Simo heads our Competition & Regulatory practice. He is an experienced competition lawyer with a broad range of expertise covering contentious and non-contentious aspects of antitrust, public procurement and state aid law.

Simo frequently advises domestic and international clients on merger control and foreign direct investment (FDI). His practice also covers sector-specific legislation in life sciences and other fields.

Education

• Master of Laws, University of Turku (2011)
• Master of Arts (English Philology), University of Tampere (2008)

• Krogerus advises Hartwall on its acquisition of the Finnish brands of Pernod Ricard
• Krogerus advises Innofactor in the tender offer announced by Onni Bidco
• Krogerus advises Silo AI on the sale of Silo AI to AMD Inc.

• Finnish Bar Association
• Finnish Competition Law Association

KHO 2012:32: Hankinnan tekeminen väitetyltä valtion tuen saajalta (KHO 2012:32: Making a Public Procurement from an Alleged State Aid Recipient) (Lakimies, 6/2012) (available only in Finnish)

EU:n valtiontukisääntöjen huomioiminen yrityssaneerausmenettelyssä (The Effect of EU State Aid Rules on Finnish Corporate Restructuring Proceedings) (Edilex, 2012/19) (co-author) (available only in Finnish)

Kilpailuoikeuden sanktiot ja Euroopan ihmisoikeustuomioistuimen rangaistusmääritelmä – seuraamusjärjestelmien rajankäynti EU:n muuttuvassa oikeustilassa (The Nature of Competition Law Sanctions in the Light of the European Court of Human Rights' Definitions of Criminal Sanctions) (Acta Legis Turkuensia, 1/2012) (available only in Finnish)