Strategic Commercial

Strategic Commercial

We help our clients to achieve their business objectives and to navigate the legal and regulatory landscape through clear and enforceable contracts.

We offer strategic advice on all aspects of commercial agreements, from drafting and negotiating agreements and setting up contracting strategies e.g. in greenfield projects, to value creating contract management services during the entire contract life cycle.

Our firm’s leading contract law expertise covers all upstream and downstream commercial contracts as well as all specialty areas of business law. We regularly advise in relation to, e.g.

  • international framework, project and co-operation agreements
  • service, agency and consultancy agreements
  • sale, purchase and distribution agreements
  • supply agreements
  • outsourcing and manufacturing agreements
  • transport and logistics agreements
  • consumer contracts
  • licensing and franchising
  • IT agreements
  • life science related agreements

In addition to pure legal expertise, we believe a good contract lawyer also needs to understand the business in which the commercial contract is intended to operate. We have extensive experience from a wide range of sectors and industries, including e.g. technology, energy, manufacturing, consumer goods and services, food industry, automotive industry, media, telecommunications, transport and logistics, healthcare and financial services.

We also work closely together with our ESG experts in order to ensure that the quickly evolving sustainability requirements are adequately taken into account and incorporated into our clients commercial contracts and strategies.

As our client you can also benefit from our legal design expertise. Legal design is a creative approach that applies design thinking and user experience principles to contract drafting and to the creation of other legal products. Our contract lawyers constantly collaborate with our dedicated team of legal designers and our customers to enhance the user experience and effectiveness of our clients’ contracts. Our services also include the contract tool Signe.

Latest references

We advised Efima Oyj on the sale of its AI business to Better Care Technologies Oy. The transaction included Efima’s Moiva AI platform developed for the care sector, the related technology and brand, customer contracts, and the experts working in the business. Efima is a Finnish digital company that supports the sustainable growth of large and mid-sized companies by streamlining their business processes and by creating competitive advantage through the innovative use of artificial intelligence and data. The company has nearly 200 experts based in Helsinki and Tampere. 
Case published 21.9.2026
We advised Neoen Renewables Finland Oy, part of the French Neoen Group, in its sale of a data centre project to a consortium consisting of international data centre developers and operators. This marked Neoen’s first data centre development project in Finland. Founded in 2008, Neoen is one of the world’s leading independent renewable energy producers. The company operates in 15 countries. It develops, finances, builds, owns, and operates solar power plants, wind farms, and battery storage systems. Neoen Group is owned by global alternative asset manager Brookfield Corporation.
Case published 17.9.2026
We advised Jolt Capital and Tesi in connection with their investment in VEV, a leading provider of commercial fleet electrification solutions. The investment, led by Jolt Capital with Tesi as co-investor, will support VEV’s next phase of growth and expansion across Europe. As part of the transaction, VEV became an independent company following the acquisition of Vitol’s stake in the business. Founded by Vitol, VEV provides integrated fleet electrification solutions combining fleet strategy, charging infrastructure, energy supply and operational services. Through its VEV IQ platform, the company supports more than 6,000 commercial electric vehicles across Europe and has been deployed across more than 600 sites spanning the transport, logistics and waste sectors. Jolt Capital is a private equity firm focused on growth investments in European deeptech companies. Tesi is a Finnish state-owned investment company that promotes Finnish business and economic growth through investments. We advised Jolt Capital and Tesi on the equity financing and structuring aspects of the transaction. International law firm Goodwin advised the investors on the acquisition of VEV.
Case published 10.9.2026
VR-Group Plc is a transport and logistics group owned by the Finnish State, operating passenger and freight rail transport in Finland with activities also in the Swedish market. VR Group provides passenger, logistics and maintenance services with over 160 years’ experience in developing responsible transport of the future. We advise VR Group in intellectual property matters as part of the company’s wider brand protection efforts. Our assignments have included advice on copyright, design rights and trademarks, focusing on the protection of the company’s visual identity – including its distinctive green colour – in connection with transport services as part of a comprehensive IP protection strategy. VR Group’s consistent brand building has also received recognition, including the Finland Chamber of Commerce’s Brand of the Year award in 2026. In the competition, brands were viewed comprehensively from various perspectives, including their story, strategic role, brand renewal ability and intellectual property protection. The jury found that VR had understood the importance of the protection of its brand as part of a comprehensive business strategy. 
Case published 9.9.2026