Roschier

Sanctions & Trade Compliance, Contentious Corporate, Insolvency & Corporate Crime, Corporate Investigations & Compliance, Dispute Resolution

Partner Paula Airas specializes in contentious corporate, insolvency, and regulatory matters, commercial dispute resolution as well as sanctions and trade compliance. Paula’s practice includes civil and criminal and administrative litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution (e.g. mediation), including strategic advice for dispute avoidance. She is also a trusted advisor on EU sanctions and related export control and other questions, including sanctions compliance and investigations, and assisting Western companies in exiting Russia.

Due to her background in working with transactions, Paula has special emphasis on complex corporate, M&A and other transactional disputes, as well as shareholder agreements and shareholder disputes. Paula is also particularly experienced in complex insolvency matters with international aspects and supports clients both in insolvency related disputes and by providing strategic insolvency law advice.

Paula also works with investigations and white-collar crime related matters. Paula has e.g. represented large Nordic companies and public entities in some of the biggest white collar crime cases on the market, as well as worked with international matters such as red notices. Further, Paula actively works with matters relating to industrial projects, where she has also gained valuable in-house experience from her secondment. In addition, Paula has litigated and arbitrated disputes relating to international trade, product liability, construction, business leases, international transport, and agency & distribution matters, etc.

Apart from representing clients before courts and arbitral tribunals, and acting as arbitrator, Paula advises clients on strategic and compliance matters. She also regularly advises on various contractual matters and supports clients in drafting and negotiating their commercial agreements.