Pekka Sääskilahti

"Pekka has the ability to see the big picture and what is needed for the specific case. His ability to understand the assignment on a larger scale is key to excellent advice. Pekka is genuinely interested in the case, listens to the client needs and is able to provide the best outcome for the client." - Lexology Index 2024

Pekka Sääskilahti is an Executive Vice President and Head of Finland and Scandinavia at Compass Lexecon.

He has economic consulting experience in competition cases regarding merger clearance, abuse of dominance, quantification of damages, and in intellectual property matters. He has worked more than 15 years in the telecommunications and high-tech industries as an in-house economist, as well as in management consulting. Pekka has served as Professor of Practice at Hanken School of Economics teaching intellectual property and competition economics, pricing, and strategy.

Recently, Pekka provided economic advice to parties in merger proceedings of Bonnier/HSS Media (newspapers), Caverion/TM Voima (substation and transmission lines), Lantmännen/Sponmill (frozen bakery products), Valmet/Neles (valves manufacturing), Cargotec/Konecranes (container handling equipment), Framatome/Rolls-Royce (nuclear safety and control instrumentation), Altia/Arcus (beverages), Mehiläinen/Pihlajalinna (healthcare), Loomis/Automatia (financial services), Donges Steel/Ruukki Building Systems (steel construction), Sanoma/Alma Media (newspapers), Kesko/Heinon Tukku (food service), Caverion/Maintpartner (industrial maintenance services) and S-Group/Stockmann Herkku (food retail).

He has also advised clients in relation to Article 101 and 102 matters, intellectual property royalties and licensing terms, valuation, damages, and regulatory policy. He has provided testimony in front of the Finnish Market Court and an arbitral tribunal.

Before joining Compass Lexecon, Pekka was the Head of Research and Director of Economics at Nokia, and his prior positions included Head of Pricing Analytics and Director of Economics for Nokia’s smartphone business among others. His work at Nokia focused on pricing, competition economics, intellectual property licensing, and strategy development.

Pekka has a Ph.D. and a M.Sc. in economics from the Helsinki School of Economics, which included year-long visits to the University of Warwick and the Toulouse School of Economics. He has published his economics research in academic journals including the Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, the Journal of Competition Law & Economics, the Journal of Health Economics, and the Economics of Innovation and New Technology.

He is listed as Thought Leader amongst competition economists by Lexology Index.

His working languages are Finnish and English.

• "Pekka is an experienced and well-regarded economics expert in the IP field. He is great at breaking down complex economic concepts in a way that is easy to understand, which is crucial in litigation matters." - Lexology Index 2024
• "Very knowledgeable and efficient, as well as being easy and pleasant to work with." - Lexology Index 2024
• "Pekka has a curious mind and an ability to develop new approaches where others would merely resort to conventional analyses and argumentation. Pekka combines strong academic capabilities with the ability to understand market facts. He is an excellent communicator which ensures smooth communication not only with lawyers but also industry practitioners." - Lexology Index 2023
• "The best IP economist in Finland by far." - Lexology Index 2024
• "Pekka is the leading figure in Finland in competition economics." - Lexology Index 2024
• "Uses a pragmatic commercial approach to all his cases and problem solving, understands the industry and is very creative with evaluation problems in the IP space." - Lexology Index 2024
• "He is incredibly smart and fast. He is an economist with deep understanding of IP and the ecosystems around monetization." - Lexology Index 2024
• "An undisputed top talent." - Lexology Index 2025
• "User friendly, very bright, highly detail orientated, can explain complex concepts in simple ways." - Lexology Index 2024
• "Superstar economist." - Lexology Index 2024
• "He quickly grasped the matter at hand despite its complexity. His team was able to produce on-point and key material which hugely impacted the positive outcome of the litigation. They were also very nice to work with." - Lexology Index 2023
• "Combines first class presentation skills with total credibility." - Lexology Index 2023
• "Able to give clear advice and explain complex matters to clients and lawyers, provides comprehensive analysis." - Lexology Index 2025
• "He is skillful and one of the most experienced in Finland in his field." - Lexology Index 2024
• "High intellect combined with practicality."- Lexology Index 2023