Bird & Bird LLP

Real Estate & Infrastructure

Jaakko Hietala is a partner in Bird & Bird's Helsinki office. He is also the Head of the Finnish Real Estate Group as well as the Head of the Nordic Real Estate and Infrastructure Group. He is actively involved in client work with a strategic, pragmatic and business oriented approach.

Jaakko specializes in corporate, M&A, real estate and infrastructure matters. He also has considerable experience in sports and entertainment law, where his clients include Finland's leading organisers of concerts and motorsports events.

The business environment for his clients is increasingly complex and the clients appreciate his long experience in a wide array of matters - his approach is strategic but always also pragmatic. Jaakko is business oriented and holds various positions of trust, which provides him with insight into the strategic thinking behind the key areas of his expertise and the latest trends in the business environment of his clients.

You will find Jaakko listed in international directories including Chambers and Partners and Best Lawyers.

Finnish, English, Swedish

Chairman of the Real Estate Arm of the University of Helsinki

Chairman of the Court of Appeal at the Finnish Automobile Sports Federation

Board member at YLVA (former HYY Group)

Member of the Finnish Bar Association

Member of the Directors' Institute Finland

Member of the Finnish Association for Arbitration

Member of the FIA Courts

LL.M., University of Helsinki 1995