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
Helsinki Airport Main Terminal project has been selected as the world’s best building information modelling project in the prestigious Tekla Global BIM data modelling competition.
In short, alliance mode includes joint liability towards risks and benefits, common goals, joint decision … Read the rest
By Jacob Stein, Aliant USA. Short-term rentals have exploded in popularity during Covid. Many investors see short-term rentals as a way to enter the real estate market or take advantage of the high rental rates. As the post-pandemic travel continues … Read the rest
By Tuomo Kauttu, Aliant Finland. Beyond the exceptional risks, visible in news over the past few months, what are the general key-risk related concerns that arise in a cross-border context, and how can a parent company minimize such risk? What … Read the rest
“Benefit Corporation” on uusi yhtiömuoto, jossa voittoa tavoittelevaan liiketoimintaan yhdistyy ympäristö- ja/tai yhteiskuntavastuu. Euroopassa Italia ja Ranska ovat edelläkävijöitä uusia yhtiömuotoja koskevien yhtiölakien säätämisessä. Jo aiemmin vastaavia yhtiömuotoja koskevia lakeja on säädetty mm. Yhdysvalloissa.
Benefit corporations represent a new business … Read the rest
By Tuulia Heiskanen, Aliant Finland. Liiketoiminnan IP-varallisuus voi perustua monenlaisiin suojattuihin oikeuksiin kuten patentit, tavaramerkit tai tekijänoikeus. Joissakin tapauksissa mikään suojamekanismeistä ei sellaisenaan sovellu suoraan suojattavaan etuuteen, vaan ainostaan epäsuora suojamekanismi on mahdollinen.
Tekijänoikeuden lähioikeudet suojaavat luovan työn aineistoja, jotka … Read the rest
By Timothy Mills, Aliant USA, edited by John Wolfs, Aliant Netherlands.
I. INTRODUCTION
As counsellors of businesses throughout the United States, Europe and Asia, and as long-standing practitioners of international economic sanctions law, the attorneys of Aliant International … Read the rest
By Timothy Mills, Aliant USA. The crisis in Ukraine has brought many different questions to the legal world, the largest being concerns the position of non-sanctioned businesses with regards to the sanctions imposed on Russia. To answer these questions we present to … Read the rest
By Tuulia Heiskanen, Aliant Finland. There are growing concerns of big companies’ role as gatekeepers in the digital market superseding the power of law and even acting as the “Internet police” with their filtering technology and surveillance of the Internet. … Read the rest