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Vesa Turkki

Partner
Attorney-at-Law, Co-head of Energy and Natural Resources and Diversified Industrials Sector groups in Finland, Head of the International Trade Team in Finland, Co-head of Transaction Services, Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Board of Directors of Eversheds Sutherland Europe

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Languages: Finnish, English, Swedish, German

Vesa has years of experience in advising our domestic and international clients on a wide spectrum of matters related to transactions, international business and corporate law.

Vesa specializes in corporate transactions and M&A, international trade and contracts, as well as dispute resolution, often with a cross-border element.

Vesa has accumulated considerable experience in dispute resolution and arbitration especially in matters concerning disputes and corporate transactions in international trade. He also focuses on private equity investments and growth financing.

Vesa has long experience in corporate compliance matters while having served as a member of different boards of directors within various companies and currently advising a variety of companies and owner-managed businesses in such matters.

In arbitration proceedings, Vesa has acted as an advisor to various parties and as an arbitrator in numerous significant contract disputes.

Vesa is a sought-after trainer and lecturer in the field of corporate compliance, international trade and corporate acquisitions.

Vesa is the local client partner of several Eversheds Sutherland centrally managed clients in wide spectrum of their legal affairs in Finland including transaction and corporate advisory. 

Eversheds Attorneys Ltd, Partner, 2015–
Attorneys JB Eversheds Ltd, Partner, 2014–2015
Attorneys-at-Law Juridia Bützow Ltd, Partner 2013–2014
Bützow Attorneys Ltd, Partner, Chairman of the Board, 2010–2013
Procopé & Hornborg Ltd, Attorneys at Law, Managing Partner, 2007–2010
Attorneys-at-Law Prudentum Ltd, Founding Partner, Chairman of the Board, 2000–2007
Salvén & Wuorenpää Law Firm Ltd, Partner, 1996–1999
Procopé & Hornborg Ltd, Attorneys at Law, Senior Associate, 1993–1995


Secondments and International career:
Eversheds Sutherland (Europe); member of the Executive Committee, 2015–2019
Eversheds Sutherland (Europe); member of the Board, 2014–
EU-Japan Industrial cooperation; Executive training program to Asia EU trade and business; Tokyo 2001
Center for International dispute resolution CERD International mediator training program; Lausanne 1999
Wessing, Berenberg - Gossler, Zimmerman & Lange; Brussels 1996
Gilbert, Segal & Young LLP (now Holland & Knight); New York 1996
Barens & Krans Advocaten & Notarissen; Hague 1995

 

Memberships:

  • The Finnish Bar Association
  • AMCHAM Finland, (Founding member)
  • Accredited Mediator of the Finnish Bar Association
  • IBA – International Bar Association
  • Suomen kanssayrittäjät SKY ry (Finnish Co-Entrepreneurs Assn), Member of the Board 2009–2010
  • Transparency Finland, Member of the Board 2010–2011
  • Tampere Chamber of Commerce, Law and Taxation Committee 2004–2011
  • Tampere Chamber of Commerce, New Business Committee 2003–
  • FiBAN – Finland (Finnish Business Angels Network)
  • Hallituspartnerit ry ("Association of Board Professionals") 2020-

Attorney-at-Law, 1996
Trained on the bench, 1993
Master of Laws, University of Turku, 1992

Vesa Turkki

Partner

Attorney-at-Law, Co-head of Energy and Natural Resources and Diversified Industrials Sector groups in Finland, Head of the International Trade Team in Finland, Co-head of Transaction Services, Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Board of Directors of Eversheds Sutherland Europe

Vesa Turkki

Partner

Attorney-at-Law, Co-head of Energy and Natural Resources and Diversified Industrials Sector groups in Finland, Head of the International Trade Team in Finland, Co-head of Transaction Services, Member of the Board of Directors, Member of the Board of Directors of Eversheds Sutherland Europe

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