We are very pleased to welcome Martha Cusick to Aliant as Chief Executive Officer and member of executive team. She started her role at Aliant headquarters, Los Angeles, in January this year. Martha comes to us with 20 years of experience in legal and professional services. Her background is focused on legal operations, strategy, marketing, and business development, with […]
Lauri Railas takes part in our most recent podcast discussing ‘International Contracts: How contracts can help you prepare for unforeseeable hardships’, hosted by our podcast host – Jennifer Riggins. Lauri and Jennifer discuss commercial contracts and unforeseeable hardships, force majeure, the digitization of signatures, contracts and potential difficulties you might run into +++ much more! […]
Foreward by Andrew Chilvers The COVID-19 pandemic is one of those once-ina-lifetime events that few people predict but which affects everyone – individuals, businesses and governments. During the past four months the pandemic has caused huge disruption to companies across the globe as many have suddenly found it impossible to fulfil their contractual obligations. From […]
The COVID-19 pandemic is one of those once-ina- lifetime events that few people predict but which affects everyone – individuals, businesses and governments. During the past four months the pandemic […]
Read moreBy Nina Aura, Junior Associate, Aliant Finland On March 16, 2020, Finland declared a nationwide state of emergency due to the COVID-19 outbreak. As a result of this, the Finnish government submitted a decree implementing the Emergency Powers Act. The two commissioning decrees for the Act were given on March 17 and 19, respectively. Last time the […]
By Nina Aura, Junior Associate, Aliant Finland In addition to the Emergency Powers Act, The Finnish government has reacted to the situation by submitting several temporary changes to legislation. The amendments to the Employment Contracts Act, the Maritime Employment Contracts Act, and the Act on Co-operation in Enterprises are in force until 30 June 2020 […]
By Tuomo Kauttu, Partner, Aliant Finland ACQUIRING A NORDIC BUSINESS From a global point of view, Europe seems to be a puzzle whose pieces are difficult to put together and which are constantly changing, sometimes disappearing altogether. This view applies not only to business executives who think in terms of markets but to lawyers […]
Introduction The objective of this article is to take a look into the legal side of the logistics problems caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose is not to indulge the legal profession or scholars with a thorough analysis of the intricacies of the subject but to introduce the subject to a more general academic […]
At the outbreak of the Corona virus epidemy, deliveries of goods under contracts are affected in many imaginable or unimaginable ways. The same may even happen with the provision of services but it is better to confine ourselves to the delivery of goods here. We should simply mention a couple of examples in technology trade […]
QUESTION ONE When representing a client with significant business activities in foreign jurisdictions, what are some key risk-related concerns that arise in a cross-border context and how can a parent company minimise such risk? When representing a client with significant business activities in foreign jurisdictions, the key risk concerns are generally related to the structure […]
Many companies look to grow their business through mergers or acquisitions of companies outside their own country and while this brings many opportunities it can also bring risks. But with […]
Read moreProtectionism is nothing new. Governments and companies have been engaging in it for time immemorial in order to support their own interests. What is new, is the global scale of […]
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