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Waselius

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With a strong track record of handling public procurement disputes and litigation before the Market Court, Waselius is well versed in a wide range of EU and national competition matters, such as horizontal and vertical agreements. The firm has a deep understanding of abuse of dominance, state aid, and public procurement issues and is particularly strong in managing multi-jurisdictional merger control cases. Lotta Pohjanpalo, who is highly proficient in EU and competition law, public procurement and regulatory matters, leads the practice.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team understands the customer's situation very well, responds quickly, and can relate to the priorities and possibilities. The team is also flexible and works with speed, which is often required.’
  • ‘All of the individuals I have worked with are friendly, thorough, very professional and knowledgeful, experienced in the matter, pro-active, and last but not least supportive.’
  • ‘Lotta Pohjanpalo is great to work with, has excellent competition and regulatory skills, and has a great all-round background that adds a lot of value to client work. ’
  • 'A highly capable firm.’
  • ‘Lotta Pohjanpalo is a pleasure to work with. She is very knowledgeable, always responsive and well-prepared. If you are looking for competition and public procurement lawyer in Finland, Lotta will be your best option.’
  • ‘The team easily found an expert whose legal skills were excellent to meet our needs.’
  • ‘Able to assist us on a tight schedule. It felt like our matter was handled carefully and comprehensively. We didn't need to explain in our brief how the issue should be approached, as our contact person seemed to fully understand our perspective.’
  • ‘Very fast and agile approach to clients' cases. The first meeting was arranged quickly, and all the communication was clear, accurate and quick. Relevant information, legal estimations and precedent cases were provided in the first discussions and developed further in representing the process.’

Key clients

  • Pernod Ricard
  • Alstom
  • Daiwa Energy and Infrastructure (Japan)
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland
  • Ascensia Diabetes Care Finland
  • Royal Canin
  • Essity
  • Loomis
  • Equitix
  • Olympus

Work highlights

Represented Hedin Mobility Group in the merger control proceedings relating to its acquisition of Delta Auto.
Represented Oy Essity Finland Ab in Market Court litigation concerning a major procurement by the largest healthcare provider in Finland.
Represented Alstom Transport Helsinki Finland Oy in procurement litigation against the governmental company Fintraffic Raide Oy.

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Practice head

Lotta Pohjanpalo

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