The employment department at Waselius was strengthened by the addition of Tomi Korpiola, who joined as co-head in January 2024. Korpiola is experienced in employment-related litigation involving discrimination claims and terminations of work relationships, while co-head Jouni Kautto specialises in redundancies and day-to-day HR matters. Antonina Paasikivi is also integral to the team.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Tomi Korpiola truly shows his investment in creating and maintaining a lasting client-attorney relationship, and he excels in understanding the client's needs by having a great knowledge of the client's business and industry sector. Because of his professionalism as well as character, we have been coming back for his services for several years.’
  • ‘Antonina Paasikivi has been extremely skilful, professional and efficient in handling our company's legal matters, mainly related to Union agreements, copyrights and other relevant topics in the arts sector. We always get the support needed from her.’

Key clients

  • Mars
  • Royal Canin
  • Pernod Ricard
  • Essity
  • Avarn Security
  • MTV
  • Digita
  • Stark Suomi
  • Synsam Group
  • BASF
  • Ejendals
  • NCH

Work highlights

Representing Mars and Royal Canin in all employment law matters in Finland.
Advising one of the biggest Finnish media company, MTV, in all employment law related matters.
Advising Essity in all employment law related matters in Finland.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Tomi Korpiola; Jouni Kautto

Other key lawyers

Antonina Paasikivi