Dittmar & Indrenius - Employment & Pensions

"...'without doubt the best firm I've worked with in Finland' say clients."

(The European Legal 500, 2011)

"Clients consistently praise this group's prowess in employment law. 'The firm provides extremely high-quality service and clear legal advice.' "

"The team has in recent years taken part in the biggest and most prominent cases in the field, and serves an impressive clientele of sizeable domestic and international businesses."

" 'These lawyers see the bigger picture and find the most important aspects of the issue', say sources."

"Petteri Uoti has earned an outstanding reputation in the market for his 'exceptional level of experience.' Uoti is described as 'a real wizard - he is a true genius of Finnish employment law, and also a very pleasant person to work with.' Seppo Havia is the partner in charge of the practice, and is regarded by sources as 'excellent in all ways.' Havia is commended for his efficient approach and thorough knowledge of the field."

(Chambers Europe, The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2011)

"Much of the firm’s work in such areas is precedent-setting. The group also provides ongoing general employment law support to major clients such as McDonald’s and Hewlett-Packard. Seppo Havia is the firm's employment law head. Sources say: "He has an employers' association background and has been doing employment law for years - he knows the area inside-out."

(Chambers Europe, The World´s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2009)

Dittmar & Indrenius is a member of Ius Laboris, the global alliance of leading human resources law practitioners.

Dittmar & Indrenius
Pohjoisesplanadi 25 A
FI-00100 Helsinki
Finland

Email:	office@dittmar.fi

Telephone:	+358 9 681 700
Telefax:	+358 9 652 406

Our Employment & Pensions practice is the leading employment practice in Finland covering all aspects of employment and pensions law.

We work in client centered teams to provide clients with the best and most flexible service. Our clientele consists of major and mid-size domestic and international corporations, banks and insurance companies as well as leading law firms in various jurisdictions. Our work covers the following five areas:

Day-to-day employment advice
Company reorganizations
Employment disputes
Mergers & Acquisitions
Outsourcing

Our day-to-day advice covers, inter alia, recruitment, termination of employment, terms of employment, employment and director agreements as well as drafting other employment related documents, collective labour agreements and company policies.

We design share, bonus and incentive schemes for personnel and management and provide advice on employers' pension obligations. We also design pension arrangements and schemes. One important area of our employment advice relates to domestic and EU-employment legislative compliance and regulatory requirements.

Company reorganizations cover reorganization and downsizing of personnel, personnel consultation requirements, rehiring obligations and severance packages.

Employment disputes cover litigation and arbitration including individual and collective dismissal disputes, industrial safety disputes, discrimination disputes and management liability disputes, enforcement of confidentiality obligations and post-termination restrictive covenants.

When it comes to Mergers & Acquisitions and Outsourcing we perform of HR legal due diligence and draft and negotiate business transfers, share purchase and outsourcing agreements. We also advise on transferor's and transferee's responsibilities, post transactional integration and acquired rights issues.

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