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August 26, 2021August 26, 2021Corporate Law, General, Legislation

E-payments – the modern form of money transfers

By Tuulia Heiskanen, Junior Associate, Aliant Finland.

Electronic payments (e-payments) are used increasingly around the world and are especially convenient in purchasing things online. In Finland, services providing e-payment solutions are broadly available. To list a few, … Read the rest

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021Corporate Law

BENEFIT CORPORATIONS: The Italian Experience

By Alessandro Grangiotti, Partner, Aliant Italy and Mariangela Zito, Partner, Aliant Italy. Italy is the first European country inspired by the American legislative initiative of 2010 to introduce with the 2016 Budget Law a similar business model into their legal system: the so called Società Benefit (SB), that integrates the profit-oriented economic activity with the purpose of common benefit producing in the long-term positive effects on territories and the environment, people, communities and other stakeholders, and several successful experiences can now be counted. […]

March 17, 2021March 31, 2021Corporate Law

SHAREHOLDER ACTIVISM: A DRIVER OR AN OBSTACLE?

By Jukka Mähönen, Professor dr. juris, University of Oslo – Faculty of Law; University of Helsinki – Faculty of Law. Shareholder activism: a driver or an obstacle to sustainable value creation?

Shareholder activism has a controversial history. During the last … Read the rest

November 10, 2020March 31, 2021Corporate Law, Legislation

Beneficial Owners Registration

By Pekka Valo, Senior Counsel, Aliant Finland.

The European Union 5^th Anti-Money Laundering Directive requires that EU member states should set up beneficial ownership registers for corporate and other legal entities by 10 January 2020 and for trusts … Read the rest

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020Corporate Law, International Business

Contract Law and CSR

By Kaisla Yli-Juuti, Aliant Finland. The use of private contract law in international supply chains has become more common as the number of corporations working across borders has increased. Incorporating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainability obligations into supply chain … Read the rest

June 5, 2020March 31, 2021Corporate Law, International Business, Mergers and Acquisitions

Acquiring a Nordic Business

By Tuomo Kauttu, Partner, Aliant Finland From a global point of view, Europe seems to be a puzzle whose pieces are difficult to put together and which are constantly changing, sometimes disappearing altogether. This view applies not only to business executives who think in terms of markets but to lawyers as well who are supposed to think in terms of jurisdictions. In the Nordic region, there are countries that are members of the European Union (“EU”) and countries that are non-EU members. Among the Nordic EU member states, Finland is the only country that is also a member of the European Economic Monetary Union (EMU), while Sweden and Denmark are non-euro EU members, and Norway and Iceland are neither EU nor EMU members. [...]

March 3, 2020March 31, 2021Corporate Law, International Business

Managing Cross Border Risk

We are pleased to announce that Tuomo Kauttu of Aliant Finland contributed to the IR Global A Jurisdictional Guide of how to Manage Risk in Multinationals. You'll find Tuomo's contributions on pages 14-15 - click here for access. Click here to access the full publication.

September 20, 2019March 31, 2021Corporate Law

Osakeyhtiön tarkoitus. Financial Times, September 18, 2019

Financial Times julkaisi 18.9.2019 vetoamuksen, joka käsitteli kapitalismin kieroon kasvamista. Julkaisussaan Financial Times lausui myös voiton tavoittelusta ja sen lieveilmiöistä. Asiaa voidaan suppeammin arvioida vallitsevien osakeyhtölakien soveltamisen ja niiden tulkinnan näkökulmasta.

Onko osakeyhtiön ainoa tarkoitus voiton tuottaminen osakkeenomistajille? Voidaanko tällaista … Read the rest

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