Outi Iso-Markku
HPP Attorneys
Finland
Demonstrating a leading grasp of pertinent environmental law issues, Outi Iso-Markku at HPP Attorneys regularly advises major domestic companies across the permitting of green industrial, energy, and infrastructure projects.
For municipal energy utility Vantaa Energia, Iso-Markku assisted in permitting and zoning issues concerning the Varanto thermal energy storage development project. By storing and later redeploying excess solar and thermal energy, the project helps overcome issues of intermittent power delivery in Finland and is crucial to the client’s transition away from fossil fuels in power production.
Iso-Markku is a stand-out thought leader on environmental matters within the legal and academic communities. Iso-Markku teaches on environmental law court procedure at the University of Helsinki, helping prepare the next-generation of Finnish lawyers, and participates in the environmental law expert team within the Finnish Bar Association, which is responsible for preparing the organisation’s judicial policy statements on environmental law and green transition proposals. Iso-Markku recently supported the organisation in preparing a statement on legal reform for project permitting procedures, helping streamline the realisation of projects which aid the green transition.