Education

• Matriculation Examination in 1979 (Puolalanmäen lukio, Turku)
• Master of Economics and Business Administration, Turku School of Economics 1983
• Master of Law, University of Turku 1985
• Licentiate of Law (post graduate degree), University of Turku 1988
• PhD (Law), University of Turku 1993

Work Experience

• Owner of Law Firm Oy Huhtamäki Ab, Helsinki, 2010 ->
• Adjunct professor of Civil and Commercial law, University of Turku, 1994->
• Advisor (of counsel) at Law Firm Oy SHLAW Ab 2006 - 2010
• Professor of Commercial Law, University of Lapland 1998-2007
• Advisor (of counsel) at Law Firm Oy Plathin Schrey Huhtamäki Ab 2004-2006
• Advisor (of counsel) at Law Firm Oy Huhtamäki Ab 2001-2004
• Partner of Law Firm Oy Huhtamäki Ab, Helsinki 1996-2001
• Partner of Law Firm Oy Huhtamäki & Schrey Ab, Helsinki 1994-1996
• Professor of Maritime Law, Åbo Akademi University, Turku 1993-1994
• Proprietor of Law Firm Ari Huhtamäki Oy, Helsinki 1993-1994
• Associate at Law Firm Brander & Manner Oy, Turku 1991-1993
• Assistant of Civil and Commercial Law, University of Turku 1991-1993
• President USF Texas Inc., Dallas, Texas 1991
• Chief Financial Officer USF Holdings Inc., Dallas, Texas 1990-1991
• Finance Director Union Mortgage Company Inc., Dallas, Texas 1989-1990
• Finance Manager Skopbank, New York, 1988-1989
• Finance Manager, Skopbank, Helsinki 1987-1988
• Associate at Law Firm Brander & Manner Oy, Turku 1987 
• Part-time teacher of business administration, University of Turku 1984-1988
• Notary and temp. judge at the District Court of Salo 1986-1987
• Full-time teacher of marketing at the Commercial College of Turku 1983-1986

Publications

• Rahan jäljittäminen (Tracing Money) 2000
• Pankkirikokset (Crime in Banks) 1994
• Luotonantajavastuu (Lender Liability) 1993
• Rajoitetusti verovelvollisen verotus Suomessa (Taxation of Foreign Individuals) 1987
• Ulkomaisten tuomioiden täytäntöönpano (Enforcement of Foreign Judgments) 1986
• Several articles in Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian and British journals and other publications 1991-2010

Lectures in foreign countries

• Presentations in 1990 – 2010 in Swedish, English and German in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, Hungary, France, Czech Republic and USA.

Associations

• Member of European Distribution Lawyers (EDL) since 2005

Working languages

• Finnish, native
• Swedish, very fluent
• English, very fluent
• German, fluent
• Spanish, fluent

OY HUHTAMÄKI LAW AB

HUHTAMÄKI LAW is a legal boutique providing legal services especially for family-owned businesses. A typical client is a small or medium-sized dealer or industrial or service enterprise owned and run by an entrepreneur or a family. Out offices are located in Helsinki but we operate in all parts of the country. We serve our clients in English, German, Spanish, Swedish and Finnish. A large number of our assignments are related to foreign trade and various contracts thereof.

HUHTAMÄKI LAW IS ALSO a family business founded in 1993. There are currently two lawyers serving the clients.

Mrs. Seija Huhtamäki, Master of Laws, specializes in estate and family related legal issues. She has ample experience in civil and white collar crime defense litigation.

Dr. Ari Huhtamäki, Ph.D. (Law), MBA, has wide experience in both domestic and international corporate, contract and tort law related legal questions. He has represented clients in various matters in a number of countries for over 25 years. Dr. Huhtamäki held an academic seat as a professor of Commercial Law for 10 years.

HUHTAMAKI LAW is the Finnish contact office of EDL (European Distribution Lawyers) and Dr. Huhtamäki its Finnish member. EDL is active in most of the EU countries and represents dealers and merchants in most areas of business. Most known EDL is for its wide and skilled representation of motor vehicle distributors. You will find the other EDL members and their offices through www.eudistributionlawyers.eu