Finland > Legal market overview
Editorial sections
- Legal market overview
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Maritime and transport
- Real estate and construction
- TMT
- Tax
Other
All countries
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bermuda
- Bolivia
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Cayman Islands
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Curacao
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latin America: International firms
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macedonia
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Martin
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- St Barts
- St Vincent
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- São Tomé E PrÃncipe
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United States
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
Finland attracted a healthy, if slightly inconsistent, flow of business in 2012. Restructuring work continued to keep many firms busy, but increased transactional activity pertaining to energy projects also provided some sizeable new-money deals for larger firms. Capital markets mandates were few and far between, and that work was dominated by the leading firms. Disputes continued to grow in importance.
Avance Attorneys, founded in 2011 by transactional expert Ulf-Henrik Kull, built on a strong first year by expanding both its staff numbers and client roster. Magnusson, which also opened its Estonian office in 2011, hired technology expert Juha Taipale from Mäkitalo Rantanen & Co Ltd.
Search News and Articles
Press releases
The latest news direct from law firms. If you would like to submit press releases for your firm, send an email request to
Legal Developments in Finland
Legal Developments and updates from the leading lawyers in each jurisdiction. To contribute, send an email request to
-
The Tax Man Cometh: Finland's Latest Tax Package Has New Restrictions - and a Few Incentives
This is an important year in Finland on the taxation front. New rules restrict interest deductions and increase the transfer tax related to the sale of shares in housing and real estate. Additionally, two tax incentives support research and development activities, as well as innovation and growth.- Krogerus -
Finnish Government Proposes Housing All IPR Cases in Market Court
The Finnish Government proposes that suits related to intellectual property rights ("IPR") be in future heard exclusively by the Market Court. Bill 124/2012, submitted to the Parliament on 4 October and currently debated in the Law Committee, contains proposals on new acts on the Market Court and on proceedings before the Market Court as well as amendments to various existing statutes.- Krogerus -
Construction 2013
Are all members of consortia jointly liable for the entire project or may they allocate liability and responsibility among them? -
The European Commission proposes stringent rules for high-frequency traders
The European Commission has recently introduced two important regulatory packages that seek to respond to the challenges posed by rapidly developing trading technologies, particularly so-called high frequency trading. If the new regulations are adopted as drafted, considerable changes are in store for both those entities that engage in high frequency trading and the trading venues providing them access to the market.- Krogerus -
Implications of competition law on information exchange - New book published in Finland
Lotta Uusitalo, Anne Petäjäniemi-Björklund and Leea Salminen, Attorneys at Law of Procopé & Hornborg, have written a book on the implications of competition law on information exchange. -
New Waste Act to enter into force on May 1, 2012 in Finland
The EC waste directive (2008/98/EC) will be implemented in Finland by the new Finnish Waste Act, which will enter into force on May 1, 2012. -
Construction 2012
Introduction Robert S Peckar Peckar & Abramson, PC 3 -
Use of Legal Tools in Creating an Open Source Project or Business Model
Written by Martin von Willebrand -
Court ruling on the Finnish CFC legislation
The Finnish CFC legislation implies that a Finnish company may be subject to income tax for its share of the profit of a CFC regardless of whether these profits are distributed by the CFC to its shareholders or not. A CFC is defined as a foreign corporation owned and controlled by a Finnish tax resident that pays income tax in its domicile at a rate less than 60% of the Finnish corporate income tax rate. -
Cross-border merger case to ECJ
The Finnish Supreme Administrative Court decided on 7 March 2011 (KHO 2011:21) to request for a preliminary ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) concerning the question whether a Finnish parent company may deduct the final tax losses of its Swedish subsidiary after a cross-border merger.
Press Releases worldwide
The latest news direct from law firms. If you would like to submit press releases for your firm, send an email request to
-
Sayenko Kharenko – legal counsel on the acquisition of ING’s securities and custody services bus
Sayenko Kharenko - legal counsel on the acquisition of ING's securities and custody services business by Citibank. Normal 0 false false false RU X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Обычная таблица"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} -
LS Horizon Limited advised PTG Energy Public Company Limited
LS Horizon Limited has advised PTG Energy Public Company Limited (the " Company "), which operates the business of distribution of petroleum products and equipment for gas stations, including fuel selling through its PT petrol stations, in connection with its initial public offering (" IPO ") and listing of its shares on the Stock Exchange of Thailand (" SET "). -
Penningtons establishes pensions team with two senior lateral hires
Penningtons Solicitors LLP has recruited partner Maria Riccio and associate Rupert Graham-Evans to lead its newly established pensions law team. Working between the firm's Hampshire and London offices, they will also support Penningtons' regional offices across Cambridge and the South East, advising clients in the UK and internationally. -
Matouk Bassiouny Advises Emirates NBD PJSC on the USD 500 Million Acquisition of BNP Paribas S.A.E.
Matouk Bassiouny advised Emirates NBD PJSC on the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of BNP Paribas S.A.E. in Egypt. The value of the transaction amounted to USD 500 million. The Share Purchase Agreement was signed in December 2012 and closing took place in Cairo on Sunday June 9 th 2013. -
Partner and Senior Associate join Matouk Bassiouny's Dispute Resolution group
We are delighted to inform you that Johanne Cox joins Matouk Bassiouny as a Partner in the firm's Dispute Resolution group. Johanne has practiced international arbitration in Egypt for a number of years, prior to which, she practiced arbitration in London and Paris at leading international law firms. She is recognized in Legal 500 (2013) as "very experienced and knowledgeable", adding a "great dynamic" to her law firm's practice. Johanne is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Solicitor-Advocate in England and Wales, and an accredited Mediator. -
Landmark Supreme Court judgement on the Rights of Depositors in Cyprus
On 07.06.2013 the Supreme Court issued its judgment in the context of the first recourses filed by depositors and challenging the effect on depositors' funds of the recent bank resolution measures. The judgment is a very welcome development and should be viewed as a significant stepping stone in the future developments of the promotion of depositors' claims. -
Kochański Zięba Rapala & Partners law firm is a laureate of the European Medal 2013
Kochański Zięba Rapala & Partners law firm is honored to announce that it has been awarded the European Medal 2013 in the Final of the 24th Edition of the Competition organized by the Business Centre Club in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and under the honorary patronage of the European Economic and Social Committee. -
Georg Fischer to acquire majority stake in Hakan Plastik of Turkey
Georg Fischer Ltd. (GF) signed a share purchase agreement on 7 May 2013 to acquire majority stake in Hakan Plastik A.S., with an option to acquire the remaining shares in following years.- Paksoy -
Hengeler Mueller advises CEWE on transformation of legal form
The Annual General Meeting of CEWE COLOR Holding AG has approved the change the company's legal form into a partnership limited by shares - Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien (KGaA). The change of the legal form includes the transfer of the business currently conducted by CEWE COLOR AG & Co. OHG to CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA. -
Hengeler Mueller advises Grammer AG on refinancing by certificate of indebtedness
Grammer AG (Amberg), a leading supplier of automotive interior and seating systems, has issued loans evidenced by certificate of indebtedness (Schuldscheindarlehen) in the amount of € 90 million which is divided into tranches of 4 and 6 years as well as fixed and variable interest rate tranches. Grammer AG is refinancing an existing loan evidenced by certificate of indebtedness of 2006 prior to maturity in August with part of the issuing proceeds.