Business law & contracts

Our experienced legal professionals assist clients with corporate law matters throughout the entire lifecycle of a company, starting from its establishment. We support clients in drafting meeting minutes, ensuring lawful decision-making processes, and implementing various corporate changes and registrations. Our service range also includes advice on compliance with regulatory requirements.

Examples of corporate law and compliance assignments:

• Company establishment

• Shareholder agreements

• Corporate law advice

• Drafting corporate documentation

• Legal advice and risk assessment to support business decision-making, including product safety guidance

• Compliance advice for business operations

Berggren professionals assist clients in the protection of trade secrets and in their commercialization, and in enforcement when infringed. We assist our clients in integrating trade secrets into a company’s IP strategy as well as practical processes and procedures.

Examples of matters related to trade secrets:

• Advice on the Trade Secrets Act

• Licensing of trade secrets

• Integration of trade secrets into a company´s overall IP strategy

• Non-disclosure agreements in employment contracts

• Intervention in the unlawful acquisition, use or disclosure of trade secrets

• Market and district court processes

Berggren attorneys help our clients draft, negotiate and comment on agreements as required by their business. Client focus and practicality are an essential part of our work, while also providing high-quality legal services.

We are particularly experienced and knowledgeable in licensing technology and IP, R&D agreements as well as ICT project and service agreements. Our strong expertise extends to other commercial and corporate law agreements as well. Settling contractual disputes and related litigation is also a key part of this practice group.

 Representative types of agreements:

• Non-disclosure agreements

• License agreements (IP, technology, know-how, software)

• Research and development agreements

• ICT project and service agreements

• Open Source Licensing

• Agreements on the sale and transfer of intellectual property

• Purchase and sale agreements

• Sub-contracting agreements

• Public procurement agreements

• Distribution and agency agreements

• Collaboration agreements

• Shareholders’ agreements

• Joint venture agreements

• Sponsorship agreements, collaboration agreements and other marketing agreements

• Dispute resolution and litigation related to agreements

Berggren assists companies in matters relating to unfair trade practices, whether they pertain to the practices of a client’s competitor or the client’s own allegedly unfair practices. Unfair practices may manifest as the copying of another company’s trademark or design, for example, or the outward appearance of their product or packaging, or when used in a derogatory context. Misleading and untruthful marketing in terms of either a company’s own or their competitor’s business likewise can consitute unfair business practices.

Examples of matters related to unfair business practices:

• Assessment of an undertaking’s own practices in light of provisions on unfair practices

• Assessment of a competitor’s unfair practices and addressing them by means of a cease-and-desist letter

• Strategic advice on matters involving trademark law and unfair practices

• Proceedings before the Market Court as well as the Council of Ethics in Advertising and the Board of Business Practice (LTL) of the Finland Chamber of Commerce