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Nordea’s Merchant Banking function in Finland is supported by a legal team made up of lawyers that allow the company to develop new financial services and products, even in the face of a constantly changing regulatory environment posed by the financial services industry. At a time when Nordea is experiencing ‘rapid changes’ according to lead lawyer Minna Kurru, the legal team has been central in providing legal services that are ‘to the point’ and have added value to Nordea’s business via the mitigation of business risk whilst facilitating the gaining of competitive advantage in a difficult marketplace. The financial industry is subject to huge volumes of extremely technically detailed regulation, Kurru states that the way sufficient resources aren’t always available to the team and the way these issues often appear at very short notice are to be the biggest challenges for the team. Recent additions to the team demonstrate the business’ confidence that Kurru’s function are trusted to alleviate risk and provide excellent legal support.