Helena Kalmanlehto, Alisa Montonen and Panu Vasama appointed as Partners at Lieke as of 1 September 2025

Montonen Kalmanlehto Vasama

We are delighted to announce that our Attorneys-at-Law, Helena Kalmanlehto, Alisa Montonen, and Panu Vasama have been appointed as Partners at Lieke Attorneys Ltd, effective as of 1 September 2025.

Managing Partner Ville Vyyryläinen congratulates the new partners: “Warm congratulations to Helena, Alisa, and Panu! It is great to welcome long-standing Lieke employees and top experts in their fields of specialization to our partnership. These new partner appointments will enable us to provide our clients with even better services and strong legal support in our key service areas.”

Helena Kalmanlehto has extensive experience in representing clients in commercial dispute resolution. Helena represents clients in both domestic and international litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings and she has handled numerous complex and large-scale disputes in various industries and fields of law. Helena also advises clients on dispute avoidance and day-to-day claims management. Helena is an experienced negotiator and is also well versed in alternative dispute resolution. In addition, Helena also has strong expertise in matters related to real estate, construction and insolvency. “It has been extremely rewarding to be part of the tremendous growth of both our dispute resolution team and the entire firm since 2017. The work with demanding dispute resolution and developing our services further will continue. I am extremely happy for the opportunity to continue this as a partner of Lieke”, Helena says.

Alisa Montonen specializes in project development in the energy and real estate sectors as well as legal matters related to real estate investments. In her career, she has handled a wide range of development projects and transactions in the mentioned sectors, and focuses at Lieke on regulatory intensive assignments in the energy, real estate and environment sectors. Alisa has extensive experience in various renewable energy projects and real estate development matters, questions related to land procurement, planning and the environment, as well as complex authority and appeal processes and contract negotiations. Alisa explains: “I will continue advising clients on a broad spectrum of legal matters relating to the development of energy and real estate projects, as well as on real estate investments. It has been rewarding to develop our service offering in Lieke’s focus areas where the legal landscape is constantly changing. I am honored to join our esteemed partner team.”

Panu Vasama specializes in demanding and complex energy and industrial projects and contractual arrangements within the energy, construction and circular economy sectors. During his career, he has handled several major energy and industrial investment projects, related transactions and contractual frameworks. Panu has considerable experience in energy production and green transition projects, including legal risk and claim management, supply, construction and consultancy contracts and construction law. Panu also has extensive expertise in the sale and purchase of energy, fuels and commodities, as well as energy market regulation. “Working with Lieke’s professional team of experts has been great. Our specialists have a deep understanding of legal matters in the energy and construction sectors, as well as strong insight into the business side of these industries. Partnership is a natural progression of the demanding legal work of recent years. I look forward to working with our team and clients in the future”, Panu rejoices.

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