Arttu Mentula

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Arttu Mentula
Partner, Attorney-at-Law
Tel. +358 (0)50 525 5435
arttu.mentula@mentulalaw.fi

Attorney-at-Law Arttu Mentula has been involved in many high-profile and biggest competition law cases in Finland and has especially extensive experience from demanding competition law litigation. Arttu has more than 20 years’ experience advising clients on various competition law matters and has successfully represented numerous parties e.g. before the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA), the Market Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the European Commission and the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

Arttu has successfully represented clients e.g. in cartel and abuse of dominant position cases as well as public procurement cases. In addition, Arttu represents regularly clients in matters related to horizontal agreements and other co-operation between competitors, distribution systems, state aid, EU law and compliance programmes. In addition, Arttu has successfully represented clients in merger control matters before the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA), the Market Court and the European Commission. Arttu has also extensive experience from follow-on damages trials relating to cartels and abuse of a dominant position representing successfully both the defendant companies as well as the companies to which the competition law infringements have caused significant damages.
In addition, Arttu has vast experience advising on commercial disputes in courts of general jurisdiction, administrative courts and arbitral tribunals. He has experience from a wide range of areas e.g. such as commercial and contractual disputes, marketing law disputes, licensing, supply, agency and distribution disputes, ICT disputes, competition law and public procurement disputes. Arttu has several times acted as a counsel, in administrative courts, the Market Court, the Supreme Administrative Court and the Supreme Court.

Arttu also has substantial experience advising clients in various contract law matters, as well as on general business law matters.

Arttu e.g. successfully acted as counsel for Kesko Corporation in its acquisition of Suomen Lähikauppa. The Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA) cleared the transaction conditionally in the second phase investigation. In addition, Arttu acted as counsel for Kesko in the transaction in which Kesko acquired Onninen Ltd before the EU Commission and the FCCA. Arttu has also acted as counsel for Skanska Industrial Solutions Oy before the FCCA, the Market Court and the Supreme Administrative Court in the asphalt cartel and thereafter in the follow-on damages trial. Arttu has also e.g. represented the Finnish Bakery Federation before the Market Court and the Supreme Administrative Court in a landmark case regarding price recommendations by a professional association.

Arttu has published a number of books on competition law and is former Chairman of the Finnish Competition Law Association (now Board Member and Chief Editor of the Association’s annual yearbook). He has also written several articles on public procurement. Arttu is one of the highest ranked Finnish competition lawyers in various respected international rankings, such as Chambers Europe, Legal500, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal: Global Competition Review (GCR).