Construction Contracts

Construction Contracts

Construction endeavours are always major investments in the future. In order to fulfil business goals, the legal aspects of the project have to be handled in a proactive and controlled manner. An experienced advisor is a crucial help in ensuring the success of your project.

Be it new-build or renovation, our experts are quick to distinguish the relevant characteristics and risks related to a project. We know the typical challenges in both building and civil construction, and can provide you with practical solutions to draft well-functioning agreements and avoid disputes.

We provide support for your construction project from start to finish, including the following tasks:

  • Advice during project planning and risk assessment related to methods of implementation
  • Advice during procurement or bidding
  • Drafting construction contracts and design or consultancy agreements
  • Co-operation and framework agreements and other contracts related to implementation
  • Management of claims during construction
  • Warranty and defect liability matters
  • Dispute resolution

Our lawyers have a multidisciplinary educational background and practical experience from the real estate and construction industry. We have in-depth knowledge of the widely used standard forms of contract in Finland (e.g. YSE 1998 and KSE 2013 general terms), and also provide you with cutting edge information on up-and-coming developing trends such as construction management contracts, integrated project deliveries and alliancing. We are particularly well-versed in questions related to large property development and infrastructure projects.

Our experienced attorneys routinely handle construction disputes in litigation and arbitration, and you can trust us to also make use of alternative dispute resolution tools such as mediation or adjudication boards.

Latest references

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.
Case published 10.10.2025
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.
Case published 8.10.2025
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.
Case published 16.9.2025
We supported byFounders.vc as the Finnish counsel in their investment in DataCrunch Oy in a USD 64 million Series A funding round. DataCrunch provides scalable AI compute solutions from energy-efficient data centers in Iceland and Finland. byFounders.vc is the community-powered early-stage venture fund investing in globally ambitious teams connected to the Nordic and Baltic countries.
Case published 11.9.2025