Ilkka Aalto-Setälä

Ilkka Aalto-Setälä is a Partner at Geradin Partners. llkka has over 25 years of experience in antitrust and merger control investigations and litigation. He advises companies and governmental agencies on antitrust, internal market law and marketing law matters at the national and EU levels, including merger control, abuse of adominant position, cartels, state aid, foreign investment control and public procurement. llkka also litigates before the national courts, the European Commission and the European Court of Justice on a regular basis.He has represented clients in almost 100 cases before the Finnish Market Court alone.

In addition, llkka has worked for the Merger Task Force of the European Commission and for the Finnish Competition Authority where he was involved in the largest and most complex antitrust investigations across a range of industries.

llkka serves as the chairman of the Finnish Bar Association’s Competition Law Expert Group and is a co-founder and board member of the Finnish Competition Law Association. He also served as a member of the ministerial working group that conducted research into and proposed changes to the current Finnish Competition Act.

“He is an exceptionally competent and accomplished legal professional, distinguished by his clear and well-founded views on the appropriate courses of action to be pursued.”

“Ilkka Aalto-Setälä is a very experienced and seasoned attorney, one of the best in his practice area in Finland.”

“We appreciate his good understanding of our business model.”

– Competition/European Law respondent, Chambers European Guide

Ilkka is Tier 1 ranked by Chambers & Partners and highlighted in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.