Tanja Heinonen (former Jussila)

Senior Legal Counsel, Group Dispute Resolution Lead +358 20 720 5413 tanja.heinonen@fondia.com Helsinki

Tanja Heinonen

I work as a Senior Legal Counsel and Group Dispute Resolution Lead. I have more than 25 years of experience in handling complex legal matters on both an international and domestic level, particularly in dispute resolution and commercial contract law.

My experience spans both private practice and in-house legal work. I’ve worked as a lawyer and partner in a specialized law firm, and later in a corporate legal role at a multinational company. This background supports a practical and business-minded approach to legal issues. I’ve also acted as arbitrator appointed by the FAI and SCC, and have been recognized by Chambers Europe for expertise in dispute resolution

Expertise:

Dispute Resolution
Commercial contracts, including construction, distribution, agency and ICT contracts
Contractual liability issues
Compliance, risk management

CV

Career

Fondia Plc 2023-, Group Dispute Resolution Lead, Senior Legal Counsel
Schneider Electric Finland Oy, 2017-2023, Senior Legal Counsel (Head of Legal), Finland & Baltics and Member of the Finnish Leadership Team
President of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) 2011-2012, other positions in AIJA 2005-2011
Waselius & Wist, Attorney-at-Law, Associate 1999-2009, Partner 2009-2017, including secondment at Clifford Chance, International Arbitration, London, 2006

Fondia Plc 2023-, Group Dispute Resolution Lead, Senior Legal Counsel
Schneider Electric Finland Oy, 2017-2023, Senior Legal Counsel (Head of Legal), Finland & Baltics and Member of the Finnish Leadership Team
President of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) 2011-2012, other positions in AIJA 2005-2011
Waselius & Wist, Attorney-at-Law, Associate 1999-2009, Partner 2009-2017, including secondment at Clifford Chance, International Arbitration, London, 2006

Education and qualifications

Licensed Legal Counsel, 2023
Finnish bar exam 2002 (member of the Finnish Bar 2002-2017)
Trained at the Bench 1998-1999
Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 1997

Licensed Legal Counsel, 2023
Finnish bar exam 2002 (member of the Finnish Bar 2002-2017)
Trained at the Bench 1998-1999
Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 1997

Languages

Swedish
Finnish
English

Swedish
Finnish
English

Selected recent references

Chairman of the Redemption Board of the Central Chamber of Commerce 2025 -
Acted as counsel to a Finnish food ingredients and chemicals industry company in a distribution contract dispute resolved in arbitration
Acted as counsel to a Finnish limited liability company in statutory arbitration proceedings involving redemption of minority shares
Acted as counsel to a US marine industry company in an arbitration against a Finnish company relating to a distribution/co-operation agreement
Acted as counsel to a Swedish foodstuff industry company in court proceedings against a Finnish company relating to a joint venture project
Acted as counsel to a Finnish company in a distribution contract dispute with an Austrian distributor resolved in arbitration, and subsequently acted as counsel in all stages of court proceedings challenging the arbitral award.

Chairman of the Redemption Board of the Central Chamber of Commerce 2025 -
Acted as counsel to a Finnish food ingredients and chemicals industry company in a distribution contract dispute resolved in arbitration
Acted as counsel to a Finnish limited liability company in statutory arbitration proceedings involving redemption of minority shares
Acted as counsel to a US marine industry company in an arbitration against a Finnish company relating to a distribution/co-operation agreement
Acted as counsel to a Swedish foodstuff industry company in court proceedings against a Finnish company relating to a joint venture project
Acted as counsel to a Finnish company in a distribution contract dispute with an Austrian distributor resolved in arbitration, and subsequently acted as counsel in all stages of court proceedings challenging the arbitral award.

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