“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
Last week, Finnish government made a decision for construction of hydrogen pipelines by energy company Gasgrid Finland and the company’s subsidiary VetyVerkko. While there are some legal questions in forming corporation for such purpose and with this kind of structure, there … Read the rest
By Pekka Valo, Aliant Finland. The general rule is that when people are employed or usually work in Finland the Finnish employment legislation is applied. Finland has adopted Regulation (EC) 593/2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) … 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
Saksalainen monikansallinen teknologiayritys Bosch osti brittiläisen itseohjautuvien autojen ohjelmiston kehittelyyn erikoistuvan Five AI -yrityksen, jonka tavoitteena on ollut ajoturvallisuuden lisääminen ratkaisemalla itseohjautuvien autojen toimintaan liittyviä ongelmia. Yrityskauppa odottaa kilpailuviranomaisten hyväksyntää. Lisäksi kauppa herättää uusia oikeudellisia kysymyksiä sekä sopimustekniikan että lainsäädännön … 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
Cyberattacks and cybercrimes can have various forms not only in the private sector and corporate transactions, but increasingly among the governments and between the nations. Confidential information, fateful data, as well as intellectual property, can be accessed, stolen or affected … Read the rest
By Dārta Dindune, Aliant Finland. In 2018 an idea aiming to find the “fastest route to zero-emission shipping” and potential partners that came from Finnish maritime and energy innovation company Wärtsilä, operating in the field since 1834 and involved in … 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
As the pandemic has affected various economic sectors, including commercial real estate market, Aliant webinar held in December 14th, 2021 provided for an excellent opportunity to discover the different perspectives of the industry from 5 countries and 6 Aliant attorneys.… Read the rest