Languages

Finnish, English

Annika Tiitola

Associate Public Procurement, Technology, Data

Languages

Finnish, English

Annika works in our Public Procurement and Technology & Data Teams. She advises both private and public sector clients across all stages of public procurement procedures. Her practice focuses on complex tendering competitions, compliance with public procurement legislation, and handling disputes and administrative court proceedings.


Moreover, Annika has significant experience of direct awards and contract amendments. She also supports clients in M&A-related procurement questions and other compliance-related assignments in the field of procurement, healthcare, technology, and data. She frequently writes blogs and conducts training on public procurement.

Selected References

Counsel to multinational player specializing in medical devices and healthcare.

Contacts

Hannes Snellman successfully represented Kesko Oyj and several K-Citymarket stores in multiple administrative court proceedings where Regional State Administrative Agencies had introduced restricting conditions to the alcohol retail trade licences of the K-Citymarket stores. 

Kesko and the K-Citymarket stores appealed the decisions of the Regional State Administrative Agencies, and in its first four decisions, the Administrative Court of Northern Finland ruled in favour of the appellants by revoking the conditions of the alcohol retail trade licences to a large extent and ordering the authorities to compensate for part of the legal costs incurred by the appellants.

The decisions of the Administrative Court of Northern Finland were appealed by the Regional State Administrative Agencies and the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health. On 19 June 2024, the Supreme Administrative Court handed down a precedent ruling (KHO:2024:90), where the Court ruled in favour of the K-Citymarket stores. The Supreme Administrative Court confirmed that the Alcohol Act does not require that only the licence holder or their staff could hand over alcoholic beverages to the customers. Neither does the Alcohol Act require that the payment for an alcoholic beverage could only be received by the holder of the alcohol retail trade licence or an entity legally authorised to process payments. Therefore, the Regional State Administrative Agency could not impose the conditions in the retail trade licence based on the grounds it had asserted. The Supreme Administrative Court held that there was no reason to change the outcome of the decision of the Administrative Court of Northern Finland. 

In the three other cases, the Supreme Administrative Court rejected the authorities’ applications for leave to appeal, wherefore the outcome of the decisions of the Administrative Court of Northern Finland was not changed in these cases either.

The Supreme Administrative Court ordered the Regional State Administrative Agencies and the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health to compensate EUR 15,000 of the legal costs incurred by the K-Citymarket stores in each decision.

Contacts

Counsel to Mölnlycke Health Care in public procurement.

Contacts

  • Outi Jousi

    Specialist Partner +358 40 563 7343 outi.jousi@hannessnellman.com

  • Annika Tiitola

    Associate +358 45 679 2850 annika.tiitola@hannessnellman.com

Counsel to Siemens Mobility in public procurement.

Contacts

  • Outi Jousi

    Specialist Partner +358 40 563 7343 outi.jousi@hannessnellman.com

  • Annika Tiitola

    Associate +358 45 679 2850 annika.tiitola@hannessnellman.com

Counsel to Takeda in public procurement.

Contacts

  • Outi Jousi

    Specialist Partner +358 40 563 7343 outi.jousi@hannessnellman.com

  • Annika Tiitola

    Associate +358 45 679 2850 annika.tiitola@hannessnellman.com

Parties:

Gasgrid Finland Oy, Excelerate Energy

Transaction:

Gasgrid Finland Oy's chartering of an LNG Floating Storage and Regasification Unit from Excelerate Energy.

Deal Value:

EUR 460 million

Role:

Counsel to Gasgrid Finland Oy

Contacts

Parties

Basware Corporation (target), a consortium consisting of Accel-KKR, Long Path Partners, and Briarwood Chase Management (buyer)

Transaction

Counsel to the offeror consortium of Accel-KKR, Long Path Partners, and Briarwood Chase Management in the tender offer for all outstanding securities in Basware Corporation.

Deal Value

EUR 620 million

Role

Counsel to the consortium

Contacts

Counsel to a Finnish listed company in multiple parallel regulatory proceedings pending before different administrative courts in Finland.

Contacts

Memberships and Positions of Trust

  • Member of the Finnish Bar Association
  • Member of the Finnish Public Procurement Association
  • Member of the Finnish IT Law Association

Professional Background

  • Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2021–
  • Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority, 2020–2021

Education

  • Master of Laws, University of Lapland, 2021

Publications

  • Työoikeudellisia kysymyksiä julkisissa hankinnoissa: milloin kyse voi olla liikkeenluovutuksesta ja mikä on työllistämisehdon suhde työnantajan takaisinottovelvollisuuteen?, Edilex, 2023