Jan Ollila

Senior Partner
Head of M&A & Private Equity

Jan Ollila

Senior Partner
Head of M&A & Private Equity

Mobile+358 50 599 0235
Phone+358 9 6817 0108
Email
Add contact

Assistant

Mirkka Ilonen
Email[email protected]
Phone+358 9 6817 0137

Share this

Excellent judgment. Great at managing the project, the client, and the other side.

IFLR1000 2017, Financial and corporate

An excellent speaker and a very good disputes attorney.

Chambers Global & Europe 2018, Dispute Resolution

Very experienced, very aware of what needs to be achieved and always trying to get an amicable solution.

Chambers Global & Europe 2017, Dispute Resolution

The ‘very experienced’ practice head Jan Ollila ‘provides hands-on and high-quality advice’.

The Legal 500 2018, Commercial, corporate and M&A

An excellent senior team leader who is very experienced and has a high level of business understanding as well as excellent conceptual thinking.

Chambers Global & Europe 2018, Corporate/M&A

Recognized since 2009 in The Best Lawyers in Finland for work in: Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law and Private Equity Law.

Best Lawyers

He has a great personality.

Chambers Global & Europe 2017, Corporate/M&A

Experienced and skilful.

The Legal 500 2018, Dispute resolution

Very good commercial understanding. Pragmatic and solution oriented. Strong legal skills. Good adviser.

IFLR1000 2019, Financial and corporate

He is very knowledgeable and takes a business-minded view of our disputes.

Chambers Global & Europe 2016, Dispute Resolution

Extremely professional and a very polite person, whom it was very pleasant to work with.

IFLR1000 2019, Financial and corporate

Euromoney’s Expert Guides ranks D&I Senior Partner Jan Ollila as one of the 30 best M&A lawyers in the world. He is the only lawyer in Finland and one of only two lawyers in the Nordics on this exclusive list.

Expert Guides, Best of the Best 2017
Dittmar & Indrenius > People > Jan Ollila

Focus on high-level M&A, finance and capital markets transactions and on disputes in relation thereto.

Jan Ollila is known for advising corporate clients, private equity houses and financial institutions on public and private M&A, finance and capital markets transactions and on disputes in relation thereto. He acts as arbitrator and mediator in domestic and cross-border commercial disputes.

Jan is an experienced chairman of boards and general meetings. Currently he is a board member in Aller Media Oy, Brenntag Nordic Oy, Dittmar & Indrenius, IKEA Real Estate Oy, Suomi24 Oy, NEC Finland Oy and Amcham Finland as well as a member of the Supervisory Board of WWF Finland. He is the former President of the Association Européenne d’Etudes Juridiques et Fiscales (2012 – 2015).

Jan was the Managing Partner of the firm in 2007 – 2014 and is the Senior Partner since 2015.

Euromoney’s Expert Guides ranks Jan as one of the 30 best M&A lawyers in the world. He is the only lawyer in Finland and one of only two lawyers in the Nordics on this exclusive list.

 

Tags

Education

University of Helsinki (LL.M., 1992).

Admitted: Finnish Bar Association

Languages

Swedish, Finnish, English, German and Norwegian

References

Featured reference

Cross-border M&A-related arbitration

1 Aug 2017

We successfully acted for Fonecta, the biggest B-to-B service provider of digital sales and marketing solutions in Finland, i...

Featured reference

Combination of Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia

2 Nov 2016

We advised Alcatel-Lucent in its EUR 13.5 billion combination with Nokia, the largest transaction ever involving a Finnish co...

Transactions

Public tender offer for all shares in Amer Sports Corporation

7 Dec 2018

We advise Anamered Investments, an investment vehicle owned by Mr. Chip Wilson, on the Finnish law aspects of the announced E...

advisory

Strategic speaking partner in real estate matters

29 Dec 2017

We continuously advise IKEA and IKEA Centres in their real estate matters ranging from transactions and leases to zoning and ...

Transactions

Acquisition of Enegia Market Services Oy and Enegia Sweden

6 Nov 2017

We advised Eneas Group and its controlling shareholder Norvestor Equity in the acquisition of Enegia Market Services Oy and E...

Disputes

Cross-border M&A-related arbitration

1 Aug 2017

We successfully acted for Fonecta, the biggest B-to-B service provider of digital sales and marketing solutions in Finland, i...

Transactions

Sale of Kovanen, the leading Finland-based taxi services business, to Cabonline

30 Jun 2017

We represented Kovanen, Finland’s largest full service passenger transportation service provider, in the sale of their oper...

Transactions

Acquisition of Etraveli Group

20 Jun 2017

ProSiebenSat.1, an independent media company with a strong presence in the TV and digital markets, divested Etraveli, a globa...

Latest Insights

alert
M&A Dispute Survey 2019
13 Feb 2019 D&I’s M&A Disputes Survey studied the causes of disputes arising from M&A transactions, how such disputes are r...
event
Survey Release: Post-acquisition Disputes
13 Feb 2019

Share this

Suvi Knaapila

Superstar.

The Legal 500 2018, Employment

Dittmar & Indrenius
Attorneys Ltd.
Pohjoisesplanadi 25 A
FI-00100 Helsinki, Finland
+358 9 681 700
[email protected]
Business ID: FI0217099-4

 

Dittmar & Indrenius

e.g. "Transaction Powerhouse", "Arbitration", "Fintech" etc.