Olli Oksman, Panu Skogström and Ida Hemming wrote an article for Practical Law – Global Guides on establishing a business in Finland.

Getting the Deal Through – Labour and Employment 2020 – Kalliolaw contributed to the Finland chapter.

Sonja Kurki has been granted a license to serve as a licensed legal counsel as of March 19, 2020

Pekka Holopainen, Olli Oksman and Johanna Salonen wrote an article for Practical Law - Global Guides on international trade in goods and services in Finland.

Pekka Holopainen, Olli Oksman and Tiina Kekäläinen wrote an article for Practical Law - Global Guides on sale and storage of goods in Finland.

Tiina Kekäläinen and Sonja Kurki created guidance for FiBAN on typical start-up IPR matters.

We are pleased to announce that Attorney-at-Law Tuuli Willgren has been appointed as Senior Associate as of February 3, 2020.

We are pleased to announce that Attorney-at-Law Johanna Maria Kajaste has joined us as a counsel to strengthen and grow our Dispute Resolution practice.

The filing of the transfer tax has changed in November 2019. When a real estate, shares in a housing company or other shares are bought, transfer tax must be paid. The changes concern the procedure for the filing and payment of the transfer tax. The changes apply to purchases that have been made on 1 November 2019 or later.

The new Working Hours Act enters into force on the first day of 2020. It contains several significant changes that affect even those companies that have organized work around a collective agreement. The applicable framework in its entirety will, in the end, also still depend on the applicable collective agreement and any local agreements.