Mr. Ojantakanen advises Finnish and international corporate clients, private equity houses and financial institutions in a broad range of M&A transactions, securities offerings and other finance matters. Mr. Ojantakanen also has significant expertise and experience in energy, insurance and insolvency law. In over 25 years in private practice, he has worked on both private and public M&A transactions, capital market and other finance matters, and on corporate reorganization matters.

Mr. Ojantakanen has also significant general corporate practice, and he regularly advises boards and management of Finnish companies in various corporate and securities law matters. Mr. Ojantakanen regularly acts as chair in general meetings of shareholders of public companies.

Mr. Ojantakanen has been involved in several cross-border private and public M&A transactions both in global, European and Pan-Nordic level, in various domestic M&A transactions, and in Reg. S. initial public offerings and recently in some of the major financial restructurings in the Nordic Region.

Before joining White & Case in 2004, Mr. Ojantakanen was in private practice in Helsinki for more than 20 years.

From 1996 to 2000, Mr. Ojantakanen acted as a member of the Auditor Supervisory Board, the disciplinary and supervisory body of public accountants in Finland.

Bars and Courts
Finnish Bar Association, 1987

Education
MCL, SMU School of Law, Dallas, Texas, 1983
LLM, Helsinki University School of Law, 1982

Professional Associations and Memberships
International Bar Association

Languages
English
Finnish
Swedish

Citizenship
Finland