Reforming the Finnish Arbitration Act: New UNCITRAL Model Law-Based Act Proposed
Finland is set to modernise its arbitration framework with a comprehensive reform of the Finnish Arbitration Act. The Ministry of Justice’s working group has issued a report proposing a new Arbitration Act to replace the current legislation from 1992. The reform aims to align the Finnish Arbitration Act with the UNCITRAL Model Law on International […]
Lasse Luoma and Risto Sandvik join HPP partnership
HPP Attorneys has invited Lasse Luoma from the Insolvency team and Risto Sandvik from the Dispute Resolution team to join the partnership. Lasse joins partnership from his previous role as Senior Counsel, and Risto from his role as Head of Technology Disputes. Lasse Luoma is an expert in insolvency and dispute resolution with extensive experience […]
HPP is renovating its premises – we remain at Bulevardi 1
HPP Attorneys has been based in the heart of Helsinki for nearly two decades, and we have recently renewed our long-term lease with Sponda. As part of the new agreement, we are also modernising our office premises to better reflect how we work today and where we are heading as a firm. In addition to […]
New EU rules for low-carbon hydrogen
The anticipated Delegated Act setting out the methodology to calculate the greenhouse gas emission savings from low carbon fuels has been approved by the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, and it has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union on the 21st of November 2025. The timeline for publishing […]
Experienced real estate and transaction lawyer Tuomas Fonselius joins HPP partnership
HPP Attorneys has invited Tuomas Fonselius to join partnership from 1 January 2026. Partner elect Tuomas will take over as head of the real estate team on 1 November 2025. Tuomas has over ten years of experience in a wide range of real estate arrangements and their financing, gained at leading asset management organisations and […]
An arbitration award made in a third country must not prevent national courts from examining the application of fundamental rules of Union law
On 1 August 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its judgment in Case C-600/23 Royal Football Club Seraing1, in which the Belgian Supreme General Court had made a reference for a preliminary ruling. The question was whether the principle of res judicata could prevent the courts of the EU Member States […]
HPP’s experts co-authored the Finland Chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guide – International Arbitration 2025
The International Arbitration 2025 guide covers close to 60 jurisdictions worldwide. The guide offers comparative analyses from top-ranked lawyers on global arbitration practice and trends around the globe, including topics such as challenges to jurisdiction, preliminary and interim relief, collection and submission of evidence as well as confidentiality of arbitration. Finland chapter to the guide […]
HPP Attorneys entered into a pro bono partnership with the Cancer Society of Finland
HPP Attorneys Ltd has entered into a pro bono partnership with the Cancer Society of Finland (Suomen Syöpäyhdistys ry). Through this collaboration, HPP will offer legal expertise to support the Society on a range of matters related to its operations—so they can continue to focus on what truly matters: enabling people to live a good […]
Experienced technology law expert Lasse Riski joins HPP as Partner
HPP Attorneys has appointed Lasse Riski as a Partner and Head of Technology, effective 1 August 2025. He will further strengthen HPP’s expertise in technology law. With over two decades of experience in leading law firms and as an in-house counsel, Lasse brings expertise across a wide range of ICT-related legal matters. He advises domestic […]
50 Years is Just the Beginning
Fifty years ago, a new Finnish law firm was founded. Through various transformations over the decades, it has grown into what is now HPP Attorneys – a full-service business law firm with over 100 professionals. In those years, we’ve clocked up 2,609 weeks, 18,263 days and 438,312 hours of specialist work – every moment dedicated […]