Expertise

We have extensive experience as advisers in all legal matters that arise in our clients’ operations.

We continuously assist our clients with:

• legal analysis in various situations
• drafting, negotiating, and managing commercial agreements:
  • purchase and supply agreements
  • cooperation agreements
  • development agreements
  • general terms and conditions
  • shareholders’ agreements
• company law issues
• as sounding board in strategic business matters

We regularly represent the seller or buyer side in transactions such as:

• share transfers and asset deals
• investments
• restructurings
• mergers and demergers
• share issues

We have specialized expertise in employment law. We continuously advise on all legal matters that employers face, including:

• employment agreements – commencement and termination
• layoffs
• working time issues
• reorganisations
• change negotiations
• collective agreement matters
• representation in disputes
• investigations

We have broad expertise in real estate-related matters. Our assignments include, among others:

• acquisitions
• sales
• land leases
• land development, including:
  • construction contracts
  • zoning issues
  • building permits
• property formation matters
• environmental permits and other environmental law issues
• tenancy law issues

We are continuously engaged as advisers in matters concerning the restrictions applicable to land acquisitions on Åland.

We have extensive experience as advisors and counsel in commercial disputes. We handle all stages of the conflict:

• initial actions to avoid or mitigate the conflict
• assessment of the procedural status
• correspondence
• counsel in litigaton and arbitral proceedings
• mediation
• settlement negotiations

Our expertise also include counsel and defense in connection with suspected criminal activities within our clients’ business operations.

We regularly assist both businesses and authorities in public procurement processes. We help bidders during the bidding phase and in legal proceedings regarding procurement decisions. We also have experience in assisting the public sector with strategic advice before and during a procurement process and in court proceedings afterwards.

We also provide ongoing advice on competition law matters – both concerning competition clauses in contracts and broader competition law analyses and investigations.