Julia Vahvaselkä-Tuominen
Senior Associate, Helsinki
EU & Competition, Public Procurement
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Julia Vahvaselkä-Tuominen is a Helsinki-based Senior Associate at Roschier’s EU & Competition practice advising clients in all types of competition law issues. Since joining the firm in 2018, Julia has gained experience in particular in merger control processes and cartel investigations both at the national and EU level. She has also been involved in several public procurement processes and disputes serving both corporate and public sector clients. In addition, Julia’s expertise includes advising clients in foreign investment control and foreign subsidies regulation related matters.
Work highlights
Julia Vahvaselkä-Tuominen’s experience includes advising:
- Blackstone in the acquisition of an urban logistics portfolio comprising 22 assets and valued at EUR 135 million;
- Gridspertise S.r.l., a company jointly owned and controlled by CVC Capital Partners and Enel Grids S.r.l., in its acquisition of Aidon Oy, a leading Nordic smart grid solution provider;
- Brown-Forman in the sale of Brown-Forman Finland Oy, owner of the Finlandia vodka brand, to Coca-Cola HBC;
- Rovio Entertainment Corporation in the EUR 700 million all cash takeover of all shares in Rovio by Sega Europe;
- Nordic Lights Corporation in Methode Electronics Inc.’s approximately EUR 132 million takeover offer for Nordic Lights;
- Nalka in its acquisition of CERTEGO from ASSA ABLOY;
- CVC Capital Partners in the acquisition of Stark Group;
- ExPretio Technologies Inc in appeal proceedings before the Market Court regarding a strategic ICT public procurement;
- Fazer Group in the acquisition of Kaslink Group; and
- Orkla ASA in their public tender offer for Kotipizza Group Oyj.
Career
Roschier (2018-)
Memberships
Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Suomen Kilpailuoikeudellinen Yhdistys (Finnish Competition Law Association)
Eurooppaoikeuden yhdistys (FIDE Finland)
Publications
“Which competition policy for the new EU Commission – A Nordic Perspective”, Co-author, Concurrences 2019
Education
Lund University, LL.M. (2018)
University of Aberdeen, LL.B. (Hons.) (2017)
Languages
English, Finnish