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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.

Many of us have heard companies and banks talking about sustainability-linked instruments. But what actually are these instruments and what is their contribution to sustainable development?

The latest version of the WTS Global Financial Services Infoletter presents news from none countries with a focus on the international Financial Services industry covering a diverse range of FS tax topics,...

The global financial crisis, which started in the United States, spread to Europe during summer and autumn 2008 and finally to Finland in the late autumn.

Based on current information, there will be significant changes in Finland's taxation in upcoming years, which every current or future entrepreneur should take into account in their own activities.

The Finnish Ministry of Finance has started preparations for a reform of the Finnish Securities Market Act (the "SMA").

In a preliminary ruling the European Court of Justice ("ECJ") held that a company in a dominant position on the relevant market for medicinal products is abusing its dominant position if it refuses to meet ordinary orders of wholesalers in order to stop parallel exports.

Finland has implemented significant changes to its banking M&A regulatory framework through CRD6, introducing new notification obligations and FIN-FSA approval processes for credit institutions undertaking mergers, acquisitions, and corporate reorganizations. The updated rules establish materiality thresholds for asset transfers and holding acquisitions while creating a complex multi-layered regulatory landscape that institutions must navigate when planning transactions.

Many jurisdictions, including Finland, recognise the taking of security not only over individual assets but also over the business assets (as a class of assets) of a security provider. In Finland, the latter form of security is called ‘yrityskiinnitys’, in English ‘business mortgage’ or ‘enterprise mortgage’ (the term business mortgage is used in this article).

Another year is over, and now is a good time to take a look into the future and see what it might hold.

The risk of becoming the target of a hostile bid is not the sole domain of listed companies. Medium sized companies with a diversified ownership structure may often be tempting targets for bids from competing companies.

Strong economic growth, high liquidity in property markets, high degree of transparency and highly competitive economy are some of the factors that have made Finland an interesting target for real estate investors.

Side letter agreements are a common way to agree on special conditions granted to certain investors concerning private investment funds. Fund managers should be familiar with the practices...