Avance Attorneys Ltd

Dispute Resolution, Compliance and Investigations, Capital Markets and Financial Regulatory, Environment, Governance, Data Protection and Cybersecurity

Minna Katajoki (née Vammeljoki) specialises in conflict management, dispute resolution, and corporate crime. Minna advises clients from various sectors, including energy and infrastructure, ICT and private equity, in their commercial, corporate, and regulatory disputes. Minna represents clients in arbitration, e.g., under the FAI, the SCC and the ICC rules, and in litigation in Finnish general courts and administrative courts. Frequent topics of disputes include share purchase and shareholders’ agreements, trade secrets, supply and distribution, and large projects and construction. In corporate crime, Minna specialises in investigations and criminal trials concerning environmental offences and financial misconduct. In administrative procedure, Minna assists clients with topics such as land use planning and building. Minna also acts as arbitrator.

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Avance Attorneys Ltd, Partner 2023– Avance Attorneys Ltd, Counsel (9–12/2022) Sotamaa & Co, Partner (3–8/2022) Happeo, General Counsel (2021–2022) Roschier, Senior Associate (2016–2021) Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, EU litigation, Legal Officer (2012) Borenius, Associate (2010–2011, 2013–2015)

SCC/SAA Diploma Course for International Arbitrators, SCC Arbitration Institute, 2024 Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe (CIPP/E), 2022–2024 Finnish Arbitration Academy, The Finland Chamber of Commerce, 2020 Attorney-at-Law, 2015– Trained on the bench, District Court of Hyvinkää, 2014 Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2010