Mikko Luukkonen

Partner
Co-head of Finance
Mikko Luukkonen
Location
Helsinki
Language
English, Finnish, Swedish

Mikko Luukkonen has significant experience advising on and negotiating a wide range of financing arrangements and corporate transactions.

He focuses on banking and finance, specifically real estate and acquisition financing and ECA (Export Credit Agency) supported export credit financing for domestic and international clients and has been recommended for Banking and Finance by EMEA Legal 500.

Mikko was educated at the University of Helsinki (LL.M) and has trained on the bench in the District Court of Lappeenranta. Prior to joining DLA Piper, he worked as a Counsel at an international UK based law firm in Helsinki and prior to that as an Associate at a major US law firm in Helsinki.

Credentials
Education
  • Trained at the Bench, 2006

  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2004
Memberships
  • Finnish Bar Association
Experience
Prior Experience
  • 2017 to 2020, Counsel, DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd 
  • 2010 to 2017, Counsel, Co-Head of the Banking and Finance Group, international law firm
  • 2006 to 2010, Associate, international law firm
Selected recent references
  • Advising Oma Savings Bank and LocalTapiola in connection with Meriaura's expansion of low carbon technologies in shipping (2024)
  • Advising MB Funds on the investment in a Finnish SAP ERP system specialist Neomore (2024)
  • Advising Castlelake, L.P. on the establishment of a joint venture with SBB (2024)
  • Advising Touhula Päiväkodit and its shareholders on the sale of the company to AcadeMedia (2024)
  • Advising Touhula and its management in a management buy-out (2022)
  • Advising lenders in financing of Finland’s largest hotel construction project (2021)
  • Advising MB Funds on investment in Pyroll Packaging (2021)
  • Advising Nordic Investment Bank on its COVID-19 response loan to Tallink Silja Oy (2021)
  • Advising Raksystems on its expansion to Sweden (2019)
  • Advising Miab on acquisition of Finnish N-Clean (2019)
  • Advising MB Funds on acquisition of majority stake in Raksystems (2018)
Rankings
Legal 500 EMEA
  • Endorsed in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2017
  • Endorsed in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2018
  • Endorsed in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2019
  • Endorsed in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2021
  • Endorsed in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2022
  • Endorsed in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2023
  • Endorsed in The Legal 500 EMEA, 2024
IFLR 1000
  • Endorsed in IFLR 1000 2024
  • Endorsed in IFLR 1000 2025