently in a global setting.’

‘Arto Linnervuo and his team is exceptionally well positioned to support large scale multi-jurisdiction deals. Arto is most valuable in complex contract negotiations.’

‘Emma Swahne was instrumental for us. Not only is she highly knowledgeable in the area of privacy, personal data and IT related legal topics – she is extremely strong negotiating and managing these types of complex transactions.’

‘On top of all the high-quality legal advice, the team is super nice and easy to work with. This makes a big difference.’