People

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate

Ella practises in the Dispute Resolution Group and advises clients on various commercial disputes. She advocates cases in domestic and international arbitration and commercial litigation before state courts.

Ella has acted as counsel in significant international arbitration and litigation proceedings. She has experience of arbitration administered under different institutional rules (including FAI, SCC, and ICC).

Prior to joining the Dispute Resolution Group, Ella worked in Hannes Snellman’s M&A practice, where she advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, as well as on capital markets, corporate, commercial, and contract law.

In addition to her experience at Hannes Snellman, Ella has trained on the bench at the District Court of Helsinki.


References

Counsel to a major Finnish listed corporation in an international multi-million ICC arbitration concerning alleged defective supply of machinery as well as related injunction and damages claim proceedings in several instances of national courts.

Markus Manninen

Markus Manninen

Partner
markus.manninen@hannessnellman.com
Ricardo Gomes

Ricardo Gomes

Senior Associate
ricardo.gomes@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com
Olli Mäkelä

Olli Mäkelä

Counsel
olli.makela@hannessnellman.com
Johanna Vanninen

Johanna Vanninen

Associate
johanna.vanninen@hannessnellman.com
Minna Mäenpää

Minna Mäenpää

Associate
minna.maenpaa@hannessnellman.com

Counsel to a major Finnish listed corporation in an international multi-party ICC arbitration involving damages claims and counterclaims amounting to billions of euros.

Markus Manninen

Markus Manninen

Partner
markus.manninen@hannessnellman.com
Anna-Maria Tamminen

Anna-Maria Tamminen

Partner
anna-maria.tamminen@hannessnellman.com
Ricardo Gomes

Ricardo Gomes

Senior Associate
ricardo.gomes@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com
Minja Jantunen

Minja Jantunen

Senior Associate
minja.jantunen@hannessnellman.com
Aleksiina Markkula

Aleksiina Markkula

Associate
aleksiina.markkula@hannessnellman.com
Minna Mäenpää

Minna Mäenpää

Associate
minna.maenpaa@hannessnellman.com
Ilmari Eskola

Ilmari Eskola

Associate
ilmari.eskola@hannessnellman.com

Represented a global listed company in two related multi-million-euro damages disputes relating to agreements and deliveries to another company. Successfully assisted in settling both matters on terms favourable to the client, following an extensive court-assisted mediation hearing.

Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com

Parties

ABB and Hitachi

Transaction

Sale of ABB's Power Grids business to Hitachi

Deal Value

Enterprise Value of USD 11 billion for 100% of Power Grids

Role

Finnish Counsel to ABB

Heidi Haanpää

Heidi Haanpää

Partner
heidi.haanpaa@hannessnellman.com
Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Senior Associate
agda.vaha-piikkio@hannessnellman.com
Klaara Lähteenoja

Klaara Lähteenoja

Associate
klaara.lahteenoja@hannessnellman.com
Johanna Haltia-Tapio

Johanna Haltia-Tapio

Specialist Partner
johanna.haltia-tapio@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com

Parties

Mimir Invest (Buyer), Caverion (Seller), Project piping & tank business and the related Ylivieska workshop (Targets)

Transaction

Caverion’s sale of project piping & tank business and the related Ylivieska workshop of the Industrial Solutions division.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Caverion

Heidi Haanpää

Heidi Haanpää

Partner
heidi.haanpaa@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com
Riikka Kuha

Riikka Kuha

Counsel
riikka.kuha@hannessnellman.com
Jesper Nevalainen

Jesper Nevalainen

Partner
jesper.nevalainen@hannessnellman.com
Heikki Vesikansa

Heikki Vesikansa

Partner
heikki.vesikansa@hannessnellman.com
Jenni Parviainen

Jenni Parviainen

Managing Associate
jenni.parviainen@hannessnellman.com
Markus Bremer

Markus Bremer

Partner
markus.bremer@hannessnellman.com
Klaus Metsä-Simola

Klaus Metsä-Simola

Partner
klaus.metsa-simola@hannessnellman.com

Parties

Qingdao Sifang SRI Intellectual Technology Co. Ltd. (Buyer), Beneq Oy and its shareholders (Sellers), Beneq Oy (Target)

Transaction

The sale of Beneq Oy to Qingdao Sifang SRI Intellectual Technology Co. Ltd.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Beneq Oy and its shareholders

Heidi Haanpää

Heidi Haanpää

Partner
heidi.haanpaa@hannessnellman.com
Heikki Vesikansa

Heikki Vesikansa

Partner
heikki.vesikansa@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com
Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Senior Associate
agda.vaha-piikkio@hannessnellman.com
Stefan Stellato

Stefan Stellato

Managing Associate
stefan.stellato@hannessnellman.com

Parties

ABB (Buyer), General Electric Company (Seller), GE Industrial Solutions (Target)

Transaction

ABB’s acquisition of GE Industrial Solutions, GE’s global electrification solutions business.

Deal Value

USD 2.6 billion

Role

Finnish counsel to ABB

Heidi Haanpää

Heidi Haanpää

Partner
heidi.haanpaa@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com

Parties

Suomen Terveystalo Oy

Transaction

Terveystalo’s IPO and listing on the Nasdaq Helsinki stock exchange

Deal Value

The offering by the company and its shareholders was over EUR 870 million and the Company’s market value was over EUR 1.2 billion

Role

Counsel to Terveystalo

Klaus Ilmonen

Klaus Ilmonen

Partner, Doctor of Laws
klaus.ilmonen@hannessnellman.com
Sonja Siggberg

Sonja Siggberg

Partner
sonja.siggberg@hannessnellman.com
Anniina Järvinen

Anniina Järvinen

Partner
anniina.jarvinen@hannessnellman.com
Antti Kuha

Antti Kuha

Partner
antti.kuha@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com
Elina Toivakainen

Elina Toivakainen

Counsel
elina.toivakainen@hannessnellman.com
Markus Bremer

Markus Bremer

Partner
markus.bremer@hannessnellman.com
Matias Moberg

Matias Moberg

Managing Associate
matias.moberg@hannessnellman.com
Annemari Rosi

Annemari Rosi

Senior Associate
annemari.rosi@hannessnellman.com

Counsel to a Nordic company against a Central European counterpart in a multimillion-euro SCC arbitration and obtained funding for said client.

Anna-Maria Tamminen

Anna-Maria Tamminen

Partner
anna-maria.tamminen@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com
Johanna Vanninen

Johanna Vanninen

Associate
johanna.vanninen@hannessnellman.com
Laura Tyynismaa

Laura Tyynismaa

Legal Assistant
laura.tyynismaa@hannessnellman.com
Viktor Saavola

Viktor Saavola

Senior Associate
viktor.saavola@hannessnellman.com

Memberships and Positions of Trust

  • Member of the Finnish Bar Association
  • Member of the Young Arbitration Club Finland
  • Member of the Association for Finnish Lawyers

Education and Professional Background

  • Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2021
  • Trained on the Bench, District Court of Helsinki, 2019
  • Associate Lawyer, Hannes Snellman, 2017–2021
  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2017
  • Thesis Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2017
  • Associate Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2016
  • Legal Trainee, PricewaterhouseCoopers, 2016