The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - Leading lawyers in Finland

DLA Piper teams and individuals in Helsinki are recognized in the renowned Legal 500 EMEA guide in the areas of Banking and finance, Capital markets, Commercial, corporate and M&A, Dispute resolution, EU and competition, Intellectual property, Maritime and transport, Real estate and construction, and TMT.

The results of the newly released EMEA 2023 guide are based on research, case submissions, client opinions, and interviews. Our clients value the team’s client centricity, flexibility to answer customer needs as well as pragmatic, commercially oriented advice and understanding, which goes beyond just legal matters and topics. Clients praise our team for both commercial understanding and being easy to work with.  

Selected client testimonials from the Legal 500 EMEA 2023:

‘Knows the industry and how we prioritise different risks. Available and joyful to work with.’

‘Extremely knowledgeable about the Finnish market and great in-depth knowledge of ECA financing. Also very client centric and take the lead on negotiating and coordinating with clients counsel taking a lot of burden off the bank.’

‘Client centricity and expertise of the Finnish market in particular.’

‘Mikko Luukkonen was always on hand when I needed to talk through issues. He was brilliant at understanding the clients unique requests and broke them down concisely to ensure the issues were resolved seamlessly.’

‘Very professional team, relying as well on the international background of their legal firm as on their in-depth knowledge of the Finnish legal framework to provide the best advice.’

(Banking and Finance)

‘Great overall expertise on all corporate law matters and demonstrated flexibility to answer customer needs.’

‘Great customer service attitude. Consistent delivery.’

‘The team was extremely efficient, business minded and innovative. Also, even though we had a cross border transaction including multiple countries at hand, due to excellent co-operation management, we were able to have a “one-stop shop” experience as a customer.’

‘Ilkka Liljeroos has a great overall business understanding and capabilities to evaluate and take care of every situation.’

‘Ilkka Liljeroos was lead in our transaction. He is truly amazing. Always on top of all tracks. Very good commercial understanding and performed excellent; both on legal issues and commercial issues.’

(Commercial, corporate and M&A)

‘Analytical and effective.’

‘Great knowledge in terms of procedure law and arbitration rules.’

‘Excellent service and very high level of service.’

(Dispute Resolution)

‘What we mostly appreciate in DLA Piper – in addition to their knowledge – is their extensive global network. As a global company we regularly need answers to international questions or questions pertaining to foreign countries. DLA Piper is continuously able to deliver on this front.’

‘Markus Oksanen – very quick and knowledgeable. Able to give clear answers to complex problems quickly.’

(Intellectual property)

‘Deep legal expertise combined with business understanding.’

(TMT)