Practice Expertise

  • Corporate Advisory
  • Private Equity
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Advisory
  • Private Equity
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets and Public M&A
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
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Profile

Johan Aalto is one of the most experienced M&A lawyers in Finland. He has been involved in many of the largest and most complex corporate transactions, both public and private. Johan advises regularly Board of Directors and the management on corporate governance issues and chairs the Annual General Meeting of several large and midsized public companies. In 2016 Johan was awarded the honorary title "Lagman" by the President of the Republic of Finland. He joined Krogerus in 2024.

Education

  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki (1987)

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Advisory
  • Private Equity
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets and Public M&A
  • Mergers & Acquisitions

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
  • Krogerus advises Multitude AG on its acquisition of a majority stake in Sortter Oy
  • Krogerus advises Finnish Minerals Group on an arrangement whereby Finnish Minerals Group will become the majority owner of IONCOR
  • Krogerus advises The Riverside Company on its acquisition of Cloudpermit from Vaaka Partners


Professional Associations
  • Finnish Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
  • Chair of the Board of Directors (Finansrådet) of the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (Svenska Litteratursällskapet i Finland)


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