Waselius & Wist

Tanja Jussila has been elected President of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers). Tanja is the first Finnish President in the association’s 50-year history.

Tanja Jussila has been a member of AIJA since 2000. In 2003-2006, Tanja was the National Representative of Finland. During 2005-2008 Tanja was Vice-president of the Litigation Commission and 2008-2010 President of the Litigation Commission, after which she was elected Vice-president of AIJA in 2010 continuing as President during 2011-2012.

AIJA, founded in 1962, is a global association devoted to lawyers and in-house counsels aged 45 and younger. The aim of the association is to promote professional cooperation and friendship among career building legal professionals around the world through a wide range of meetings and seminars.

www.aija.org

Waselius & Wist represented Finncomm Oy in the acquisition by Flybe Finland Oy (a joint venture established by Finnair Oyj and Flybe Group plc) of Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy and in the acquisition by Finnair Oyj of certain aircraft SPVs.

For more information, please contact Ms. Tarja Wist.

We are ranked among the top six law firms in Finland by Chambers Global 2011, a world’s leading directory of the legal profession. The clients and peers describe us as “an excellent firm, experienced in dealing with complex transactions for international clients”. Our team is quoted as “exceptionally responsive that provides high-quality service and gets results”.

Again this year Waselius & Wist is also widely recognised as a top tier firm and the firm’s partners as top tier individuals in the IFLR1000 and the Legal500.

For more information, please contact any of your usual contacts with us or any of our partners.

Click here for our profile and rankings in:

Chambers and Partners

The Legal500

IFLR1000

According to mergermarket, we are the highest-ranked Finnish law firm with no foreign offices in 2009-2010, when measured by the EUR value of M&A transactions where the target company was located in the Nordic countries (source: mergermarket, Legal Advisor, Deal Value; Nordic Target Company, years 2009-2010).

For more information, please contact any of your usual contacts with us or any of our partners.