This year, I have enhanced my expertise in business management by completing the Certified Board Member (CBM) degree and the chairperson course offered by the Finland Chamber of Commerce.

We are coming out of the pandemic, but the world is not the same. These exceptional months have permanently altered business. They have accelerated digitalisation and the green transition.

An increasing number of companies are facing solvency issues this autumn, and bankruptcies have been on the rise for some time. The unstable economic cycle forces...

Generally, virtual attendance in shareholder meetings is allowed. An exception to this is if the articles of association do not allow virtual attendance in shareholder meetings.

As a part of the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020–2025, the EU's equality objective concerning the boards of listed companies is advancing after a 10-year break.

We interviewed FIBS' CEO Kimmo Lipponen on his views of the future of sustainable business environment

In case 2013:48, the Supreme Court set a precedent regarding the protection of directors against dismissal.

Pursuant to a recent ruling of the Finnish Supreme Administrative Court the terms of intra-group financing are required to be at arm's-length from the perspective of the specific Finnish borrower and higher interest charges cannot be justified by overall group level benefits.

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.

If a company's financial difficulties turn into permanent insolvency, then the company should file for bankruptcy.

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.

General meeting practices changed during the last few years after remote participation became possible in the spring of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Finnish Corporate Governance Recommendation (the "CGR 2003"), initially issued in the year 1997, underwent last considerable revision in the year 2003.

What risks does a seat in the Board of Directors of a financially struggling company involve and ways to avoid and prepare for them.

Managing Directors of limited liability companies are not considered to be employees and thus do not enjoy protection under the Finnish labour law.