Petri Taivalkoski

Partner

Office: Helsinki
E-mail: petri.taivalkoski@roschier.com
Tel: +358 (0)20 506 6237
Mobile: +358 (0)40 769 8237

Assistant: kati.laine@roschier.com, +358 (0)20 506 6337


Practice areas
Corporate Advisory, Dispute Resolution, Green Economy & Energy
Career
Roschier, Partner (2000-)
Roschier (1991-) 
Brunswick, Hegoburu & Associés /Paris, Trainee (1991)
Interbank Ltd /Helsinki, In-house Counsel (1990)
Appointments
Mediation Board of the Finnish Bar Association, Chairman (2007-)
Mediation Board of the Finnish Bar Association, Member (2001-2007)
Union Internationale des Avocats, Member (2005-)
Commission on Arbitration of the ICC, Member (2004-)
Guild of Law and Ethics of Advocates, Secretary (2001-)
AIJA Civil Litigation Commission, President (2000-2005)
Ethics Committee of the Finnish Bar Association, Member (1998-2001)
Organizing Committee of the AIJA Annual Congress Helsinki 2000, Member (1997-2000)
Mediation Working Group of the Finnish Bar Association, Member (1997-1998)
Memberships
Finnish Bar Association
AIJA
 
Finnish Arbitration Association
ICC-CCS Fraudnet
Education
Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II, DEA (1996)
University of Helsinki, LL.M. (1990)
Languages
Finnish, Swedish, English, French, German
Petri Taivalkoski has broad experience in the areas of cross-border litigation and both domestic and international arbitration. He has experience from disputes related, e.g., to subjects such as energy, product liability, intellectual property, distribution and agency relationships, as well as competition law. He has also represented listed companies in criminal and FSA (the Finnish Financial Supervision Authority) investigations and other types of administrative proceedings. Taivalkoski is recognized as one of the leading experts in dispute resolution in Finland.

Taivalkoski has written frequently on topics relating to dispute resolution, including the following publications:

“La jurisprudence finlandaise retient une conception large de l’arbitrabilité en droit des sociétés, note sous Cour supreme finlandaise” (“Commentary of the Finnish Supreme Court decision 14 May 2003 regarding arbitrability”), in Revue de l’arbitrage, 2003 II;
“Riidanratkaisulausekkeista kansainvälisissä sopimuksissa” (“Dispute resolution clauses in international agreements”), Defensor Legis 4/2001;
“Inlösen av minoritetsaktier i ett börsbolag enligt den finska aktiebolagslagen” (”Redemption of minority shares in a listed company according to the Finnish Companies Act”), Nordisk tidskrift for selskabsret, 2000:3/4;
“Asianajajan eettiset säännöt ja sovintomenettely” (“Code of ethics of the legal profession and mediation”), co-author Carita Wallgren, Defensor Legis 4/2000;
“Osakeyhtiölain mukaisesta vähemmistöosakkeiden lunastuksesta pörssiyhtiössä” (“Redemption of minority shares in a listed company according to the Companies Act”), Defensor Legis 6/1998;
“Sovellettavasta laista kansainvälisessä välimiesmenettelyssä” (“The applicable law in international arbitration”), Defensor Legis 2/1998; and
“Le nouveau droit finlandais de l’arbitrage international” (“International arbitration according to the new Finnish Arbitration Act”), in Recherche sur l’arbitrage en droit international et comparé, L.G.D.J., Paris, 1997.

Taivalkoski frequently gives lectures on topics such as litigation risk management, private international law and international dispute resolution.
Petri Taivalkoski