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Dittmar & Indrenius Offices
POHJOISESPLANADI 25 A
00100 HELSINKI
Finland
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Mr Ilkka Leppihalme
Work Department
Competition & Public Procurement
Position
Focus on high-profile EU and Finnish competition law matters; litigation and arbitration proceedings.
Partner Ilkka Leppihalme heads the firm’s Competition & Public Procurement practice. He is known for having been involved in various landmark competition cases, including the largest competition cases in Finland. He regularly assesses potential competition law issues in a transactional context and possesses significant experience in both domestic and multijurisdictional merger control procedures across a wide range of industries.
Ilkka Leppihalme has represented clients in numerous significant competition law related damages cases. He defended two companies in the precedent-setting asphalt cartel damages cases until the end of the hearing in the Helsinki Court of Appeal – all of the claims against both companies were dismissed. He has also acted as a counsel and as an expert on Finnish law in some of the most notable international competition damages cases.
Career
Prior to joining Dittmar & Indrenius in 2016, Ilkka Leppihalme made a distinguished career as a Partner and Head of Competition in another leading law firm in Finland. Prior to this, he was with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Brussels.
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English and French
Memberships
Ilkka Leppihalme is one of the few members of the Competition Law Expert Group of the Finnish Bar Association. He has been a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network, a network of more than 130 competition authorities, since 2010.
Education
University of Helsinki (LL.M., 1998)
Trained on the Bench (2000)
King’s College London (LL.M., 2001)
Lawyer Rankings
Finland > EU and competition
(Hall of Fame)Dittmar & Indrenius‘ competition and public procurement practice stands out due to its ‘broad and at the same time deep experience in all aspects of Finnish competition law, ranging from antitrust infringements over merger control to private damage claims’; it also represents clients in significant competition infringement and antitrust damages cases. Ilkka Leppihalme
leads the team and has been praised by clients for his ‘wealth of knowledge and experience’, especially related to antitrust matters, cartel investigations, merger control filings and the competition aspects of M&A transactions. While Toni Kalliokoski specialises in competition litigation with a particular focus on damages claims, Jussi Koivusalo is experienced in antitrust investigations and advisory work.