- Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law, 2001
- Doctor of Laws (S.J.D.), University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law, 2015
- Licensed Trial Counsel, Ministry of Justice, 2013
- Bar examination, Finnish Bar Association, 2016
ATTORNEY WORK AND OTHER
- Pekka Tuunainen Attorneys Ltd, owner, managing partner 2020 –
- Itäinen & Ojantakanen Attoneys Ltd, partner, 2018 - 2020
- The Pekka Tuunainen Law Firm, owner 2007 - 2018
Private Client attorney and litigator.
- Specialist Consultant, Ministry of Justice, Law Drafting Department, 2002 – 2006 (part time) Drafting of Enforcement Code reform associated with civil legislation
ACADEMIA CAREER
- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law
Research Fellow, Family and Inheritance Law, Member of the Faculty, 2002 – 2015.
University Lecturer, Civil Law, Member of the Faculty, 2016 – 2018.
Dissertation (PhD) in 2015, Inheritance and estate law
- University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law
Member of the faculty council 2012-2014.
PUBLICATIONS
- Monograph Inheritance, wills and debts, 2015, 436 pages, ISBN 978-952-14-1622-4
- Monograph Judgment enforcement in Finland and in Russian Federation – national and international
enforcement, together with prof. Vladimir Gureev, 2011, 202 pages, publisher Forum Iuris.
- Over 50 domestic and international publications in fields of inheritance, wills, marital property, tax and judgment enforcement.
SELECTED MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
- International Academy of Family Lawyers IAFL, Fellow
- IBA, Private Client Tax committee, International Estate Planning Guides, Finnish reporter
- Chambers and Partners, practice guide author, Family Law
- Private Client Global Elite -member
- International Academy of Estate and Trust Law, Member
LANGUAGES
- Finnish, English, Swedish