NewsDecember 19, 2018 General Reform of the Act on Common Funds – Government proposal published The government proposal (HE 243/2018) for the general reform of the Act on Common Funds have been given to the parliament 22.11.2018. The proposal concerns enacting the new Act on […]
News The Scope of the Money Laundering Act Widens – New Duties to the Persons with Beneficial Ownership of Assets Central aims A government proposal (HE 167/2018) was given to the parliament the 4th of October and the intention is that the new Act will come into effect 1.1.2019. The […]
News Reform of the Prospectus Regulation Finnish national regulation regarding the prospectus published during the issuance of securities will be revised. On 14 June 2017, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 […]
Uncategorized Shareholder Rights Directive II aims to enhance transparency between companies and investors Shareholder Rights Directive (SHRD II) aims to strengthen the position of shareholders to have an effective say on related party transactions and directors’ renumeration as well as to encourage the […]
NewsDecember 14, 2018 New national Data Protection Act spells out obligations related to the processing of personal data Along with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the new Data Protection Act’s obligations on the processing of personal data must be taken into consideration. The new national Data […]
NewsDecember 10, 2018 Loot boxes – gambling or a better gaming experience? Loot boxes and the rewards system based on them, have recently sparked a broad dialogue in the gaming industry in Finland and around the world. The idea behind loot boxes […]
NewsNovember 27, 2018 Startup entrepreneur, did you remember the contracts? Finnish startups are surprisingly weak at taking care of their contractual issues. Risks are not identified, and even the most important contracts are often not up to par. New online […]
NewsOctober 16, 2018 Juuso Turtiainen appointed as an Associate Juuso Turtiainen joined Lexia in August as an Associate. The focus of his work is on ICT, gaming and media sector agreements and on assignments related to corporate and financial […]
NewsOctober 8, 2018 Tomi Tanskanen has been appointed as an Associate Tomi Tanskanen started at Lexia in June as an Associate. His assignments are particularly related to employment and labor law and dispute resolution. After graduating from University of Helsinki, Tomi […]
ColumnSeptember 24, 2018 Anti-Money Laundering Act’s key obligations and upcoming amendments The Act on Detecting and Preventing Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, the so-called new Anti-Money Laundering Act, took effect in July 2017. The goal is to prevent money-laundering and […]
