Awards
Following awards are granted to Kauttu & Co Attorneys Ltd. Kauttu & Co has joined Aliant on November 2017 and is now Aliant Finland.
Commercial Law Firm of the year 2016 for a 3rd consecutive year – Finland, by ACQ Law Awards.
Corporate Law Firm of the year 2015 – Finland, by Acquisition International M&A Award
The International Trade Legal Practice Firm of the year 2013 — Finland, by Acquisition International Magazine
Pekka Valo meets Björn Wahlroos, the chairman of the Board in Sampo Group, Nordea and UPM-Kymmene.
Our People
Phone: +358 9 3157 4101
E-mail: tkauttu (at) aliantlaw.fi
LL.M. (Helsinki), LL.M. (Washington)
Attorney at law
Trained on the bench
Specialities: Cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, technology commerce.
About Tuomo:
Tuomo Kauttu graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Master of Laws degree in 1988, and gained his postgraduate LL.M. from the University of Washington, Law School in 1996.
After graduating and court training, Tuomo worked for a bank, specialising in corporate finance. Subsequently, he gained experience as an attorney intern at a New York law firm, followed by the LL.M. program at the University of Washington. The focus of the LL.M. program was on corporate law and corporate taxation, mergers & acquisitions, investments, and business planning.
Since 1996, Tuomo has advised and represented businesses in Helsinki. He has worked on commercial transactions and international operations in a diverse range of industries, including technology, machinery, energy and manufacturing. He has advised various forms of business entities on corporate law and governance issues. He has represented corporate clients and institutional investors in acquisitions and other transactions involving the purchase or sale of businesses.
Tuomo is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and an associate member of the American Bar Association (ABA), being involved in the professional work of the ABA International Business Law Committee and Committee on Mergers and Acquisitions. He is also a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Commission on Commercial Law and Practice. Since 2014, Tuomo has been a member of the Industry Committee of Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce. He has written numerous professional articles, and has lectured at various institutes in Finland and abroad.
Phone: +358 9 3157 4102
E-mail: pvalo (at) aliantlaw.fi
LL.M. (Turku), LL.M. (Exeter)
Attorney at law (Finland)
Solicitor (England, Wales)
Trained on the bench
Specialities: International transactions, mergers and acquisitions, trademark, design and copyright law, corporate finance, money laundering compliance, competition law, dispute resolution
About Pekka:
Pekka has wide experience in business law both in Finland and England where he has worked several years as Solicitor and In-house lawyer.
Mr. Valo is specialised in International Contract Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution, IP and ICT Law. He has represented several internationally known brand names especially in the fashion and design industry in their issues relating to Trade Marks, Design Rights, Franchise and Distribution. He has advised in numerous international corporate arrangements, English sports teams with their establishment as corporate entities, online gaming companies setting up and running the their business and an Arctic expedition team in their sponsorship issues. He has also worked in a Financial Services company in the City of London as a Legal Counsel and FSA (currently FCA) approved Compliance Officer and MLRO.
In addition to his work Pekka has done research as Doctoral Associate in Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) University of London. The focus of his research was in Copyright issues of audio-visual works. During the time he wrote numerous articles involving Design Right, Patent, Trade Mark and Copyright to an online publication of an international law firm. He took part to teaching of the Institute by familiarising the representatives of EU candidate states with Intellectual Property Rights.
Pekka is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales.
Phone: +358 9 3157 4104
Email: lpietikainen (at) aliantlaw.fi
LL.M.
Specialities: Corporate law and tax, finance, dispute resolution
About Leo:
Leo Pietikäinen graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Master of Laws degree in January 2019. He is currently working on his bar examination of the Finnish Bar Association, which he intends to complete this Autumn.
During his studies, Leo gained experience in various places. From 2015 to 2017, he advised Foodora Finland Oy, then a new startup in Finland, with daily legal matters regarding predominantly contract and corporate law. At the same time he was also a member of the Legal Aid Committee of his university’s law students’ association (Pykälä ry), giving pro bono legal advice to students.
From 2017 to 2018, he worked as a Legal Assistant at Kauttu & Co Attorneys Ltd, which later became Aliant Finland, participating in corporate law issues and resolution of contract disputes for corporate clients.
After Kauttu & Co, Leo joined the Legal Services team at PricewaterhouseCoopers Finland as an Associate Trainee, where he participated in a wide array of assignments regarding corporate law, finance, transactions, governance and taxation, assisting both domestic and international companies. He also regularly gave presentations on current legal matters for the Legal team.
After PwC, he finished his Master’s thesis on international taxation in late 2018, and following graduating in January 2019, he worked as an Associate at Intertrust (Finland) Oy, providing corporate law, tax law and administrative services for international companies.
In September 2019 Leo joined Aliant Finland as an Associate.
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