Minna Katajoki > Avance Attorneys Ltd > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile
Avance Attorneys Ltd Offices
MANNERHEIMINTIE 20 A
00100 HELSINKI
Finland
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Minna Katajoki
Work Department
Dispute Resolution, Compliance and Investigations, Capital Markets and Financial Regulatory, Environment, Governance, Data Protection and Cybersecurity
Minna Katajoki (née Vammeljoki) specializes in commercial dispute resolution, compliance and investigations, and corporate crime. Minna’s disputes practice covers dispute avoidance and conflict management, as well as litigation and arbitration e.g., under the FAI, the SCC and the ICC rules, over a wide range of topics such as share purchase and shareholders’ agreements, supply and distribution agreements and projects and construction. Minna also serves as arbitrator. In compliance and investigations, Minna advises clients in various compliance matters, including sanctions compliance, data protection and cybersecurity. Further, Minna supports clients in internal, criminal, and regulatory investigations into suspected non-compliance. In corporate crime, Minna advises companies, board members and management in matters relating to topics such as securities market offences, environmental crime, and bribery. Minna also advises in non-contentious matters including, among other things, board and management liability.
Position
Partner
Career
- Avance Attorneys Ltd, Partner 2023–
- Avance Attorneys Ltd, Counsel (9–12/2022)
- Sotamaa & Co, Partner (3–8/2022)
- Katajoki Law, Founding Partner (2021–2022)
- Happeo, General Counsel (2021–2022)
- Roschier, Senior Associate (2016–2021)
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, EU litigation (2012)
- Borenius, Associate (2010–2011, 2013–2015)
Education
- Attorney-at-Law, 2015–2021, 2022–
- Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe (CIPP/E), 2022–
- Licensed Legal Counsel, 2021
- Finnish Arbitration Academy, The Finland Chamber of Commerce, 2020
- Trained on the bench, Distict Court of Hyvinkää, 2014
- Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2010
Lawyer Rankings
Finland > Dispute resolution
Praised for its ‘highly dedicated team’, Avance Attorneys Ltd‘s dispute resolution practice provides the full range of conflict management services, handling litigation, arbitration, compliance work and investigations, as well as insolvency and restructuring mandates. Leading the team is the trio of Ulla Vuokila, who has notable experience in compliance matters and internal investigations relating to securities markets, business secrets and anti-corruption related issues; Salla Suominen, who advises on insolvency-related cases and restructuring proceedings; and Minna Katajoki, who focuses on commercial dispute resolution, compliance work and investigations.
Finland > TMT
Avance Attorneys Ltd’s IP and technology team works on a wide spectrum of assignments, ranging from venture capital investments for technology companies to creation of new media platform joint ventures for established media companies. Ilkka Perheentupa and Anders Floman assist clients in technology-focused transactions, Minna Katajoki handles disputes and cybersecurity matters, while Sonja Heiskala has a focus on data protection and general IP matters.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- EU and competition
- Employment
- Real estate and construction