How external counsel can help you explore and secure market entry opportunities: M&A in Finland
The global pandemic has opened new opportunities for cross-border trade, but there are regional pitfalls that businesses need to be aware of. […]
Category: Corporate Law
CROSS-BORDER M&A in FINLAND – EU/Nordic aspects and local trends
By Tuomo Kauttu, Partner, 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 … Read the rest
Renovation of EU Patent System and Its Impact to Finnish Law
By Tuulia Heiskanen, Junior Associate, Aliant Finland.
On the 30th of August 2021, the Act on the Protocol on Privileges and Immunities of the Unified Patent Court was passed in Finland. The law is based on the EU process … Read the rest
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
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. […]
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
Beneficial Owners Registration
By Pekka Valo, Senior Counsel, Aliant Finland.
The European Union 5th 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
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
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. [...]
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.
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