Mr Erkko Korhonen > Borenius > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile

Borenius
ETELÄESPLANADI 2
00130 HELSINKI
Finland
Erkko Korhonen photo

Work Department

TMT

Position

Partner Erkko Korhonen advises clients on various technology transactions and arrangements, including ICT projects, outsourcing and cloud implementation. He also advises clients on issues relating to data economy as well as data protection and privacy in general (especially relating to GDPR compliance and e-privacy matters) in addition to e-commerce, telecommunications, media and marketing and consumer laws and practices. Erkko has been involved in several IP/ICT/data driven M&A transactions, including advising clients on complex carve-out and separation arrangements and transitional services.

Career

In 2015 and 2016, Erkko completed a five-month period as a Visiting Foreign Lawyer at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles.

Erkko co-heads the firm’s Technology, Media & Telecommunications team.

Languages

  • Finnish, English

Education

  • Bar admission, 2012, Helsinki, Finland
  • Master of Laws, 2008, University of Helsinki, Finland

Lawyer Rankings

Finland > TMT

The IP and technology practice at Borenius has experience extending to tech transactions, health data and digital health solutions, and regulatory, compliance and privacy matters. The team serves a prominent roster of public and private sector clients, including healthcare providers, media platforms and banks in the health, media and financial sectors. Practice co-head Erkko Korhonen excels in ICT and other technology transactions, such as ICT outsourcings, technology deliveries and implementation, cloud computing contracting and software and application development projects, while fellow co-head Samuli Simojoki leads venture capital transactions and technology deals. Henriikka Piekkala focuses on competition neutrality issues.