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Mikko Laitinen
Mikko works as a Senior Legal Counsel and has over 15 years of experience advising clients on a wide range of legal matters. His core expertise includes company law, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, sustainability matters and commercial contracts.
He advises both listed and privately held companies – from large international financial institutions to start-ups – often in assignments that require broad legal insight and the ability to connect perspectives across different areas of law.
Before joining Fondia, Mikko worked for 10 years as an Attorney-at-Law and also gained experience in banking-related legal matters while working at an international financial institution.
Mikko also has extensive experience in large-scale damages litigation, including cases related to service contracts, cartels and abuse of dominant market position. He also has prepared the legal groundwork for over 50 general meetings of listed companies and regularly serves as chair or secretary at our clients’ shareholder meetings.
Expertise:
Mergers and acquisitions
Company law and general meetings
Liability matters and dispute resolution
Commercial contracts
ESG matters
Career:
Fondia Plc 2023-, Senior Legal Counsel
Citibank Europe Plc, Finland Branch 2021-2023 (Secondment)
Merilampi Attorneys Ltd – in different roles 2010-2023, including Attorney-at-Law as of 2014 and Specialist Counsel as of 2019
Education and qualifications:
Finnish bar exam 2014
License to serve as legal counsel 2012
Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 2010
Languages:
Finnish
English
Selected recent references:
Advised Kerabit Katto Oy in its acquisition of 100% of the shares in Suomen Kattomestarit Oy
Represented a Finnish company in a damages litigation related to a public procurement
Represented a Finnish company in international arbitration proceedings
Represented a Finnish company in a consumer law dispute
Acted as legal advisor to a Finnish company in the acquisition of a minority stake in a joint venture