Bird & Bird is recognised for the breadth of its employment department, which handles both contentious and non-contentious matters. Recent instructions cover advisory work for clients in the technology, life sciences, aviation, and retail and consumer industries. Maisa Nikkola heads up the team alongside Teea Kemppinen; the former is known for advising major blue-chip clients on employment contracts, while the latter boasts experience in assisting clients with terminations.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Tomi Luukkainen is very pragmatic and customer-oriented, working with him, I have the feeling that we do this together, he is not just consulting and helping but also sharing the worry and has the willingness to do the right thing so that everything goes well.’
- ‘I have received very good service from the employment team, they come back very quickly and always arrange a time even in urgent situations. I have received very pragmatic and useful advice from the team always, which has helped me move forward.’
- ‘Maisa, the partner at Bird & Bird, is a humane lawyer, with a good eye on details, needs and hard facts. She is a great negotiator and a warm presence.’
- ‘Bird & Bird is a wonderful practice: they make law and legal matters human, have a very personal and customer-oriented touch and perfect balance with doing things well without excess.’
- ‘Highly professional and deep competence in complex employment, data privacy and compliance matters.’
- ‘The employment team understands the realities and the business of big global companies really well. They can support well in complex matters that require an understanding of cross-country practices.’
Key clients
- S-Bank Plc
- CapMan Plc and CaPS management
- Edita Group Plc
- Twoday Oy
- Koskisen Oyj
- Ekokuljetus JNH Oy
- Konecranes Plc
Work highlights
Advised CapMan Plc and CaPS management on the divestment of service business, CapMan Procurement Services (CaPS) Ltd.
Advising Konecranes Plc in a dispute against its 13 former managers, who started competing activities during their employment.
Advised Twoday on its 100% acquisition of Kaito Insight Oy.
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Practice head
Maisa Nikkola; Teea Kemppinen
Other key lawyers
Tomi Luukkainen