M&A Transaction – Local trends and EU/Nordic aspects
By Tuomo Kauttu, Aliant Finland. A strategy for international M&A transaction in Finland requires analysis of three levels of regulation development. Beyond local laws, it is useful to consider both, the Nordic harmonization and EU harmonization. This view applies not … Read the rest
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Singapore’s Lighthouse Law LLC has joined an international outfit Aliant Law as its second Asian office after China to establish Aliant Lighthouse Law, led by managing partner Adrian Wee. Jacob Stein, chairman of Aliant® in Los Angeles, said … Read the rest
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Phone: +358 9 3157 4101
E-mail: tkauttu (at) aliantlaw.fi
LL.M. (Helsinki), LL.M. (Washington)
Attorney at law, Asianajaja
Trained on the bench, Varatuomari
Specialities: Cross-border transactions, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, IPR.
About Tuomo:
Tuomo Kauttu is a partner at Aliant and the head of Aliant practice in Finland. Tuomo is a member of the firm’s Corporate Practice Group, and he regularly represents corporations, with more than 20 years’ experience advising his clients on cross-border business transactions, international projects, technology commerce, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance and other complex corporate matters. While Tuomo primarily represents large multinational corporations, he also advises emerging growth businesses with exceptional complex legal questions.
Tuomo graduated from the University of Helsinki with a Master of Laws degree and received his postgraduate LL.M. from the University of Washington. The focus of the LL.M. program was on corporate law and corporate taxation, mergers & acquisitions, investments, and business planning.
After graduating and court training, Tuomo worked for a bank, specializing in corporate finance. Subsequently, he worked as an attorney intern at a New York law firm for one year. Since 1996, he has practiced business law in Helsinki.
Tuomo is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and an associate member of the American Bar Association (ABA) where he serves on both the International Business Law Committee and the committee on Mergers and Acquisitions. He is a representative of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Finland delegation, and a member of the ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice, and IPR Commission. He also serves on the Advisory Group of the Boardman Ltd, a leading organization developing active ownership and board work competences in Finland. Tuomo has published numerous professional articles and continues to lecture at various institutes in Finland and abroad.
Phone: +358 9 3157 4102
E-mail: pvalo (at) aliantlaw.fi
LL.M. (Turku), LL.M. (Exeter)
Attorney at law (Finland), Asianajaja
Solicitor (England, Wales)
Trained on the bench, Varatuomari
Specialities: International transactions, mergers and acquisitions, trademark, design and copyright law, corporate finance, money laundering compliance, competition law, dispute resolution
About Pekka:
Pekka Valo has wide experience in business law both in Finland and England where he has worked several years as Solicitor and In-house lawyer.
Mr. Valo is specialised in International Contract Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Dispute Resolution, IP and ICT Law. He has represented several internationally known brand names especially in the fashion and design industry in their issues relating to Trade Marks, Design Rights, Franchise and Distribution. He has advised in numerous international corporate arrangements, English sports teams with their establishment as corporate entities, online gaming companies setting up and running the their business and an Arctic expedition team in their sponsorship issues. He has also worked in a Financial Services company in the City of London as a Legal Counsel and FSA (currently FCA) approved Compliance Officer and MLRO.
In addition to his work Pekka has done research as Doctoral Associate in Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) University of London. The focus of his research was in Copyright issues of audio-visual works. During the time he wrote numerous articles involving Design Right, Patent, Trade Mark and Copyright to an online publication of an international law firm. He took part to teaching of the Institute by familiarising the representatives of EU candidate states with Intellectual Property Rights.
Pekka is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales.
In March 2014 Pekka joined Aliant Finland (previously Kauttu & Co).
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