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NORDIA Law
ETELÄESPLANADI 22A, 7TH FLOOR
00130 HELSINKI
Finland

Email firm Visit website 358 9 4250 5000 358 9 4250 5010

Finland > Commercial, corporate and M&A Tier 4

NORDIA Law is a boutique firm which advises companies and venture capital investors on private equity mergers, investment and acquisition mandates, due diligence issues, regulatory work and contract negotiations. The firm also has the capability to handle cross-border mandates, leveraging the expertise in its offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Oslo. Matti Kari is the managing partner, with over 20 years of experience in handling commercial contracts and providing regulatory advice. Timo Skurnik is an experienced corporate lawyer with a focus on the IT and gaming sectors, assisting vendors as well as customers acquiring technology products and services.

Practice head(s):

Matti Kari; Timo Skurnik

Testimonials

‘The team has strong experience in our business area (gaming) and very skilled partners with decades of experience from small companies to public companies.’

‘We’ve been working with partner Matti Kari for years and built a strong relationship with him and his team. Matti is exceptional in the way he combines business acumen and understanding with super strong across the board experience and skills in the legal domain. This combination allows him to deliver very strong value to clients like us as he can base decisions and matters of judgement not only on the legal basis but weigh those against business goals and needs.’

‘Very experienced team with decades of experience working with start-ups, tech companies and gaming companies. Extremely good understanding of business terms and business issues, and very good legal counsel advice.’

‘Matti Kari, partner, is an amazingly valuable legal partner for any company to work with, is very accessible and available and offers a very high-quality service and understanding and has great industry knowledge and understanding in TMT and gaming companies.’

Key clients

Plus Terveys Ltd

Remedy Entertainment

Redhill Games Oy

Qentinel Ltd

IPR.VC

Boom Corp Oy

Immersal Ltd

Fimet Invest Ltd

Mcare Group Ltd

Fixably Ltd

Palvelurahasto I Ky

Aava Mobile Oy

Work highlights

Acted as the legal adviser on the listing of Remedy Entertainment Plc. to the main list of Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
Advised the owners of Aava Mobile Oy on the sale of the company to Pepperl+Fuchs.
Advised the owners of A2C Investment Oy (Vantaan Kiinnike ja Rak Oy) on the sale of the company’s construction materials retail business to an SPV established by Sponsor Capital and the related re-investment by the sellers.

The firm: NORDIA Law is your legal advisor in the Nordics. We have offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, Oslo and Helsinki.

Our mission is to help you and your company succeed in your everyday business in an international environment with ever-changing legal requirements. We are a modern and straightforward partner in your daily business and corporate law-related matters. We serve you with dedication and exceed your expectations on customer service while maintaining legal costs at a cost-efficient and predictable level.

Aside from a solid and broad corporate law competence, NORDIA Law is distinguished by top-level expertise in the fields of contract law, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution and intellectual property.

Main practice areas

Company law
NORDIA Law advises on company law matters relating to all types of legal entities. Many of the firm’s partners and associates possess specialist knowledge in areas that, in one way or another, relate to company law. Obviously, the firm often assists in the drafting of contracts in conjunction with business transactions and thereby frequently assumes an active advisory role. Matti Kari and Antti Hannula are generally considered to be among the top lawyers in the field.

Mergers and acquisitions
NORDIA Law has solid experience in M&A. We advise companies and venture capital investors on private equity mergers, investments, and acquisitions, as well as due diligence, regulatory work, and contract negotiations. The team is noted for its extensive experience acting for clients in the technology and gaming sectors. Practice leader Matti Kari specialises in public and private M&A as well as advising on private equity issues. The clients include local and international companies ranging from start-ups to large international corporations.

Dispute resolution
NORDIA Law has long and solid experience in this field, and litigation engages many of the partners and associates of the firm. The collective expertise in this area is hard to beat. Dispute resolution, per definition, involves and requires knowledge of other legal areas.

Intellectual property
The practice includes dispute resolution and other means of protecting intellectual property, such as trademarks, designs, and know-how. Pinja Hoffrichter is leading the team. She is a skilled and frequent litigator and adviser within the field of IP as well as other fields of business law.

Employment law
The firm’s employment law team is small but very highly regarded. The team is working closely with the dispute resolution team and regularly represents clients from small to large companies within the various mandatory negotiations and trials.

Department	Name	Email	Telephone
Company law	Matti Kari	matti.kari@nordialaw.com	+358 50 593 0380
Mergers and acquisition	Matti Kari	matti.kari@nordialaw.com	+358 50 593 0380
Contract law	Timo Skurnik	timo.skurnik@nordialaw.com	+358 41 523 1143
Dispute resolution	Pinja Hoffrichter	pinja.hoffrichter@nordialaw.com	+358 40 518 2234
Intellectual property	Pinja Hoffrichter	pinja.hoffrichter@nordialaw.com	+358 40 518 2234
Business-related criminal law	Antti Hannula	antti.hannula@nordialaw.com	+358 50 584 9191
Insurance and tort law	Timo Skurnik	timo.skurnik@nordialaw.com	+358 41 523 1143