Restructuring of Labour and Change Negotiations

Restructuring of Labour and Change Negotiations

We will implement all necessary labour restructuring measures for you smoothly and efficiently from start to finish. Our goal is to make sure that your business can continue without interruption.

Achieving a successful result in labour restructuring processes not only requires legal skills, but workable, practical solutions and an understanding of personnel issues. We can provide experienced and recognised experts for your restructuring measures and change negotiations.

Our labour restructuring services include:

  • Planning and design of labour restructuring measures
  • Scheduling and planning of change negotiations
  • Drafting of change negotiations documentation
  • Practical support in change negotiations according to the client’s needs
  • Training of supervisors
  • Planning of personnel incentive schemes and drafting related agreements
  • Planning and implementation of personnel effects arising from restructuring measures
  • Disputes relating to restructuring measures

Our clients in labour restructuring matters are usually employer companies. We tailor our services to each client’s needs.

Latest references

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
We advised Neste as it signed a EUR 250 million 10-year loan with NIB. The loan will finance Neste’s investments related to research and development (R&D) in processing lower-quality feedstocks into high-quality renewable products; as well as the liquefied waste plastics (LWP) investment at Neste’s refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The R&D activities supported by the loan focus on the development of renewable solutions. These include, for example, expanding feedstock capabilities and technologies that enable the processing of new and lower-quality waste and residues into high-quality renewable end products. Part of the financing supports Neste’s liquefied waste plastics investment in Porvoo, related to upgrading low-quality plastic waste into high-quality feedstock at an industrial scale. The investment contributes to advancing circular economy solutions by enabling the use of hard-to-recycle plastic waste as a replacement for virgin fossil raw materials. The unit has an annual capacity to process up to 150,000 tonnes of liquefied waste plastic. Production ramp-up commenced in 2026.
Case published 19.8.2026
We advised Aspo Plc, ESL Shipping Ltd and AtoBatC Shipping AB in relation to finance matters in connection with the demerger of Aspo, by which all the shares in ESL Shipping Ltd held by Aspo, together with the related assets and liabilities, will be transferred to a new independent company to be named ESL Shipping Group Plc. Aspo intends to apply for the shares of ESL Shipping Group to be admitted to trading on the regulated market of Nasdaq Helsinki. It is further intended that Aspo be renamed Telko Group Plc. 
Case published 19.8.2026
We acted as Finnish law legal adviser to the lenders and the export credit agencies in connection with the EUR 514.4 million green project financing for the development and construction of Easpring Finland New Materials Oy’s cathode active material (CAM) manufacturing plant in Kotka, Finland. The borrower, Easpring Finland New Materials Oy, is a joint venture owned by Beijing Easpring Material Technology, Finnish Minerals Group and LG Energy Solution. The financing was provided by six international commercial banks, with Société Générale acting as financial adviser and mandated lead arranger together with Natixis as co-mandated lead arranger, and DNB, ICBC, ING and Standard Chartered participating as lenders, with support from the export credit agencies Finnvera and Sinosure. The project represents a significant milestone for Finland and the European battery value chain by strengthening Europe’s domestic supply of cathode active materials, a key component in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage applications. Once the first phase of the project is operational, the Kotka facility is expected to produce approximately 60,000 tonnes of cathode active material annually, making it one of the largest CAM production plants in Europe and supplying leading battery manufacturers across Europe. 
Case published 21.7.2026