Jerker PITKÄNEN

He has worked in the fields of risk management and dispute resolution the last fifteen years. His main areas of expertise include arbitration, litigation, mediation and pre-dispute consultation. He also frequently advises clients in non-contentious matters, with a focus on construction, insurance and corporate law matters. A considerable part of my work consists of international and domestic arbitration. In recent years, he has worked closely with clients in the energy sector, acting as counsel in numerous large-scale contractual disputes for both contractors and employers. He has gained vast experience from various EPCM and EPC (both FIDIC based and customised) contracts governed by laws of different countries, including Finnish, Swedish, Estonian and English law. Furthermore, he often advises clients in post-M&A disputes and disputes related to shareholders’ agreements, sale of goods, product liability and IT. He has also been appointed as arbitrator and acted as secretary for arbitral tribunals in large-scale disputes. In addition to arbitration, he frequently litigate in courts of all instances. He also advices clients in mediations and he is a CEDR accredited mediator.