More than 30 years of hands-on experience

Major assignments in Finland

• Orion Oy: review of agency, distribution and licence agreements, with proposed amendments to take EU rules into account
• Alko Oy: dismantling all monopolies except the retail monopoly and pursuing the retail monopoly case before the European Commission; legislative and contractual amendments
• Involvement in drafting legislation to liberalise the energy market
• Veikkaus Oy: analysis of a gaming and betting company's monopoly position and contract terms against EU rules; comments on proposed legislative amendments
• Finnish Civil Aviation Administration: helping an airline and the national aviation authority secure air routes outside the EU (negotiating the best possible terms, Open Skies)
• Valio Oy: developing a food company's sales, marketing and pricing practices, and bringing its contracts and market conduct into line with EU rules
• Elisa Oy: assessing the lawfulness of a telecoms operator's contract terms and market conduct, and proposing changes
• Association of Finnish Travel Agents: representing travel agencies, legal assessment of credit card companies' contract terms, and pursuing the case in court
• Kiinteistömaailma Oy: analysis of whether estate agencies' contract terms comply with competition law
• BBDO Oy: handling employment and company law matters for a large consultancy

International expansion and foreign trade

• Implementing the internationalisation plan of an ambulance manufacturer based in Tampere, together with sales, agency and distribution agreements for the United States, Canada and South America
• Representing consumer goods importers before the authorities in trademark, import, customs and counterfeiting matters, and resolving the related legal issues
• Reviewing the lawfulness of the contracts and market conduct of the Egyptian subsidiary of a multinational cement company, proposing changes and training its sales staff
• Analysing the lawfulness of an Egyptian port authority's contracts and market conduct, and recommending measures
• Assisting a Polish law firm with contract, customs, trademark and bankruptcy matters
• Business development for a Finnish-Rwandan joint venture promoting the circular economy, and setting up the company in Rwanda
• Involvement in the financing arrangements for the Tallinn Airport expansion project and in drafting the related agreements

Growth and development projects

• EPS International Oy (circular economy): business development 2018–2021, including setting up projects funded by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Ministry of the Environment, the ELY Centre and Business Finland, and bringing in private investors
• Sanerkas Oy and Paint & Building Oy (renovation): contract reviews and business development, including projects funded by Business Finland and the ELY Centre
• Business development for a construction company in Hamina, including designing and applying for an ELY Centre project
• Helping a software company in the Oulu technology park secure funding, and drafting agreements for commercialising an innovation
• Developing the operations and services of the Lappeenranta (Kareltek) and Tampere (Hermia) technology centres, and developing the business and resolving the legal issues of companies in their sphere
• Rotatek Oy: drafting agreements with a university inventor and a major industrial licensee
• Service adviser at the Federation of Finnish Enterprises, 1995–2001

European Commission and UN projects (25 projects, 2001–2023)

• Helping local companies grow and expand internationally, particularly into the EU market, and bring their contracts and market conduct into line with new national and EU rules
• Helping ministries and other authorities develop legislation and policies, apply the law and develop business services
• Helping ministries bring state-owned companies into line with national and EU rules, for example on state aid