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Roschier

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Well-known for its broad capabilities across the TMT spectrum, Roschier advises an array of clients in IT and technology, media and entertainment and telecommunications. Arto Linnervuo is head of digitalisation, TMT and outsourcing and advises clients on various technology-related matters in both private and public sectors; Johanna Lilja is head of data protection and focuses on all aspects of data protection and privacy such as internal compliance audits, GDPR compliance and cross-border data transfers. Managing partner Mikko Manner has extensive experience in both contentious and non-contentious technology, IP and ICT work, while Miikka Konttinen is highly regarded in ICT, automation, IOT, telecommunications and various industrial technology contracts.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very recommendable team in IT-related matters. The team has a thorough understanding of the business models and the drivers of each market player type, so they are able to give sound commercial advice on top of purely legal advice.'

  • ‘Arto Linnervuo and Miikka Konttinen have an outstanding understanding of market practices and they are able to give business-oriented pragmatic advice in very understandable manner.’

  • ‘Arto Linnervuo and the team have the ability to integrate their work into technical and business topics. Contracts prepared by the team are also working as operational manuals in many cases.’

  • ‘Their ability to integrate to our internal tools and systems is unique and something we value extremely high. This truly allows teams to work efficiently in a global setting.'

  • ‘Arto Linnervuo and his team is exceptionally well positioned to support large scale multi-jurisdiction deals. Arto is most valuable in complex contract negotiations.'

  • 'Emma Swahne was instrumental for us. Not only is she highly knowledgeable in the area of privacy, personal data and IT related legal topics - she is extremely strong negotiating and managing these types of complex transactions.'
  • 'On top of all the high-quality legal advice, the team is super nice and easy to work with. This makes a big difference.’

Key clients

  • Nokia
  • Autoliv
  • GE Healthcare
  • Telia
  • Epic Systems Corporation
  • Fiskars
  • Discovery Media
  • Qvantel
  • Neste
  • Moomin Characters
  • Kemira
  • Metso
  • Veoneer
  • PayPal
  • Bauer Media Finland Oy
  • Fortum
  • Quest Diagnostics Inc.
  • Wolt

Work highlights

  • Advised Nokia in its recently announced global partnership agreement with Red Hat to tightly integrate Nokia’s core network applications with Red Hat OpenStack Platform and Red Hat OpenShift.
  • Advised Metso in relation to a major global digital transformation programme as well as large scale outsourcing agreements with its key IT vendors.
  • Advised Sweden-/US-based Autoliv Inc. on complex global technology licensing transactions, technology standardization and other R&D collaboration projects as well as global launch of its ground-breaking Safety Score app/cloud-based driver monitoring and scoring system.

Lawyers

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Mikko Manner
Mikko Manner is the Managing Partner of Roschier. He has extensive experience in both contentious and non-contentious IP and ICT work, with an emphasis on patent, copyright and trade secrets licensing both on a standalone basis and in connection with products and services. He also has considerable experience in IP disputes. Mikko has acted for clients representing a wide range of IP-intensive industries, such as software and services, media and entertainment and telecommunications. He also regularly advises clients on IP and technology issues in transactional and strategic contexts. In addition, Mikko has first and second chair trial experience of arbitration, mediation and litigation before the Helsinki District Court and the Helsinki Court of Appeals.
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Johanna Lilja
Partner Johanna Lilja is Head of Roschier's Data Protection practice. She regularly advises clients on all aspects of data protection and privacy from operational matters to implementation of EU General Data Protection Compliance programs. Johanna is also specialized in intellectual property with a particular focus on patent litigation. Johanna has first and second chair trial experience of IP litigation before the Market Court, Helsinki District Court, Helsinki Court of Appeals and the Finnish Supreme Court. The matters have involved questions on infringement through equivalence, burden of proof, infringing acts, availability of preliminary injunctions and calculation of damages and reasonable compensation for use.  She also has extensive experience of acting in anti-counterfeiting enforcement cases. Johanna also regularly advises clients on various employment law related issues, such as employee invention, trade secret and privacy matters. In addition, Johanna specializes in various industry-specific regulatory and marketing issues, with a focus on the pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare sectors, and she has advised clients in a number of administrative appeal proceedings. She also has experience from various compliance cases, internal investigations and audits relating to data protection, anti-bribery, FCPA compliance and marketing.
Arto Linnervuo
Partner Arto Linnervuo is Head of Roschier's Digitalization & TMT and Outsourcing practices. He has extensive experience in advising clients on various technology-related matters in both private and public sectors. Arto has been involved in the most significant projects in the Finnish market in the past few years representing large international corporations in cross-border digital transformation and business process development projects as well as IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing (BPO) and industrial outsourcing arrangements. Arto also provides legal advice on cloud computing, software licensing and audits, data protection & privacy, Internet of Things (IoT), E-Commerce & Internet as well as telecommunications regulation. In addition to non-contentious matters, he frequently handles IT disputes in courts of arbitration and public courts. Arto acts as an advisor to many promising tech start-ups and growth companies. He has a good understanding of their businesses and challenges having been chairman and member of the Board in a number of software and biotechnology companies.
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Miikka Konttinen
Partner Miikka Konttinen is Head of Roschier’s Industrial Investments practice. Miikka has approximately fifteen years of experience in the energy sector and specializes in large-scale industrial projects (green and brownfield, joint ventures, over the fence delivery models, process licensing, feedstock and product sales, etc.) and in sourcing contracts. Miikka has hands-on experience of projects throughout their life cycle, as well as contract management and sourcing processes. In addition to his focus on energy & infrastructure and industrial investments, Miikka has extensive experience from advising on various technology-related matters such as ICT outsourcing, business transformation projects, cloud services, software licensing and all things digital.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Arto Linnervuo, Johanna Lilja

Other key lawyers

Mikko Manner, Miikka Konttinen

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