PRACTICE AND EXPERIENCE
Tapio advises clients on all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration. Before joining Lindfors & Co in 2016, Tapio worked several years inhouse, heading the corporate legal affairs team of a leading banking and insurance group in Finland. Therefore, Tapio also advises clients, inter alia, on corporate law and corporate governance, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, IT law, intellectual property rights, and financial regulation. In addition, Tapio is one of the leading experts in cooperatives law (osuuskuntaoikeus in Finnish) in Finland.
Tapio’s practice also includes sports law, and he regularly advises sports associations and federations, sports clubs as well as athletes on their various legal matters. Tapio is a member of the Finnish Sports Arbitration Board, a member of the Disciplinary Board of the Skating Finland and a former Editor in Chief of the Finnish Sports Law Journal.
Tapio also serves as an arbitrator.
CAREER AND EDUCATION
- Partner, Lindfors & Co Attorneys at Law Ltd, 2018 –
- Counsel, Lindfors & Co Attorneys at Law Ltd, 2016–2017
- Senior Manager, Head of Corporate Legal Affairs, OP Financial Group 2015–2016
- Manager, Head of Contracts, OP Financial Group 2011–2015
- Legal Counsel, OP Financial Group, 2007–2011
- Trainee Judge, District Court of Tampere, 2005–2006
- Associate Lawyer, Roschier Attorneys Ltd, 2005–2007
- Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2004
LANGUAGES
- Finnish, English
POSITIONS OF TRUST
- Finnish Sports Arbitration Board, member 2016 –
- Skating Finland, Member and Vice Chair of the Disciplinary Board 2020 –
- Urheilu ja oikeus (Finnish Sports Law Journal), Editor in Chief 2016–2020
- Suomen Pesäpalloliitto and Superpesis, Chief Disciplinary Officer 2013–2015
RANKINGS
- Legal 500 EMEA, Dispute Resolution (2023): “Tapio Rantala is excellent partner. He is very analytical and precise at his work.”, “Tapio Rantala has represented clients in business disputes relating to contract law and securities issues, and has also handled insurance and labour disputes.”
PUBLICATIONS
- Listaosuuskunta, jäsenyys ja omistajuus – eräitä huomioita (Yritys, kirjanpito, kestävyys – Juhlajulkaisu Jukka Mähönen 2023) (Listed cooperative, membership and ownership – certain remarks)
- E-urheilu – mitä se on ja mitä oikeudellisia kysymyksiä siihen liittyy (Urheilu ja oikeus 2017) (E-sports – what is it and what legal questions are related thereto)
- Asian selvittäminen kurinpitomenettelyssä (Urheilu ja oikeus 2016) (Examination of a case in disciplinary proceedings)
- Helsinki Court of Appeals prohibits the screening and distribution of the motion picture ”Man Exposed” (JIPLP Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, (Oxford University Press, 2007, co-author)
- Kohtuullisen käyttökorvauksen määrittäminen patentinloukkaustilanteessa (Defensor Legis 2005) (Determination of reasonalble royalty for patent infringement)