Mr Riku Rauhanen > Bird & Bird > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Riku Rauhanen
Work Department
Technology & Communications; Privacy & Data Protection
Position
Riku Rauhanen is a Senior Associate in our Commercial and Privacy & Data Protection groups in Helsinki, where he works with our local and international clients advising them on data protection, other data regulation, and commercial contracts.
Riku has extensive experience in providing legal advice on various data protection issues. His work covers all aspects of privacy and data protection law, including negotiating data processing agreements, carrying out data protection impact assessments and implementing multijurisdictional data protection projects. He has advised a wide variety of clients from public bodies to multinational technology companies on data protection law.
In addition to privacy and data protection, Riku also specialises in other data regulation. His particular area of interest is the EU’s artificial intelligence regulation. Riku is part of Bird & Bird’s global network of AI experts. In addition to data-related councelling, Riku also provides guidance on contract law issues. He has extensive experience of drafting and negotiating different types of contracts as well as supporting clients with interpreting contracts and resolving contract-related conflicts.
Career
Prior to joining Bird & Bird, Riku worked for a few years as an in-house legal counsel for a global energy company focusing on data protection, commercial contracts, and consumer protection. He has extensive practical experience in providing legal advice in the context of international business. Due to Riku’s in-house experience, he has a business-oriented approach and can provide his clients with practical legal advice.
Riku graduated with a Master of Laws degree from the University of Lapland in 2015. After graduating from law school in Finland, he has also completed a Master of Laws degree at the University of Nottingham in England. Riku is a member of the Finnish IT Law Association and the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). In addition, he has completed the CIPP/E data protection certificate and he frequently lectures and speaks at privacy and data protection seminars.
Languages
Finnish, English
Memberships
Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Member of the Finnish IT Law Association
Member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
Education
LL.M. University of Nottingham 2016
LL.M University of Lapland 2015
LL.B University of Lapland 2014
Lawyer Rankings
Finland > TMT
(Rising stars)Bird & Bird‘s commercial, tech and comms department is fully integrated into the firm’s broad network of international offices, enabling it to handle a range of global mandates, especially regulatory matters regarding in particular data protection and electronic communication law. The team is engaged by numerous multinational software vendors, IT service providers as well as telecom operators and service providers. Head of the team Sakari Halonen predominantly advises clients in complex cross-border IT outsourcing transactions as well as in IT contracting in general. Riku Rauhanen advises on complex privacy and commercial law issues, while Tobias Bräutigam is another notable member of the team. In 2024, the highly regarded Pia Ek joined from Castrén & Snellman, adding notable expertise in cross-border digitisation projects and other commercial and transactional work.