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Finland Employment Law Alliance Representative

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Jan Waselius
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Office Address

Eteläesplanadi 24 A
Helsinki
00130
Finland

Phone Number

+358-9-668 9520

Fax Number

+358-9-668 9522

Email

jan.waselius@ww.fi
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Firm

Waselius & Wist

Main Office Address

Eteläesplanadi 24 A
Helsinki, 00130
Finland

Office Locations

Helsinki

Firm Phone Number

+358-9-668 9520

Firm Fax Number

+358-9-668 95222

Firm Website

www.ww.fi

Personal Background

JAN WASELIUS, born Vaasa, Finland, March 23, 1944; admitted 1972, Finland, O.B.E. (Member Order of the British Empire), Knight of Dannebrogen, Member Order of Oranje-Nassau, Officer First class of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star. Honorary Legal Adviser in Finland to a number of foreign governments. Board member of several Finnish corporations and Anglo-American and Nordic subsidiaries in Finland and abroad. Education: University of Helsinki (LL.M., 1968). Trained at the Bench (1972). Previous occupation: Roschier-Holmberg & Waselius 1968-1997 (partner 1970-1995, senior partner 1986-1995, of counsel 1996-1997). Member: Finnish Bar Association; Legal Society of Finland; AIPPI; International Bar Association; International Fiscal Association. Languages: Finnish, Swedish and English. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Finance Law; Securities Law; Banking Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Commercial Law; Industrial Property Rights; Labour Law; Litigation and Arbitration. Legal Authorship: Numerous articles in Finnish and international professional publications in the field of Corporate and Financial Law.

Firm Background

Waselius & Wist is a highly specialised commercial law firm, committed to providing first class legal services from a business-minded perspective. The firm provides a full range of services in all fields of corporate and commercial law. The firm is renowned for its experience, particularly within the field of capital markets, banking, securities and finance law, mergers and acquisitions, employment law as well as EU and competition law.

Waselius & Wist advises on all employment-related matters on an individual and a collective level. The firm regularly advises corporations on employment agreements, employee termination, pension schemes, stock option schemes, redundancy arrangements and the terms of service of senior executives. Clients are represented both in non-litigious and litigious contexts in matters of labour law.

Firm Practice Areas

Capital Markets, Banking and Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, EU and Competition, Intellectual Property and Information Technology, Corporate and Commercial Law, Emerging Companies/Venture Capital, Litigation and Arbitration, Trade Law, Energy, Labour Law, Real Property, Taxation.

 
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I recently participated in the ELA-sponsored webinar on the Employee Free Choice Act.  I was most impressed with that presentation.  It was extremely helpful and very worthwhile.  I have also been utilizing the ELA’s online Global Employer Handbook.  This compliance tool is absolutely terrific.  I am familiar with several other products that purport to provide up-to- date employment law information and I believe that this resource is superior to other similar compliance manuals.  I am delighted that the ELA provides this free to its members’ clients.

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Rockwell Collins, Inc.

We have partnered with many ELA firms on the development and execution of case management strategies with very positive results. We have been very pleased with the legal advice and counsel provided by the law firms we have utilized who are affiliated with the Employment Law Alliance. The ELA firms we have worked with are customer focused, responsive, and thorough in their approach to handling labor and employment law matters.

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