Nika Larkimo Husa
Senior Associate, Helsinki
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Nika Larkimo Husa is a Helsinki-based Senior Associate specializing in commercial dispute resolution, including arbitration, litigation, and mediation.
Nika has represented clients across diverse jurisdictions and industry sectors, with an emphasis on international disputes involving complex technologies. She has acted as counsel in telecommunications, construction and infrastructure, oil and gas, post-M&A, and various other commercial disputes. Nika has extensive experience of arbitrations conducted under major institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, SCC and FAI, with cases seated in the Nordics and key international hubs such as London and Paris.
Nika is trained in both civil and common law legal systems and is admitted to practice as an attorney in Finland and as a solicitor in England and Wales. She joined Roschier in 2021, having previously worked at the Helsinki, London, and Paris offices of a global law firm.
Work highlights
Nika Larkimo Husa’s experience includes advising:
- A multinational technology provider in three parallel SCC, DIA (Danish Arbitration Institute) and OCC (Oslo Chamber of Commerce) arbitrations over the delivery of a network platform, with claims valued in excess of EUR 100 million;
- Finnish nuclear company Fennovoima in parallel ICC arbitrations against Rosatom group companies arising as a result of the termination of an EPC Contract for the turnkey delivery of the Hanhikivi-1 nuclear power plant, with claims valued at several billion euros;
- A multinational IT and technology company in an FAI arbitration concerning a major sourcing dispute, with claims valued in excess of 100 million
Career
Roschier (2021-)
Nokia, Visiting Lawyer (2022-2023)
White & Case LLP, Helsinki, London & Paris, Associate (2015-2020)
Memberships
Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG), Regional Representative for Europe
Member of ICC Young Arbitrators Forum
Member of Young Arbitration Club Finland (YACF)
Member of the Finnish Arbitration Association
Publications
“Article 1: Scope of Application, UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration – A Commentary”, with Michael Polkinghorne and Tuuli Timonen, Cambridge University Press, March 2020
“Governing Law and Dispute Resolution in Case of Default, Joint Operating Agreement: Applicability and Enforceability of Default Provisions”, with Tuuli Timonen, November 2018
“Recent Trends in International Arbitration”, with Andrew McDougall and Tuuli Timonen, Anniversary Book of the Board of Business Practice of the Finnish Chamber of Commerce, October 2017
“Attracting International Arbitrations Through Adoption of Predictable and Transparent National Legislation – Advantages of the UNCITRAL Model Law for an Aspiring Arbitration Seat”, with Tuuli Timonen, Scandinavian Studies in Law, Volume 63, Arbitration, 2017
“Chapter 17: Tactical Misuse of the GDPR in Arbitration: Is It an Actual Risk?”, with Katja Hoppu, Stockholm Arbitration Yearbook 2023
Education
University of Helsinki, LL.M. (2014)
Finnish Arbitration Academy (2021)
Languages
English, Finnish, French, Russian, Swedish