According to the Finnish Companies Act, a shareholder with more than nine-tenths (9/10) of all shares and votes in the company (the redeemer) has the right to redeem the shares

With the objective of mandating employers to pay compensation to employees for all non-competition agreements, the Finnish Government has proposed amendments to the Employment Contracts Act

Trade secrets regulation was unified by the Trade Secrets Act, which came into force in 2018.

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

A limited liability company may acquire and hold control of its own shares. The provisions relating to own shares are set out in the chapter 15 of the Limited Liability Companies Act.

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

In this article demerger refers to the demerger regulated in Chapter 17 of the Limited Liability Companies Act.

The Finnish employment law is based on the concept of contract employment, not at-will employment like, for example, in the United States.

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