Registered associations will in future have the right to appeal building permits if the permit concerns a project that is subject to the Act on Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure.

In April, the European Parliament and Council adopted a Directive on sanctions violations. The Directive aims to harmonise the definitions of criminal offences and penalties related to violating EU sanctions.

The corporate world has been discussing sustainability for years, and it is an increasingly integral part of business operations. In the coming years sustainability will permeate the strategy...

In its new Market newsletter 2/2023, the Finnish Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA) addresses the way issuers communicate with analysts and proposes good practices.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland (SAC) has recently issued three rulings concerning the tax exemption regime of investment funds in section 20a of the Income Tax Act (ITA).

Nowadays, a successful company must have a strategic approach to sustainability work, accounting for the special characteristics of the company's business.

The global financial crisis has had a significant influence on the Nordic M&A market. In the first half of 2009, M&A activity with Nordic involvement totalled EUR 19.7 billion. That is 62 per cent lower than in the first half of 2008.

At the turn of the year, we discussed how the Consumer Protection Act (38/1978, as amended) is entering the digital age following the implementation of the EU's Sales of Goods Directive (2019/771)...

On Friday, 12 December 2025, the Finnish Parliament approved amendments to the Act on Mined Minerals Tax that will significantly increase the tax burden on mined minerals as of 1 January 2026.

The crisis caused by the coronavirus has brought about swift changes to financial regulation.

On 30 March 2011, the Central Tax Board gave a preliminary ruling (KVL 21/2011) stating that dividends paid from Finland to a Norwegian investment fund were not subject to tax at source, because the corresponding income is tax exempt for Finnish investment funds.

With over 20 million confirmed coronavirus infections worldwide, the debate in Finland has turned to whether a second wave of infections is on its way or whether it is already here.

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...

A committee appointed by the Ministry of Justice published its report (available in Finnish) on the reform of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities on 12 December 2023.

The quality of building construction has been the subject of intense debate both in the building construction industry itself and in the media at large.

This review takes a brief look at recent case law and news.

Many companies have been closely following the development of the interpretation practice concerning international data transfers ever since the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) ...

The government proposal for the whistleblower legislation obligates large and medium-sized enterprises as well as public sector actors to establish an internal reporting channel through...