Petri Taivalkoski

As a dispute resolution specialist, I have in-depth experience of arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolution spanning over three decades.

I serve as an independent arbitrator in international and domestic disputes, both as a sole or presiding arbitrator and as a party-nominated arbitrator. My arbitration experience as counsel and arbitrator covers arbitration proceedings under a number of different laws and rules, including the ICC, the Finland Arbitration Institute (FAI), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, the German Arbitration Institute (DIS), the Swiss Rules and the UNCITRAL Rules and includes expedited proceedings and statutory arbitrations (squeeze-outs of minority shares in listed companies).

Before being nominated as member in the ICC International Court of Arbitration in 2018, I served on the Board of the FAI for five years in 2013-2018. I have been actively involved in the work of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR since the 2004 and he headed the Finnish delegation with the ICC Commission between 2012 and 2018. Over the years I have held several other positions of trust and participated in working groups in the area of international arbitration. I have written numerous articles and book chapters on arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, and my comparative study on the current Finnish Arbitration Act was published in Paris in 1997. I have been a frequent speaker in conferences and seminars and have been on the faculty of the Finnish Arbitration Academy as of its inception in 2015.

In 2020, having been a partner at Roschier Attorneys Ltd for twenty years, I set up my own practice dedicated to serving as independent arbitrator and mediator in international and domestic disputes. In addition, I provide expert opinions for arbitration or court proceedings in Finland and for the purposes of legal risk management.

During my career I have been involved in more than 200 major disputes as counsel or arbitrator. The matters in question have included several landmark and high-value cases relating to energy, construction, shareholders’ agreements, product liability, securities law and personal liability of directors, as well as a wide variety of contractual matters involving among others M&A, private equity, distribution, IT and telecom.

I have participated in the development of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms in Finland and internationally and served on the Board of Finland Arbitration Institute and on the Mediation Board of the Finnish Bar Association. Currently I am the member nominated by Finland in the ICC International Court of Arbitration. My working languages are Finnish, English, Swedish, French and German.