Ms Lotta Uusitalo > Procopé & Hornborg > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile

Procopé & Hornborg
ETELÄESPLANADI 18
PO BOX 1077
00101 HELSINKI
Finland

Work Department

Commercial Contracts, Competition & Procurement, Corporate Responsibility & Sustainable Law, Energy & Infra, Legal Design & Technology, Mergers & Acquisitions

Position

Partner Lotta Uusitalo specializes in competition law and assists clients in preparing competition compliance programs, merger control, cartel investigations, and in litigating cases where competition law is a key issue, including damages proceedings and administrative proceedings. Lotta regularly assists clients with compliance audits and educates client companies. Lotta has significant experience in setting up distribution channels and dealing with competition issues, as well as advising clients on the cooperation between competitors, including exchange of information. In addition to her specialist practice area, Lotta assists several companies by managing their day-to-day corporate and contract matters, as well as regulatory and compliance matters as responsible attorney and experienced project manager. She has broad and long experience in particular in the automotive, retail, media and mining sectors.

Career

Procopé & Hornborg, Partner 2007-
Procopé & Hornborg, Associate 1999-2003
District Court of Porvoo, Trainee Judge 1998-1997
Ministry of Labour, Chief Inspector 1996-1997

Languages

Finnish, English, Swedish, French and German

Memberships

Finnish Competition Law Association
Finnish Bar Association
International Bar Association
Finnish Corporate Responsibility Law Association, deputy member of the Board
Finnish Bar Association, Competition Law Specialist Group
EU12 Group by the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland (procurement, competition and state aid)

Education

Master of Laws, Diplôme des études approfondies en droit économic Européenne, Bruges, Belgium 1996
Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 1995
Trained on the Bench 1997

Lawyer Rankings

Finland > EU and competition

Procopé & Hornborg‘s competition and procurement team advises clients on all aspects of competition law, including national and EU merger control work, assessments of dominant position and the related abuse issues. Public and private enforcements, state aid matters and all aspects of public procurement work also form part of the firm’s advisory offering. Group co-head and specialist in competition and EU law Lotta Uusitalo has vast experience in the energy, automotive and technology sectors, while fellow co-head Asta Siponen is a specialist in dispute resolution and public procurement work.