Employment Law Counselling

Employment Law Counselling

Employment law is a densely regulated field that calls for in-depth, specialised expertise. We offer a unique combination of extensive legal expertise, long-term practical experience and acclaimed negotiation skills.

We offer services in the following daily employment law matters:

  • Employment and director agreements
  • Terms of employment and amending terms of employment
  • Termination of employment
  • Working time and annual holiday issues
  • Non-disclosure, non-solicitation and non-competition issues
  • Collective agreement issues
  • Family leave, social security and pensions
  • Terminations of employment
  • Use of external labour
  • Criminal issues relating to employment relationships
  • Workplace ESG

Our clients are always employer companies.

Companies that handle their employment matters professionally are respected and desirable employers on the market. You will save time and money by letting us handle your day-to-day employment law matters.

Latest references

Employment Law Advice for a Large Client Company – Implementation of a Reorganisation and Outsourcing Plan
We assisted our client in a major project involving the reorganisation of operations and the implementation of an outsourcing plan. The plan related to changes in the business process of one of the client’s key businesses. The assignment involved planning, scheduling and implementing the change process, and our client was able to implement the change to the business process in a controlled manner and on schedule. Successfully handling this assignment required our team to have in-depth knowledge of employment and cooperation proceeding legislation, to be able to fully internalise our client’s business and goals to take a practical approach.
Case published 20.10.2017
NATO Innovation Fund – Kelluu’s EUR 15 million Series A funding round
We advised the NATO Innovation Fund as lead investor on Kelluu’s EUR 15 million Series A funding round, with participation from Keen Venture Partners, Gungnir Capital, and Tesi. Kelluu is a Finnish deep tech company operating the world’s largest autonomous airship fleet. We advised NIF on this transaction alongside global law firm Latham & Watkins.
Case published 17.4.2026
Nscale – Data centre project
Castrén & Snellman advised Nscale, a European AI infrastructure company, in connection with its planned data centre project in Harjavalta, Finland. The facility will be located in the Sievari industrial area. Castrén & Snellman’s advisory role encompassed the negotiation and execution of a site securing and development agreement (SSDA) with Fortum, as well as the preliminary land sale process for the Sievari site with the Town of Harjavalta. Under the SSDA, Fortum supports the advancement of Nscale’s project development, including grid connection design and permitting.
Case published 15.4.2026
Taaleri – Acquisition of a majority stake in Nordic Science Investments
We are acting as legal adviser to Taaleri Plc on its acquisition of a 51 per cent ownership stake in Nordic Science Investments Oy (NSI), marking Taaleri’s expansion into deeptech-driven venture capital. Through the transaction, Taaleri broadens its private equity offering into early-stage venture capital funds as well as the commercialisation and scaling of research-driven innovations. NSI is a Finnish venture capital fund manager operating across the Nordic and Baltic regions, focusing on early-stage investments in research- and science-based technologies. Its portfolio companies develop, among other things, health technologies, life sciences, advanced materials and AI-driven solutions. In addition to providing growth capital, NSI supports spin-out companies with strategic guidance, access to networks and assistance in building teams during the early phases of business development. NSI’s first fund, the EUR 45 million NSI Nordic Science I Ky, was established in 2024 and has to date invested in 22 early-stage companies in Finland, Sweden and the Baltic countries. Taaleri is a specialist in investments, private asset management and non-life insurance, with a strong position in renewable energy, bioindustry and housing investments as well as credit risk insurance. Taaleri has EUR 2.7 billion of assets under management in its private equity funds, co-investments and single-asset vehicles, employs approximately 130 people and is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. The founders of NSI will continue in their operational roles following the transaction. The completion of the transaction is subject to approval by the FIN-FSA.
Case published 13.4.2026
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