Liisa Vaaraniemi
Liisa Vaaraniemi
Liisa advises clients in the fields of intellectual property law, technology, and data protection, as well as general commercial and contract law.
Liisa joined the firm as an associate trainee in 2018, and she was appointed as an associate upon her graduation. Prior to her graduation, Liisa spent a semester at the University of Kent studying law.
References
Hannes Snellman, together with Hogan Lovells and Gleiss Lutz, successfully represented Supponor entities in the Helsinki Local Division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) in a case concerning a digital overlay technology. As requested by the defendants, the court dismissed the patent holder’s preliminary injunction application and main action due to lack of jurisdiction, as the asserted patent had initially been opted-out from the UPC’s jurisdiction, and its subsequent attempted opt-out withdrawal was deemed ineffective under Art. 83 of the UPC Agreement due to pending national proceedings. This was the first oral hearing and first decision by the Helsinki Local Division of the UPC since the launch of the UPC on 1 June 2023

Panu Siitonen

Vilhelm Schröder

Liisa Vaaraniemi
Parties:
Masco Corporation (Buyer), Nordic Mezzanine and other Sauna360 Group Oy’s shareholders (Sellers), Sauna360 Group Oy (Target)
Transaction:
Acquisition of Sauna360 Group Oy
Deal value:
Value not public
Role:
Finnish and Swedish Counsel to Masco Corporation

Tuire Kuronen

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Joonas Vartia

Wilma Montonen

Astrid Trolle Adams

Ulrika Wigart

Simon Mittler

Liisa Vaaraniemi

Louise Nordback

Ingrid Remmelgas

Anna Nyberg

Lisa Pålsson

Mikael Wood

Andreas Wingren

Peter Forsberg

Lars Lundgren

Sofia Saarelainen

Ville Säteri

Sofia Granberg

Emilia Reis

Rebecca Osola
Parties:
Thome Group, OSM Maritime Group
Transaction:
Merger of Thome Group and OSM Maritime Group
Value:
Value not public
Role:
Finnish counsel to Thome Group Holding Limited

Tuire Kuronen

Joonas Vartia

Heidi Haanpää

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Veera Heiskanen

Ingrid Remmelgas

Liisa Vaaraniemi
Counsel a public company in a copyright dispute before the Market Court and the Supreme Court concerning copyright and limitations to the exclusive rights of the copyright holder set forth in the Copyright Act.

Panu Siitonen

Vilhelm Schröder

Liisa Vaaraniemi
Counsel to a Nordic group in a patent infringement and invalidation proceedings before the Market Court. The infringement case concerned both the direct infringement and doctrine of equivalents

Panu Siitonen

Vilhelm Schröder

Liisa Vaaraniemi
Counsel to a multinational technology company and its local distributor in patent infringement and invalidation proceedings before the Market Court. The cases were settled out of court.

Panu Siitonen

Vilhelm Schröder

Liisa Vaaraniemi
Parties
PharmaLex Group (buyer), DRA Consulting Oy (target)
Transaction
Counsel to PharmaLex Group in the acquisition of DRA Consulting Oy
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to PharmaLex Group

Mikael Lustig

Roosa Väre

Juha Ellonen

Ingrid Remmelgas

Liisa Vaaraniemi

Oona Eerola

Tiia Mäki
Parties
Angel Pond Holdings Corporation, MariaDB Corporation Ab
Transaction
Combination of Angel Pond Holdings Corporation and MariaDB Corporation Ab by way of a domestication merger and cross-border merger, and related transactions
Deal Value
USD 672 million (implied enterprise value of the combined company)
Role
Finnish counsel to Angel Pond Holdings Corporation

Tuire Kuronen

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Heidi Haanpää

Susanna Purovirta

Oliver Vesterlund

Joonas Vartia

Heikki Vesikansa

Harri Vehviläinen

Joakim Frände

Jesper Nevalainen

Liisa Vaaraniemi

Risto Ojakoski

Hanna Lindberg
Parties
Chevron Global Energy Inc (Buyer), Neste Corporation (Seller), NEXBASE™ brand and associated base oils business (Target)
Transaction
Finnish counsel to Chevron Global Energy Inc, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, in the acquisition of the NEXBASE™ brand and associated base oils business from Neste Corporation
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Finnish counsel to Chevron Global Energy Inc

Tuire Kuronen

Satu Kokko

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Ingrid Remmelgas

Liisa Vaaraniemi
Parties
Landis+Gyr (Buyer), Telia Finland (Seller), Telia AMR Business (Target)
Transaction
Telia Finland’s sale of Telia AMR Business to Landis+Gyr
Deal Value
Value not public
Role
Counsel to Telia Finland (Seller)

Tuire Kuronen

Agda Vähä-Piikkiö

Jesper Nevalainen

Liisa Vaaraniemi

Anna Mäkinen

Risto Ojakoski
Rankings
- Ranked as a Rising Star, IP Stars, 2023
- Noted as "Other key lawyers", Intellectual Property Finland, Legal500, 2023
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Finnish Bar Association
- Finnish IT Law Association, Member of the Board, 2021-
- Member of Finnish Association for Industrial Property Rights
Education and Professional Background
- Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2019
- Master of Laws, University of Turku, 2019
- Legal Trainee, Bayer, 2019
- Thesis Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2019
- Associate Trainee, Hannes Snellman, 2018
- Data Protection Lawyer, Kesko, 2018
- University of Kent, 2017