Avance Attorneys Ltd

Intellectual Property, Data Protection and Cybersecurity, Compliance and Investigations, Employment and Incentives, Technology and Innovations, Games and Entertainment, Media and Communications, Healthcare and Life Sciences

Sonja advises clients in both commercial and contentious intellectual property and technology matters, such as licensing of software and other IP, technology transactions, and disputes, including employee invention matters. She also specializes in data protection, cybersecurity, and other regulatory matters, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), and protection of privacy in the employment and healthcare contexts, regularly assisting in related internal investigations and authority proceedings. Sonja regularly lectures and writes on data protection topics. In addition to her Finnish law degree, Sonja has an LL.M. degree from Stanford Law School.

Senior Associate

Avance Attorneys Ltd, Senior Associate 2020- Roschier, Attorneys Ltd, Associate, IP & Technology (2017-2020) Avance Attorneys Ltd, Trainee (2016-2017) Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, EU Litigation Unit, Trainee (2015) Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd, Associate Trainee, IP & TMT (2014) Roschier, Attorneys Ltd, Research Trainee, IP & Technology (2013)

Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2017 (Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot 2015-2016)