Erik M. Tikkanen

Associate

Corporate and Securities | International Business

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About Erik

Erik Tikkanen is an associate in the firm’s corporate group. Erik advises domestic and foreign companies on mergers and acquisitions, securities law compliance, as well as the formation and operation of U.S. subsidiaries, and other corporate and commercial transactions.

Prior to joining the firm, Erik worked for a boutique international business law firm in New York.  During law school, Erik spent a semester in a full-immersion exchange program at Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany.  Erik also served as a notes editor to the UC Hastings journal, Constitutional Law Quarterly.  As an undergraduate, Erik spent a year studying Political Science at Georg-August Universität in Göttingen, Germany.

Experience

Practice Areas

• Corporate and Securities

• International Business

Languages

• German

Education

• University of California, Hastings College of the Law — J.D., 2012

• University of California, Santa Cruz — B.A. in Politics with Honors within the Major, 2006

Admissions

• State of New York

• State of California

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

Professional Associations

• Emerging Companies and Venture Capital Committee, New York City Bar Association

• M&A Committee, American Bar Association