Arto Linnervuo is the head of the firm’s IP, Technology & Life Science expertise area. He focuses on providing legal advice to clients in technology-based industries acting for both technology users and suppliers in the private and public sector. He regularly advises domestic and international companies on a broad range of technology and IP-related legal matters such as IT outsourcing, procurement and delivery of business-critical IT systems and services, software and IP licensing, e-commerce, data protection and telecommunications regulatory matters. He has also been involved in various technology-driven M&A transactions and in private equity and venture capital investments in technology companies. He is a former President of the International Federation of Computer Law Associations (IFCLA), which is an international federation of national IT law associations, and a former Chairman of the Finnish IT Law Association. Mr Linnervuo is a frequently requested chairman and speaker at various commercial and other technology law seminars and has authored various technology law publications.