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The working group appointed by the Finnish Ministry of Finance to prepare the implementation of the directive of the European Parliament and the Council on takeover bids (the "Directive") into Finnish law (the "Working Group") published its report on 10 May 2005.

The European Commission adopted a legislative proposal on the regulation of crypto-assets as a part of the digital finance package in September 2020. This legislative proposal,...

The Finnish regulatory framework for corporate governance and directors’ duties is governed by the following three Acts: the Companies Act, the Securities Markets Act and the Accounting Act.

Although most companies operating in the Nordic region (whether in the basic industry, service or high-tech sector) tend to be aware of the value of the company’s intellectual property assets (including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.), few have yet drafted an IP strategy laying down a policy and process on how to best protect and preserve IP assets and use IP to generate value for the business.

The number of suspected and investigated securities market offences has increased substantially in Finland. Furthermore, the cases have become more extensive and more complicated. The court proceedings of securities market offences tend to be very long as the cases involve an ever-increasing amount of written and oral evidence.

The Commission carried out an unannounced inspection at the premises of Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. ("Telekomunikacja Polska"), the incumbent telecom operator in Poland, on 23 September 2008.

The Finnish Ministry of Justice set up a working group (the "Working Group") on 2 December 2011 with the task to prepare amendments to legislation to reduce reported problems caused by short term/payday loans ("Microloans").

The Commission has cleared, subject to conditions, the proposed acquisition of certain parts of GBI, of the Netherlands, by Associated British Foods ("ABF"), of the UK.

The Commission has cleared, subject to conditions, the proposed acquisition of Enodis, of the UK, by Manitowoc, of the US. Manitowoc is active in various sectors including the manufacture of lifting equipment in the shipbuilding industry and the production of cold-focused equipment in the foodservice sector.

In recent years the global loan market has seen a shift from traditional bank lending towards private credit.

The commercialisation of academic research is an active topic in Finland. Due to the new legislative change in Finland, Finnish universities may hold shares in companies and also establish university-based companies.

A disruption far from a company’s home market can quickly become a business problem. Trade restrictions may affect a supplier, an energy price increase can change the economics of a long-term contract...

Sustainability has long been a hot topic. Sustainable finance means business activities within the financial sector that promote sustainable development goals.

The government has on the 19th of May given its bill on reforming the corporate and capital income taxation. The bill involves many changes, but the processing of the bill in parliament may still change the content of the reform.