Marika Harjula
Marika Harjula
Biography
Marika advises clients on a wide range of competition law and related matters, with a particular focus on complex cross-border merger control, foreign direct investment (FDI) and Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) reviews.
Marika has almost 15 years of experience with representing clients before the European Commission in both Phase I and Phase II merger control reviews, and has advised on various complex Phase II reviews. Her experience covers multiple EU remedies processes, including advice to both parties submitting remedies and remedy takers.
Marika regularly coordinates complex cross-border transactions and provides strategic guidance to clients on all merger-, FDI- and FSR- related aspects of transactions.
Marika's practice also spans Finnish and UK competition law and Finnish FDI reviews. She has represented numerous clients before the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, as well as the UK's Competition and Markets Authority, (including in Phase II merger reviews).
Marika also advises on cartel investigations, abuse of dominance, horizontal and vertical agreements, and compliance. She has advised different types of clients across a broad range of industries, including Sovereign Wealth Funds, Private Credit, Mining, Energy, Tech, Pharma and Agri-food.
Marika has been on secondment to the firm's Paris and Singapore offices and regularly works in the Abu Dhabi, Helsinki and London offices.
Experience
Advised Louis Dreyfus Company ("LDC") in EU merger control, foreign subsidies regulation (FSR), purchaser approval and FDI reviews related to LDC's acquisition of Bunge/Viterra divestment business.
Advised LDC on the regulatory aspects of the proposed acquisition of BASF's food ingredients business, which required regulatory approvals in multiple jurisdictions worldwide.
Advised Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (Masdar), Abu Dhabi's leading renewable energy company, on its joint venture with Iberdrola Group, the Spain-based international energy group engaged in electric power generation, transmission and distribution.
Advised Neste on the sale of its base oils business to Chevron Corporation.
Advised a client on a Phase II transaction that was unconditionally cleared by the UK CMA.
Advised Sibur PJSC on its acquisition of rival petrochemical company TAIF.
Advised Nordic Capital on the acquisition of iLOQ, a Finland-based provider of self-powered digital and mobile locking systems.
Advised Metso on its strategically important acquisition of rival mining equipment manufacturer Outotec, which was unconditionally cleared by the European Commission and a number of other competition authorities.
Advised Metso on its acquisition of Canadian mobile crushing and screening equipment manufacturer McCloskey International.
Advised Zynga on its US$560 million acquisition of 80 percent of mobile game developer Small Giant Games.
Advised Deutsche Telekom on its acquisition of Tele2 NL, which was unconditionally cleared by the European Commission following a Phase II review.
Advised Digital Realty on its $874 million acquisition of eight premium European data centers (sold as part of an EU divestment procedure).
Advised Continental AG, one of the leading automotive suppliers worldwide on its acquisition of the Automotive business of Nasdaq Helsinki listed Elektrobit Corporation.
Advised Zimmer Holdings, a world leader in musculoskeletal health solutions, in obtaining merger clearance from the European Commission for its $13.35 billion acquisition of Biomet.
