Matias Oikarinen
Senior Associate, Attorney-at-Law
+358 50 466 7540
matias.oikarinen@almgren-sankamo.fi
Matias specialises in company law, corporate arrangements and company law disputes. He assists our clients in matters including mergers and acquisitions, financing arrangements, shareholder agreements, general meetings and other company law issues. He also has extensive experience in commercial court proceedings concerning, among other things, disputes relating to mergers and acquisitions, liability issues concerning company management, share redemption disputes, shareholder agreements and recovery claims.
Matias has also participated in legislative drafting in the field of company law, serving as secretary to working groups concerning the reform of the Limited Liability Companies Act and the Co-operatives Act in 2024–2025, as well as cross-border corporate arrangements in 2021–2022. Matias also played a key role in preparing the 2020 VN TEAS report commissioned by the Prime Minister’s Office on the need for amendments to the Limited Liability Companies Act. In addition, Matias has published articles on company law in leading legal journals in the field.
Before joining Almgren & Sankamo, Matias worked at other leading Finnish law firms, focusing in particular on company law, securities markets law and corporate arrangements. During his career, Matias has assisted several listed companies and growth companies in connection with matters such as listings, public tender offers, mergers and acquisitions, and other restructurings.
Career
Asianajotoimisto Almgren & Sankamo Oy
Attorney-at-Law
Almgren & Sankamo Oy – Lakiasiaintoimistot / Legal Services
Lawyer
Asianajotoimisto Roschier Oy
Corporate and Capital Markets Associate
Education
2022 Finnish Bar Examination
2019 Master of Laws, Faculty of Law, University of Helsinki
2018 University of Manchester
Areas of Expertise
- Company law
- Corporate arrangements
- Contract law
- Dispute resolution
Selected References
- Assisted a Finnish investment company in a dispute concerning a breach of a non-compete clause in a shareholder agreement; the District Court accepted all claims made by our client.
- Assisted a logistics company with annual turnover exceeding EUR 100 million in a business acquisition.
- Represented a Finnish industrial company in a dispute concerning a success fee; the matter was settled on terms favourable to our client.
- Successfully assisted a Finnish green technology start-up company in a dispute concerning the transfer of shares and a related claim for damages. The District Court dismissed all claims brought against our client.
- Assisted a Finnish food-sector company in a matter concerning claims for damages against management and recovery claims, where the total amount of the claims was approximately EUR 1 million; the matter was settled during the District Court proceedings on terms highly favourable to our client.
- Assisted an employee-shareholder in a multinational company in a dispute relating to unlawful termination of employment and share redemption; the matter was resolved on highly favourable terms for our client before the commencement of ICC arbitration proceedings.
- Assisted a Finnish online services company in restructuring its financing structure, including debt conversion, and in the restructuring of the group.
- Assisted a Finnish construction-sector company with turnover of approximately EUR 20 million in a share transaction in which the company acquired the entire share capital of another company operating in the same sector.
- Assisted a Finnish technology start-up company in a EUR 10 million Series A financing round.
- Assisted a real estate company in a business transaction in which the company’s business operations were sold to a nationwide operator.
- Assisted a Finnish technology company in a dispute concerning a business transaction. The matter was settled on terms favourable to our client after District Court proceedings.
- Assisted a Finnish family-owned real estate company in restructuring its ownership structure, where the company’s business operations were divided into two independent companies through a full demerger followed by a share exchange.
