Ilona Karppinen > Castrén & Snellman > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile

Ilona Karppinen

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

I specialise in dispute resolution and general corporate law. I advise our clients in major commercial disputes ranging across a variety of different business sectors, for example, the energy sector. In addition, I have successfully handled disputes related to private enforcement of competition law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate liabilities, outsourcing and the procurement of data systems.

I assist our clients in managing their commercial disputes in domestic and international proceedings. I act as counsel in settlement negotiations, mediation, litigation, arbitration and authority investigations. I also act as an arbitrator in resolving commercial disputes.

In the field of corporate law, I advise clients in legal matters related to corporate structuring, corporate governance and directors’ liability.

Our clients value my analytical and strategical approach. I strive to find innovative and business-driven solutions to our clients’ challenges. The Legal 500 and Euromoney Legal Media Group have ranked me as a Rising Star in Dispute Resolution.

Languages

Finnish, English, French, Swedish

Memberships

I am actively involved in the world’s largest lawyers’ professional organisation, the International Bar Association, where I have held various officer positions in the IBA Litigation Committee. I was also a member of the working group that modernised the Arbitration Rules of the Finland Chamber of Commerce, in force as of 1 January 2020.

• International Bar Association (IBA), Litigation Committee
• Young Arbitration Club Finland (YACF)
• The Association of Finnish Lawyers
• Finnish Arbitration Association
• Young Arbitrators Sweden (YAS)

Education

• Court training 2009/2010
• Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 2007
• Université René Descartes Paris V, France, 2005/2006