Mia Mokkila

Partner / Helsinki

About Mia

Mia specialises in listed company advisory and public M&A. She has more than 15 years of experience in handling listed company transactions that involve complex securities and corporate law aspects, such as public tender offers and mergers. Mia also frequently provides insider, disclosure, and governance advice to listed companies. Prior to joining Borenius, Mia worked at another major Finnish law firm. Her prior experience also includes working as a secondee at Nokia Corporation.

Mia has served as a secretary of the Helsinki Takeover Code revision workgroup twice, once in 2013 and again in 2021–2022, and she is a member of the Finnish Bar Association’s legal expert team on security markets and finance law. She is also an officer of the International Bar Association’s Capital Markets Forum. Mia has successfully completed the Certified Board Member (CBM) training programme.

Mia heads the firm’s Corporate Advisory team and co-heads the firm’s Capital Markets & Public M&A team. She is a member of the firm’s ESG team with special focus on board duties and corporate law.

Rankings

  • Capital Markets – Key Lawyer

Career

  • Partner, Borenius, 2022–
  • Counsel, Listed Company Advisory and Transactions, Roschier, 2017–2022
  • Senior Associate, Roschier, 2010–2017
  • Associate, Roschier, 2006–2010
  • Visiting lawyer, Nokia Corporation and Nokia Siemens Networks, 2006–2007

Education

  • B. Sc. (Econ.), 2007, Helsinki School of Economics
  • Master of Laws, 2006, University of Helsinki

Languages

  • Finnish, English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish