Borenius

Intellectual property; technology

Partner Lasse Laaksonen specialises in both contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and technology law. He has wide-ranging experience in litigation and strategic contractual issues, such as outsourcing, procurement and licensing. Lasse’s practice has a strong emphasis on contentious work having acted as a lead counsel in a number of high-profile patent, trademark, unfair competition and competition cases. In addition, Lasse has acted as a lead counsel in a number of significant arbitral proceedings with a link in IP or technology issues. Lasse heads the firm’s IP & Commercial team.

Lasse joined the firm in 2002 and he has been a partner since 2012. In 2004 Lasse worked as a visiting attorney in London for a major international law firm and has also complemented his graduate studies in the UK.

Finnish, English, Swedish.

Finnish Bar Assocation; International Bar Association.

Studies in computer science 1997-1999, University of Helsinki, Finland; LL.M. 2002, University of Helsinki, Finland; Admitted to the Bar 2006, Helsinki, Finland.