Announcements — 23/05/2025

Joosua Virtanen joins Geradin Partners as Chief Data Scientist and Principal Economist to lead Geradin Partners AI

We are pleased to announce that Joosua Virtanen has joined Geradin Partners as Chief Data Scientist and Principal Economist as of 15 May 2025.

Joosua is set to defend his doctoral thesis at Hanken School of Economics and the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics later this year. He is an empirical economist with research interests in the competition economics, innovation, and public procurement. Joosua holds an MSc in Business Economics and has previous experience from working at a leading law firm Helsinki.

“The appointment of a Chief Data Scientist marks a significant strategic step for our firm. Joosua will spearhead the development of Geradin Partners AI, which focuses on competition law, economics, state aid, and sectoral regulation, including public procurement. We are confident that the database and AI-driven tools we are developing will transform the way we analyse complex regulatory issues, enabling faster and more precise insights to the benefit of our clients,” says Mikko Alkio, Partner in our Helsinki and Brussels offices.

“We are thrilled to welcome Joosua to our team. His expertise in competition economics further strengthens our ability to deliver high-quality analyses and solutions in complex competition law and sector-specific regulatory matters. Joosua brings valuable experience in harnessing large datasets for advanced economic and market analyses, particularly in merger control and other competition authority proceedings. He will also play a key role in enhancing our capabilities in complex investigations and litigation by developing robust processes and tools — including machine learning and AI-based solutions — for efficiently processing and classifying large volumes of documents,” says founding partner Damien Geradin.

Geradin Partners is a law firm specialized in competition law, regulation and litigation, with offices located in Amsterdam, Brussels, Helsinki, London, and Paris. The firm has 13 partners and 40 competition lawyers and advisors.

Contacts:

Damien Geradin: +32 471 17 95 25

Mikko Alkio: +358 50 413 5502

Joosua Virtanen: +358 40 846 0677

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Mikko Alkio

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