Jan Ollila

Partner
Head of Public M&A

Jan Ollila

Partner
Head of Public M&A

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Jan Ollila and Jussi Lehtinen are partners with out-of-the-box thinking! Capability to simplify complex issues/problems and find solutions as well as communicate them in an understandable way.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2020, Dispute resolution

Listens to the client and makes sure he understands their needs.

Chambers Global & Europe 2021, Corporate/M&A

He is a hugely experienced M&A lawyer, who is calm, cool and collected. A senior advisor of genuine note.

IFLR1000 2020, Financial and corporate

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

Chambers Global & Europe 2016, Dispute Resolution

He has a great personality.

Chambers Global & Europe 2017, Corporate/M&A

A ‘Highly Regarded’ Leading Lawyer in M&A in Finland by IFLR1000 Financial and corporate 30th edition published in 2020.

IFLR1000 30th edition, Financial and corporate

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

One of the best lawyer I’ve had the chance to work with.

IFLR1000 2023, Financial and corporate

Very straightforward and has a no-nonsense attitude.

Chambers Global & Europe 2020, Corporate/M&A

A well regarded lawyer with vast experience advising corporate clients, financial institutions and private equity funds on an array of cross-border transactions and disputes.

Who's Who Legal 2023, Thought Leaders M&A and Governance

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

Experienced and skilful.

The Legal 500 2018, Dispute resolution

Jan is very talented; he is very good at legal advice but even better at legal tactics.

Client Choice Awards 2020, a Client Choice winner in Arbitration & ADR category in Finland

Outstanding in terms of competence and service-mindedness.

Chambers Global & Europe 2019, Corporate/M&A

Jan offers excellent client service; he is a responsive and dedicated lawyer.

Client Choice Awards 2020, a Client Choice winner in Arbitration & ADR category in Finland

A ‘Highly Regarded’ Leading Lawyer in M&A in Finland by IFLR1000 Financial and corporate 33rd edition published in 2023.

IFLR1000 33rd edition, Financial and corporate

An excellent speaker and a very good disputes attorney.

Chambers Global & Europe 2018, Dispute Resolution

Jan’ s tactical view is one of the best seen.

Client Choice Awards 2020, a Client Choice winner in Arbitration & ADR category in Finland

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

Chambers Global & Europe 2017, Dispute Resolution
He always has his client’s best interests in mind; he offers excellent solutions to problems.
Client Choice Awards 2020, a Client Choice winner in Arbitration & ADR category in Finland

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

IFLR1000 2019, Financial and corporate

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

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

Extraordinary amount of direct experience and knowledge of the market.

Chambers Global & Europe 2021, Corporate/M&A

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

IFLR1000, Financial and corporate

Jan Ollila is a seasoned and stable advisor, smooth and strong in equal measure. An excellent advisor when the going gets tough.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2020, Commercial, corporate and M&A

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

IFLR1000 2019, Financial and corporate

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

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Focus on high-level transactions and transaction related disputes.

Jan Ollila is known for advising corporate clients, private equity houses and financial institutions on public and private M&A and capital markets transactions and on transaction related disputes. He renders strategic advice to Finnish private and listed companies as well as to a number of international companies with operations in Finland. He also acts as arbitrator and mediator in domestic and cross-border commercial disputes.

Jan is an experienced chairman of boards and general meetings. He is a board member and chairman of a number of companies and organisations, including Amcham Finland, as well as the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WWF Finland. He is the former President of the Association Européenne d’Etudes Juridiques et Fiscales.

Jan was the Managing Partner of the firm in 2007–2014 and Senior Partner 2015–2022.

Jan has been ranked by Euromoney’s Expert Guides as one of the 30 best M&A lawyers in the world. He recently headed a working group appointed by the Finnish Securities Market Association preparing a reform of the Helsinki Takeover Code.

Keywords: Administrative Proceedings, Dispute Resolution

 

Education

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

Admitted: Finnish Bar Association

Languages

Swedish, Finnish, English, German and Norwegian

Experience

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