Employment Issues in M&A

Employment law risks and obligations need to be taken care of in M&A projects.

Our employment lawyers are actively involved in M&A projects. Together with our firm’s experts in other fields of law we will ensure that your business operations continue as smoothly as possible both during and after your M&A project.

Our employment law services in M&A projects include:

Due diligence reviews of employment law issues
Obligations under the Co-operation Act
Social insurance issues
Personnel effects arising from M&A projects and implementation thereof
Employment and director agreements

Our clients in M&A projects are always companies.

Latest references

Exsitec – Acquisition of M-flow Finland

We advised Exsitec Holding AB in a transaction whereby it acquired all the shares in M-flow Finland Oy. M-flow Finland Oy is a Finnish company engaged in reselling Medius B2B standard S2P software-as-a-service solutions in Finland. Exsitec Holding AB is a Swedish company part of the Nordic Exsitec group, which has over 20 offices in the Nordics. Exsitec delivers digital solutions to improve its customers’ businesses.

4.7.2024

DNB Bank ASA – Lease and development of premises

We advised DNB Bank ASA in its agreement with Fennia Mutual Insurance Company on the development and lease of the premises at Fabianinkatu 8, Helsinki. With the lease agreement, DNB Bank ASA will focus all its Finnish operations at the Fabian 8 office. The other tenants at the renewed premises will be DNB Carnegie Investment Bank AB’s Finnish operations and DNB Auto Finance Oy. In connection with the long-term lease agreement, the parties also agreed on a major renovation project to completely refurbish the premises. The object of lease will be completed in the second half of 2027.

10.10.2025

Yellow Film Studios – Merger of Yellow Film Studios and REinvent Studios

We advised Yellow Film Studios, the largest independent film and television production company in the Nordics, in its strategic merger with Danish film industry sales and financing studio REinvent Studios. Together they form Reinvent Yellow, a unified hub for television and film production, sales, financing and innovation, combining over three decades of production experience and a vast catalogue of titles.

8.10.2025

International reinsurance companies – Ad hoc arbitration proceedings

We successfully represented a panel of reinsurance companies in an international ad hoc arbitration. The dispute arose out of a reinsurance treaty under the terms of which the reinsurers had reinsured a portfolio of risks underwritten by the cedent. The parties disagreed as to whether the reinsurance provided coverage for a certain loss that had occurred because of the market turmoil caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The case involved highly complex legal and contractual questions requiring special expertise on reinsurance law and practice. The arbitral tribunal rejected the counterparty’s claims for reinsurance compensation against our clients in full. The amount in dispute was approximately EUR 34 million.

16.9.2025

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Employment Issues in M&A