Minna Katajoki (née Vammeljoki) specializes in commercial dispute resolution, compliance and investigations, and corporate crime. Minna’s disputes practice covers dispute avoidance and conflict management, as well as litigation and arbitration e.g., under the FAI, the SCC and the ICC rules, over a wide range of topics such as share purchase and shareholders’ agreements, supply and distribution agreements and projects and construction. Minna also serves as arbitrator. In compliance and investigations, Minna advises clients in various compliance matters, including sanctions compliance, data protection and cybersecurity. Further, Minna supports clients in internal, criminal, and regulatory investigations into suspected non-compliance. In corporate crime, Minna advises companies, board members and management in matters relating to topics such as securities market offences, environmental crime, and bribery. Minna also advises in non-contentious matters including, among other things, board and management liability.
CV
Career
- Avance Attorneys Ltd, Partner 2023–
- Avance Attorneys Ltd, Counsel (9–12/2022)
- Sotamaa & Co, Partner (3–8/2022)
- Happeo, General Counsel (2021–2022)
- Roschier, Senior Associate (2016–2021)
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, EU litigation, Legal Officer (2012)
- Borenius, Associate (2010–2011, 2013–2015)
Education
- SCC/SAA Diploma Course for International Arbitrators, SCC Arbitration Institute, 2024
- Certified Information Privacy Professional, Europe (CIPP/E), 2022–2024
- Finnish Arbitration Academy, The Finland Chamber of Commerce, 2020
- Attorney-at-Law, 2015–
- Trained on the bench, District Court of Hyvinkää, 2014
- Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2010
Publications
“Välitystuomari tekoälyjärjestelmän käyttöönottajana” (“Arbitrator as a deployer of an AI system”)
Defensor Legis, 2/2024
“Asianajajaosakeyhtiön osakkaan lakiin perustuva henkilökohtainen vastuu – Oikeusvertaileva katsaus” (“Statutory personal liability of an advocate-shareholder – A comparative overview”), with P. Taivalkoski
Defensor Legis, 5/2016
Rankings
2024
Minna Katajoki has been named to The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2024 Arbitration – Nordics.
The Legal 500 Private Practice Powerlist 2024 Arbitration – Nordics
2024
“Newly elected dispute resolution partner Minna Katajoki has been an outstanding counsel in an international finance and technology arbitration.”
The Legal 500 2024
2021
Minna Katajoki is recognised as a “Rising star” in Dispute Resolution.
“Minna Katajoki is recommended for her drafting skills and constant client care.”
The Legal 500 2021