Joona Tapio has over five years of experience in legal practice, particularly in the fields of family and inheritance law. At our firm, Joona handles a wide range of assignments for private clients, especially within the area of family property law. In addition, Joona also assists private clients in other matters, including criminal law. Joona is also a qualified public purchase witness.
Joona drafts a variety of documents for our clients, such as prenuptial agreements, powers of attorney, deeds of gift, wills, estate inventories, and agreements on matrimonial property distribution and inheritance division. Joona also acts as counsel and representative for clients in proceedings concerning matrimonial property distribution and inheritance division, as well as in child law cases. In addition, Joona serves as a court-appointed estate distributor in divorce-related property distribution cases, and as an administrator and distributor of estates in inheritance matters.
Before joining our firm, Joona worked for about five years at a small law office, focusing on family and inheritance law, criminal law, tort law, and other assignments primarily for private clients. Joona has also completed court training at the District Court of Pirkanmaa during a leave of absence from legal practice (08/2024 – 07/2025).
In handling assignments, Joona explains legal issues to clients in a clear and understandable way, ensuring that each client is served personally and with a practical approach. Joona also represents our clients with experience in litigation before various courts of general jurisdiction as well as administrative courts.
Joona works at our offices in Tampere and Helsinki.
Acting as an estate distributor in cohabitation and divorce-related property distribution as well as in inheritance division proceedings
Attorney-at-Law, 2025 (Bar Examination 2020)
Trained on the Bench (title of Varatuomari), 2025
Public Purchase Witness, 2023
Master of Laws (LL.M.), 2020
Asianajotoimisto Roihu Oy, Attorney-at-Law, 2025–
District Court of Pirkanmaa, Junior Judge (Court Trainee), 2024–2025
Asianajotoimisto Roihu Oy, Associate / Lawyer, 2023–2025
Asianajotoimisto Tapio Mäkelä Oy, Associate / Lawyer, 2020–2022
Asianajotoimisto Tapio Mäkelä Oy, Trainee Lawyer, 2017–2020
Finnish, English