Risto Ojakoski

Senior Associate, Helsinki

Employment, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Investigations & Compliance, Contentious Corporate, Insolvency & Corporate Crime

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Risto Ojakoski is a Helsinki based Senior Associate specialized in employment law, dispute resolution, and corporate investigations. He advises both domestic and international clients across a wide range of employment matters, handling day-to-day advisory, complex disputes, and transactional employment topics. Drawing on his prior career and degree in human resources, Risto brings a practical, business-oriented perspective to his employment work and provides guidance on best HR practices.

Risto also works on commercial and other civil litigation and assists clients in internal corporate investigations. His experience further includes employment related and other corporate criminal matters.

Before joining Roschier in 2025, Risto served as a district judge and worked for another leading Finnish law firm.

Career

Roschier, Senior Associate (2025-)
District Court of Itä-Uusimaa, Trainee District Judge (2023-2024), District Judge (2024-2025)
Hannes Snellman, Associate (2020-2023)
Restel, Employee Relations Specialist (2020)
Various HR roles, Finnkino, R-kioski (2012-2017)

Memberships

Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Member of the Finnish Labour Law Association
Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
Member of the Finnish Association for Human Resource Management (HENRY)

Education

University of Helsinki, LL.M. (2020)
Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, BBA (2017)

Languages

English, Finnish