Heidi Merikalla-Teir
Managing Partner, Attorney-at-Law, Trained at the Bench, MBA
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Heidi is the Managing Partner of Merilampi. In addition to her role as the Managing Partner of Merilampi, she is an attorney and Partner in Merilampi’s Dispute Resolution practice group.
She has extensive experience in domestic and international commercial arbitration, litigation and alternative dispute resolution. She regularly acts as an arbitrator and a mediator in both domestic and international disputes. In addition to being accredited as a mediator by the Finnish Bar Association, she is a CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) accredited mediator. Heidi is also a member of the Finnish Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Mediation.
Heidi is the Chair of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI) (as of 1 January 2022). Prior to joining Merilampi, Heidi worked as a Director at the Finland Chamber of Commerce, heading its Dispute Resolution Services, and as the Secretary General of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI). From her career at the FAI, she gained unique experience and insight in arbitration and mediation. In her role, she supervised a significant number of arbitration cases, reviewed arbitral awards, and advised in the application of the FAI Arbitration and Mediation Rules. She was a member of the task force that drafted the FAI Mediation Rules.
Previously in her career, Heidi worked for more than 12 years as an attorney and Specialist Partner at one of the largest Finnish law firms, where she specialised in commercial dispute resolution.
In addition to her law degree, Heidi has an MBA-degree with a finance concentration.
- Merilampi Attorneys Ltd., Managing Partner, 2019 –
- Finland Chamber of Commerce, Director (Dispute Resolution Services) 2016 – 2019
- The Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI), Secretary General 2015 – 2019
- Borenius Attorneys at Law, Specialist Partner 2011 – 2015, Senior Associate 2006 – 2011, Associate 2002 – 2006
- District Court of Helsinki, Trainee Judge 2004 – 2005
- CEDR Accredited Mediator, 2018
- Approved Board Member, 2017
- Attorney-at-Law, 2006 – 2015, 2019 –
- Finnish Arbitration Academy (Finland Chamber of Commerce/FAI), 2014
- Trained at the Bench, 2005
- Master of Business Administration (MBA), Helsinki School of Economics (currently Aalto University), 2005
- Master of Laws (LL.M), University of Helsinki, 2002
- Finnish
- Swedish
- English
- Finnish Bar Association
- Finnish Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Mediation
- ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR
- International Bar Association (IBA) (IBA Arbitration and Mediation Committees)
- Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law of the University of Helsinki
- Finnish Arbitration Association
- Swedish Arbitration Association
- Swedish Women in Arbitration Network
- Industrial Lawyers Association
- Legal 500 EMEA, Dispute Resolution (2024): Heidi Merikalla-Teir leading individual.
- Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration Global Guide (2023): Heidi Merikalla-Teir recommended.
- Legal 500 EMEA, Dispute Resolution (2023): Heidi Merikalla-Teir leading individual.
- Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration Global Guide (2022): Heidi Merikalla-Teir recommended.
- Legal 500 EMEA, Dispute Resolution (2022): Heidi Merikalla-Teir leading individual.
- Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration Global Guide (2021): Recommended.
- Legal 500 EMEA, Dispute Resolution (2020): Heidi Merikalla-Teir recommended. "The arrival of managing partner and dispute and arbitration specialist Heidi Merikalla-Teir from the Finland Chamber of Commerce has also bolstered the practice."
- Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration (2020): Recommended.
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