Mrs Maisa Nikkola > Bird & Bird > Helsinki, Finland > Lawyer Profile
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Mrs Maisa Nikkola
Work Department
Employment
Position
Maisa Nikkola is a partner in our Helsinki office, where she is Head of our Nordic and Finnish Employment practice groups as well as our Finnish Employee Incentives & Benefits group. She advises our local and international clients on complex employment issues.
Focusing on all aspects of employment relations, Maisa advises clients on a broad range of employment and HR matters on a daily basis including transactions, contractual issues, the negotiation and termination of contracts, collective and trade union matters, co-operation procedures, restructuring and discrimination.
In addition to employment law, Maisa specialises in outsourcing, trade secret issues and privacy and data protection. She has experience in complex litigation matters.
Her team is regularly working on a broad range of cross-border projects and they have an excellent network with colleagues located all over the world at our Bird & Bird offices. They have longstanding experience in taking an innovative and strategic approach to their work. Her team is often thanked for being an everyday strategic partner for their clients.
Career
You’ll find her recognised and reviewed as a Leading Employment Lawyer by international directories including Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, The Best Lawyers and PLC Which Lawyer. She was recognised as ‘The Lawyer of the Year 2014 – Labour and Employment Law’ and ‘The Lawyer of the Year 2016 – Outsourcing’ by the Best Lawyers.
Maisa is a frequent conference speaker on a wide range of employment law issues and is co-author of the book “Solutions for working life challenges” (J-Impact, 2012).
Languages
Finnish, English, German, Swedish
Memberships
Member in the Employment Law Expert Group of the Finnish Bar Association
Member of the Finnish Bar Association
Member of the Labour Law Association
Member of the EELA – European Employment Lawyers’ Association
Member of the Finnish Association for Human Resource Management HENRY
Member of the Finnish Franchising Association
Education
LL.M., University of Helsinki 2002
Lawyer Rankings
Finland > Employment
(Leading partners)Bird & Bird fields a full-service employment practice, covering both contentious and non-contentious matters such as business immigration work, employee incentives, collective negotiations, covenants, confidentiality issues, discrimination claims, and executive terminations. The team also specialises in transaction-related work, restructurings, and outsourcings, advising on both domestic and international matters. The team is led by Maisa Nikkola, who has built a strong reputation for handling a range of employment and HR matters, and co-head Teea Kemppinen, who focuses on the employment aspects of corporate transactions, cross-border HR issues and projects for international clients. Jussi Herrainsilta is also noted for his expertise in this area.