Services

Transactions

Through the solid background gained from working at premier transaction law firms, we have extensive and practical experience of both small and large domestic and cross-border transactions. We provide a full corporate service to facilitate the whole range of private M&A including venture and growth capital, private equity, real estate, infrastructure and industrial transactions across all types of industries.In addition, we focus on general corporate and contractual advisory.

Our clients include private equity firms, investors, family offices, entrepreneurs as well as a broad range of companies from owner-managed businesses and start-ups to publicly listed companies.

Dispute resolution

We offer a full range of dispute resolution and conflict management services covering international and domestic arbitration, commercial litigation, criminal proceedings and general conflict management.

Arbitration

We regularly advise clients and act as counsel in arbitral proceedings conducted under the ICC, SCC and the Arbitration Institute of the Central Chamber of Commerce of Finland (FAI) Rules as well as in ad hoc proceedings in different venues of arbitration. We advise clients in all areas of business and our services cover every aspect of the arbitral proceedings from dispute avoidance to conducting the arbitral proceedings and to enforcement of the arbitral awards.

Litigation

We advise clients in broad range of commercial and corporate litigation. We regularly act as counsel before Finnish Courts of general jurisdiction as well as in the Finnish administrative courts and specialized courts of law. We advise clients in all areas of business such as construction, ICT and IP matters, contract law, environmental law, labour law, financial services, management liability, and corporate and shareholder disputes.

White collar crime

We provide high quality legal advice to client companies, their management, and shareholders in criminal proceedings. We advise clients in criminal proceedings related to business secrets, fraud, embezzlement or other suspects or allegations of illegal business conduct related to their business activities. We also assist client companies in internal investigations.

Corporate

We regularly advise our clients on their day-to-day business law matters and commercial agreements. The assistance we provide covers all stages – from drafting, negotiation and conclusion of the agreement to follow-up and continuous advice. We also engage in dispute resolution on your behalf if required.

Our transactional work allows us to repeatedly be involved with a wide range of commercial contracts across virtually every industry. Coupling our transactional work with a strong footing in dispute resolution, we have the expertise and experience to advise our clients across a variety of practice areas and contract types – from corporate to employment and IT/IP.

Our services selection includes, but is not limited to:

  • co-operation agreements
  • confidentiality agreements
  • shareholder agreements
  • joint venture agreements
  • CEO and employment contracts
  • co-operation negotiations
  • restructuring
  • outsourcing
  • general terms and conditions (for businesses and consumers)
  • purchasing, manufacturing and supply agreements
  • licensing agreements
  • development agreements
  • subcontracting agreements
  • distribution agreements of various kinds (agency, commission and franchise)

Technology and data protection

We offer advice on all IT and technology law matters, including the related data protection and privacy issues. We also advise our clients on intellectual property and licensing matters.

Our practice advises clients on both the vendor and customer sides of IT transactions. We provide expert insight and advice across all procurement and outsourcing matters, either through traditional methods or by using modern cloud-based solution models. With regards to data protection, we draft data processing agreements and assist with compliance matters, such as international data transfers.

We also help our clients to develop their product and service ideas into market-ready solutions. This is achieved by designing the required legal and data protection models and drafting the necessary documentation – including end-customer agreements, privacy policies and internal compliance documentation, such as data protection impact assessments. We also provide advice on how to develop, protect and exploit intellectual property portfolios.