Mr Jani Syrjänen > Borenius > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile

Borenius
ETELÄESPLANADI 2
00130 HELSINKI
Finland

Work Department

Employment law, pension & benefits

Position

Partner Jani Syrjänen advises international and domestic clients in all employment law and pension & benefits related questions including also occupational safety, discrimination and immigration matters. Jani has extensive experience in litigating employment law matters; negotiating and drafting top management agreements, company policies and procedures; as well as advising employers confronting a wide range of employment law issues including, inter alia, outsourcing, reorganizations and redundancies.
Jani heads the firm’s Employment team.

Career

Jani has been a Partner since 2014. Jani heads the firm’s Employment team. He is also an accredited mediator of the Finnish Bar Association and a frequent speaker about employment law issues at domestic and foreign seminars.

Languages

Finnish, English, Swedish

Memberships

EELA – European Employment Lawyers Association; International Bar Association; Suomen välimiesoikeusyhdistys ry; The Association of Finnish Lawyers

Education

Bar Admissions 2005, Helsinki, Finland Trained on the bench 2003, District court of Kemijärvi, Finland Master of Laws 2001, University of Turku, Finland

Lawyer Rankings

Finland > Employment

(Leading individuals)

Jani SyrjänenBorenius

Specialising in business immigration and mobility advice, Borenius‘ employment practice also covers the complete employment workload, from mass redundancies, restructurings and voluntary work-out issues to insolvency procedures, M&A and disputes. Exemplifying this in particular is practice head Jani Syrjänen, who is a leading expert in the employment space. The practice, which is praised for its ‘excellent legal expertise’, is additionally well regarded for its knowledge of investigations, whistleblowing cases, civil liability issues and criminal trials, as well as employment issues in the maritime sector. ‘Highly professional’ senior associate Tomi Tanskanen, who specialises in maritime employment law, is also a key name to note.