Competition/European Law
Europe Guide 2024 : Finland
Band 1
About
Provided by Borenius
Borenius has extensive experience in preventing and handling the risks associated with antitrust and competition law matters both domestically and at the EU level. Our team of outstanding individuals has an impressive record advising on cases involving alleged cartels, dominance, restrictive commercial practices and market/sector investigations.
We advise our clients and defend their interests through all stages of an investigation from the launch of an investigation by dawn raid or otherwise through to appeals and follow-on damages actions. We have successfully represented several companies against competition law infringement based damages claims at Finnish courts of law.
We also work with clients to develop and implement competition law compliance guidelines that are tailored specifically to their business and organise in-house “mock dawn raids”. Furthermore, we share our expertise with in-house and corporate lawyers by providing training sessions, and we have developed a web-based competition law e-training programme called Competition Law e-Training.
Chambers Review
Borenius is one of the top law firms in the Finnish competition market, with impressive activity in state aid cases, representing both corporate clients and municipalities before the European Commission. The law firm is notably active on merger clearance mandates. It also acts for clients on cartel and price maintenance investigations before competition authorities across the Nordic region. Team members offer additional experience in public procurement mandates. The team is particularly popular with clients from the transport and media sectors.
Work Highlights
- Borenius represented Suomen Viljava before both the Finnish competition authorities and the European Commission in state aid investigations.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team brings very good technical understanding and strategic thinking to the table."
"Borenius has a very good client-focused approach. It has always been easy to work with the team, it know its stuff and is easy to reach."
"It is a good and dynamic team."
"The team brings very good technical understanding and strategic thinking to the table."
"Borenius has a very good client-focused approach. It has always been easy to work with the team, it know its stuff and is easy to reach."
"It is a good and dynamic team."
Notable Practitioners
Ilkka Aalto-Setälä stands out for his work on contentious and non-contentious state aid matters. He also has experience representing clients in cartel investigations and merger control notifications.
"He has strong experience, so he can came up with innovative and creative solutions, and is an excellent and pragmatic lawyer."
Ranked Lawyers at
Borenius
Finland
Members
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