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Elite legal alliance – HH Partners in TAGLaw

4.3.2020 Johanna Sandberg Articles, Law Firm Rankings, Our Firm, TAGLaw

HH Partners’ international legal alliance, TAGLaw®, was recently recognized by Chambers & Partners as “Elite” for 2020 — the highest ranking awarded to legal networks and alliances. Since it’s inception in 1998, TAGLaw®has consistently been regarded as one of the top global networks and alliances of independent firms. Today, TAGLaw® has more than 160 independent […]

HH Partners as seller’s counsel in the Foreship Oy share transaction

4.11.2019 Johanna Sandberg Articles, M&A, Miika Erkkilä, References, Ville Öfversten

HH Partners acted as legal advisor to the shareholders of Foreship Oy in the acquisition of Foreship’s majority holding by a private equity firm Vaaka Partners Oy. “HH Partners’ long-standing partnership with our company enabled effective assistance in the transaction” says Lauri Haavisto, CEO. Foreship specializes in ship design and construction, with Foreship being the […]

HH Partners as seller’s counsel in the acquisition of Finkova Oy by Indutrade Oy

4.11.2019 Johanna Sandberg Articles, Arto Kukkonen, Finkova, M&A, References, Ville Öfversten

Finkova is an import and sales company specialized in heavy industry valves. Its yearly turnover is approximately 8,5 million euros. It offers valve solutions to the process industries and boiler manufacturers. Its customers, acting both globally and on the Finnish market, are in the pulp and paper industries, petrochemical industry and energy and steel industries. […]

HH Partners Joins the OpenChain Partner Program

10.10.2019 Johanna Sandberg Articles, Martin von Willebrand, Open Source, Open Technology, Our International Network, Technology

SAN FRANCISCO, October 10, 2019 – HH Partners, a lawfirm based in Finland, today announces participation in the OpenChain Project. HH Partners intends to support adoption of the OpenChain industry standard for open source compliance both inside Finland and across the broader global market. HH Partners will be contributing to the OpenChain project both via […]

HH Partners as seller’s counsel in the acquisition of Aucor Oy by MarkkinointiAkatemia MAK Oy

19.8.2019 Johanna Sandberg Articles, M&A, References, Ville Öfversten

MarkkinointiAkatemia MAK Oy acquired the entire share capital of Aucor Oy. Through the acquisition, MarkkinointiAkatemia became one of the biggest WordPress providers in Finland. HH Partners acted as Aucor Oy’s sellers’ counsel managing the acquisition’s legal side from start to finish, including legal counselling, drafting the documents and executing the contractual negotiations. Since the acquisition […]

Martin von Willebrand recognized as Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal

28.6.2019 Johanna Sandberg Articles, Data Protection, Law Firm Rankings, Martin von Willebrand, References, Technology

Martin von Willebrand, Partner at HH Partners, has been featured in Who’s Who Legal’s WWL: Thought Leaders – Data 2019, a publication listing the world’s foremost practitioners in data privacy, protection, security and TMT matters. According to WWL, “Thought Leaders are individuals who have received the highest number of nominations from peers, corporate counsel and […]

Data Protection Review as a tool in building excellence at MaaS Global

20.2.2019 Johanna Sandberg Articles, Data Protection, Martin von Willebrand, Open Technology, Our Firm, Our International Network, References, Technology

HH Partners reviewed the data protection practices at MaaS Global, which helped MaaS Global to prove its great culture in data protection and verify and build on its current practices. “MaaS Global is a young and fast-growing company with personal data at the core of its business. We wanted to prove to our key stakeholders […]

Double Open to automate open source compliance with legal APIs

15.2.2019 martin Articles, Martin von Willebrand, Open Source, Open Technology, Technology, Toni Päärni

Open source has eaten the world, but organizations are still struggling with effective open source compliance. Tools and data are stuck in-house or behind proprietary licenses. Double Open is a research project aiming to find out how to make open source compliance more open. We approach this by leveraging existing tools and standards and surveying […]

Martin von Willebrand recognized in Thought Leaders in Data 2018 by Who’s Who Legal

16.1.2019 Johanna Sandberg Articles, Data Protection, Henri Tanskanen, Law Firm Rankings, Martin von Willebrand, References, Technology

HH Partners’ Partner Martin von Willebrand has been featured in Who’s Who Legal publication, as a part of a listing ”Thought Leaders in Data 2018” together with nine other Finnish lawyers.

HH Partners advised on the sale of Comiq Group to Alten

5.12.2018 Johanna Sandberg Articles, M&A, Martin von Willebrand, References

HH Partners acted as the legal advisor of the shareholders of Comiq Group Oy on the sale of the company to Alte Oy, a Finnish subsidiary of the French listed company Alten SA. Comiq is a rapidly growing Finnish preferred DevOps, Test Automation and Quality Assurance partner for leading companies in various industry sectors. The […]