Real estate transactions in Finland present unique legal requirements that distinguish them from other jurisdictions. From mandatory notary presence and formal execution procedures to permit requirements for non-EU buyers and complex pre-emption rights held by municipalities and the State, navigating Finnish property law demands careful attention to procedural details and strategic timing.

New WHT rules are applied to dividends paid as of the beginning of 2021. With the legislation change, amendments were made to the Act on the Taxation of Non-resident Income (Laki rajoitetusti verovelvollisen tulon verottamisesta, 627/1978).

The Finnish Parliament passed a bill concerning tax credits for large investment aiming at a climate neutral economy.

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

In a world where change is the only constant, the legal profession is no exception. The increasing complexity of regulation, the rise of digital innovation...

The government proposal (HE 172/2022 vp) concerning amendments to the Competition Act has been approved and ratified. Following the amendments, the threshold for notifying a transaction...

Many employers will at some point leverage temporary agency workers in getting through peak periods or covering absences. As the name implies, temporary agency workers typically fill a short-term...

On 1 January 2026, an amendment to the Employment Contracts Act entered into force, lowering the threshold for dismissal on personal grounds.

Parliament has passed amendments to the so-called Act on Expropriation Permits (768/2004). The amendments, which enter into force in the beginning of February 2024...

The EU will need 180 billion euros of private investments into sustainable business in order to meet the targets of the Paris climate agreement.

Diverse reasons – such as not putting a public procurement out to tender, discriminatory requirements in a call for tenders or erroneous comparison of tenders – can make the tenderer...

The Restructuring of Enterprises Act has been under reform during this Government's term in office. The reform that entered into force this summer implemented the EU Directive...

The alliance model has been used over the past decade in many large and complex construction projects and is now increasingly being used in smaller and more straightforward projects as well.

The European Commission has adopted new horizontal guidelines for applying competition law to cooperation agreements between competitors.

Green hydrogen is planned to replace fossil fuels, particularly in industries that are difficult to electrify. In Finland, hydrogen projects of approximately EUR 13.3 billion are being planned.

Reporting an offence was considered in one in three tax audits last year.

The Act on the Protection of Persons Reporting Infringements of European Union and National Law, based on the EU Whistleblowing Directive and known as the Whistleblower Act...

The Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is a multilateral agreement between states that applies to cross-border investments in the energy sector.

Our business is to enable our clients' success and ensure their legal protection. To acknowledge their versatile expertise and dedicated work towards our clients' success, we promote Teemu...

On 17 November 2022 the Ministry of Finance published government proposal HE 279/2022, which proposes that the Income Tax Act be amended so that income...