On 18 July 2025, the European Union (EU) adopted its anticipated 18th package of sanctions against Russia. The 18th package will particularly impact the energy, banking, and military sectors, as well as trade with the EU.

The Pay Transparency Directive has been adopted at the EU level, but it is not yet in force in Finland. It is now clear that Finland will not be implementing the Directive by the original deadline of 7 June 2026.

One key change is the customer's right to switch from one cloud service provider to another with no more than two months' notice, regardless of the terms of the contract.

Hankintalain uudistusta koskeva mietintö oli lausuntokierroksella alkuvuodesta...

A draft Government proposal on the reform of the Public Procurement Act was circulated for comments earlier this year, gathering a total of 607 opinions—which is an exceptionally large number.

On 21 May 2025, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation that would amend the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR").

The Government proposes that an administrative fine may also be imposed on public authorities and public administrative bodies for breaches of data protection legislation in order to make the system of sanctions more consistent across the public and private sectors.

In light of the changing security environment, the Finnish Parliament adopted an amendment to the Act on Transfers of Real Estate Requiring Special Permission (in Finnish: laki eräiden kiinteistönhankintojen luvanvaraisuudesta) in April 2025 (the "Amendment").

Our Partner Klaus Ilmonen has published new research on the geopolitics of corporate law in his role as a professor of practice in commercial law at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki.

The awaited initiative to further improve Finland's investment attractiveness by clarifying the taxation of offshore wind farms in Finland's exclusive economic zone is moving forward with the new legislation proposed to enter into force at the beginning of 2026.

The European Union’s 20th Russia sanctions package entered into force on 24 April 2026. For businesses, its significance extends well beyond the new listings and export codes.

The past year has been eventful on the labour market: collective bargaining agreement negotiations, various proposed and accepted legislative amendments, significant court rulings...

Cybersecurity is no longer optional — it is becoming a legal requirement for products.

Omnibus I -muutosprosessi on edennyt loppusuoralle, ja trilogineuvottelut Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston välillä ovat käynnistyneet 18.11.

The Finnish Co-operation Act (1333/2021) underwent a comprehensive renewal just a couple of years ago.

Tuoreessa ennakkopäätöksessään KKO 2025:88 korkein oikeus linjasi, että myös tilanteissa, joissa pääasiaa ei ole vielä ratkaistu, tarpeettomasta turvaamistoimesta aiheutuneen vahingon korvaamista koskeva kanne oli oikeudenkäymiskaaren ...

In Finland, the EU AI Act will be transposed into Finnish law by way of two government proposals.

CSA2 obliges companies to map their supply chains more thoroughly than before. The European Commission’s new proposal for a Cybersecurity Act was published in January 2026. The original regulation, which entered into force in 2019, focused on the certification framework and the tasks of the EU Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA. The newly published CSA2 proposal significantly expands this framework.

Finland is preparing a tax reform to improve flow-through taxation of investments into Finnish regulated funds, expected to be applied as of tax year 2027.

On 18 June 2025, the Finnish Parliament approved the government proposals on legislation on the reform of the regional state administration and the Act on the Processing...