HPP highly ranked in Chambers Europe 2025
HPP continuously serves its clients at top European level. Our key practices and practitioners are recommended and ranked high again in Chambers Europe 2025. The ranking is based on law firm and client interviews about different firms and their lawyers. Chambers and Partners has ranked nine of our departments. In addition, Jaakko Klemettilä was ranked […]
The international security situation is reflected in possible changes to the Finnish screening act
Background The Finnish Act on the Screening of Foreign Corporate Acquisitions (statute 172/2012, as amended, in Finnish: laki ulkomaalaisten yritysostojen seurannasta, the “Screening Act”) has originally entered into force in 2012. In 2020, the Screening Act was extensively updated, whereby, inter alia, conditional approval of foreign acquisitions was made possible. In spring-winter 2025, the Ministry […]
HPP’s experts co-authored the Finland Chapter of the Chambers Global Practice Guide Mining 2025
Our commentary on the Mining legislation in Finland provides expert insights on the latest legal information on the granting of mineral rights, the impact of environmental protection and community relations, the effect of climate change legislation and sustainable development initiatives on mining, taxation on mining and exploration, and mining investment and finance. HPP also provided […]
Refusal by a dominant digital platform developer to ensure the platform’s interoperability with a third-party app may constitute an abuse of dominant position – even in the absence of the platform’s indispensability for the app’s commercial operation
In its preliminary ruling of 25 February 2025 (C 233/23, EU:C:2025:110), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) interpreted Article 102 TFEU and the so-called Bronner criteria laid down in its earlier judgement of 26 November 1998 (C 7/97, EU:C:1998:569) concerning refusals of access to the infrastructure of an undertaking holding a dominant position. The case […]
HPP lawyers and departments ranked in Chambers Global 2025
HPP’s lawyers and departments have once again renewed recognition in their respective specialist areas by the prestigious international legal directory Chambers Global in its annual guide. HPP’s Banking & Finance, Corporate/M&A and Dispute Resolution teams were all ranked, with HPP Partners Antti Rintakoski, Andrew Cotton and Mikko Leppä singled out as leading lawyers in the […]
Experienced Energy and Transactions lawyer Tuomas Näsi joins HPP partnership
HPP Attorneys has invited Tuomas Näsi to join partnership from 1 January 2025. Partner elect Tuomas is a highly experienced lawyer, focusing, in particular, on advising clients on energy and infrastructure projects and deals and significant green transition and decarbonisation projects. In addition, Tuomas has experience of M&A and transactions in the real estate sector. […]
Antti Rintakoski appointed as the Managing Partner of HPP Attorneys
Antti Rintakoski has been appointed as the Managing Partner of HPP Attorneys, effective January 1, 2025. Antti joined HPP in 2018 and has significant expertise in both domestic and cross-border transactions. Formerly, he led the finance team at HPP and has also gained experience working at a commercial Finnish bank and the European Investment Bank. […]
Latest EU merger control clearance after national call-in powers – The winds of change in Article 22 referrals?
On 20 December 2024, the European Commission approved the proposed acquisition of Run:ai Labs Ltd, a start-up company making GPU orchestration software, by NVIDIA Corporation, a NASDAQ listed company in the global market for discrete GPUs for use in datacentres. The proposed acquisition was approved unconditionally after the national competition authority of Italy submitted a […]