Practice Areas: EU and Competition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Private Equity; Corporate and Commercial Law; Labour Law; Intellectual Property; Market Law; Energy Law
Position: Partner
Joined Firm: 1998
Education: University of Helsinki, LL.M. 1998; Postgraduate Diploma in EC Competition Law, King's College, 2002
Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English
Telephone: +358 (0)9 668 95216
Mobile: +358 (0)40 522 6549
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* Acquisition of business operations of Barona Handling Oy by Swissport;
* Acquisition of vehicle transportation business of Avelon Autotrans Oy by SE Mäkinen Logistics Oy;
* Acquisition of John Nurminen Prima Group by Crown Worldwide Group;
* Acquisition of the technical services business of Avelon Autologistics Oy by Assistor Oy;
* Acquisition by Arbitron Inc. of Zokem Oy;
* Acquisition of a major part of Ovako’s business by Triton;
* Divestment by Munters AB (publ.) of its MCS division to Triton;
* Divestment of John Nurminen Navis Oy to the GAC Group;
* Divestment by BASF of its European starch business to Chemigate Oy;
* Divestment of Catella AB to Scribona;
Mikko Eerola has over the past 10 years acted for a number of leading international and domestic corporations subject to the Finnish Competition Authority’s investigation and proceedings before the Market Court, both in respect of alleged abuse of dominance cases and cases involving alleged horisontal competition restrictions. He has substantial experience in acting for both notifying parties and interested third parties in merger control proceedings before the Finnish Competition Authority, and for complainants in public procurement proceedings before the Market Court and the Supreme Administrative Court.
* Recommended as leading lawyer in the field of Competition by Chambers Europe, PLC Which Lawyer and the International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers & Economists
* Recommended as leading lawyer in the field of Corporate/M&A by Chambers Europe
Finnish Bar Association (2002-); Association of Finnish Lawyers; Finnish Association of Competition Law; International Bar Association
Secondment Lovells, Brussels, 2003;
European Commission, Brussels, Trainee, 1997-1998