Annika Schauman

Partner
Mergers & Acquisitions

annika.schauman@krogerus.com
+358 (0)40 508 3567
Helsinki Office
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Annika's practice focuses on M&A transactions, with a particular focus on complex private equity and cross-border transactions. She has extensive experience in advising both international and domestic private equity sponsors and corporate clients in complex cross-border M&A, joint ventures, investments and refinancing transactions. From 2014 until 2018, Annika worked as an investment professional at EQT Partners in Stockholm, where she focused on Nordic and European private equity investments. Annika is a graduate of the University of Helsinki and Aalto University School of Business.

Annika Schauman stands out for her sector knowledge and ability to make complicated issues clear and actionable; she is precise, practical and down-to-earth, and her judgment can always be relied on.

Legal 500 2026Commercial, corporate and M&A

Annika is very commercially-oriented. She goes beyond the obvious matters and takes a holistic approach. She is efficient and able to handle complex matters.

Chambers Global 2026Corporate/M&A

She brings sharp commercial judgement, impressive efficiency and strong negotiation skills to the table.

Chambers Global 2026Corporate/M&A

Education

Master of Laws, University of Helsinki (2013)
Master of Science, Aalto University (2010)

Prior Mandates

Advising Infranode on the acquisition of MPY Telecom (2023)
Advising Danske Bank, SEB and Ilmarinen on the sale of Esperi Group to Triton (2022)
Advising Silo.Ai on its sale to Altor Equity Partners (2022)
Advising Mekonomen (Publ.) on the acquisition of Koivunen (2022)
Advising NEP Inc. on the acquisition of Bright Group from Capman (2021)
Advising Volati on its acquisiton of Pisla Oy (2020)
Advising Verdane on its acquisition of CAP-Group (2019)
Advising Smartly on the sale of a majority stake to Providence Equity Partners (2019)
Advising Francisco Partners backed Smartbear on the acquisition of Bitbar Technologies (2019)
Advising EVRY on the combination of Tieto and EVRY through cross-border merger (2019)