Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence is reshaping and transforming businesses — including yours. We can help you turn AI ambition into scalable, secure, and compliant realities by providing trusted legal and strategic advice on new your business models and offerings.

The development and use of AI raise operational and legal questions across regulatory, corporate, and litigation areas including IP, technology, cybersecurity, data privacy, employment, M&A, and digital infrastructure. When you engage us early, we are best positioned to help align AI use cases with compliance requirements, manage risk, and enable informed decision‑making and oversight at executive and non-executive level.

We bring deep regulatory understanding, sector know‑how, and hands-on experience from the front lines of digital transformation. Our lawyers have diverse experience and backgrounds from in-house departments, private practice, and the public sector, placing us in an excellent position to handle your matters efficiently and pragmatically and to help your business succeed.

How We Can Support You

Data and Cybersecurity

Data is essential for AI systems. We support you with AI use cases and initiatives, aligning your business objectives with evolving regulatory requirements of AI, data, and privacy laws. From data protection and AI governance programmes to regulatory investigations, we advise you on all data and privacy matters.

In today’s cyber threat landscape, cyber-attacks are a question of ‘when’ instead of ‘what if’. We can help you prepare for and navigate through data breaches and handle the contractual and legal notification obligations that are triggered by such incidents.

Intellectual Property

In the era of AI and digitalisation, the importance of intellectual property is inevitably increasing. We provide advice on IP strategies related to AI, drafting and negotiating AI-related agreements, and managing IP risks arising from the development and use of AI.

Corporate Advisory

The C-suite and board must establish a relevant operative framework and exercise oversight for the use of AI and data. Senior leadership should also ensure appropriate AI literacy within the organisation.

We advise public and private companies, management, boards of directors, and board committees on a full range of corporate governance matters related to AI development and deployment.

M&A

AI and the use of data are both drivers for inorganic growth in many sectors. AI is also used as an enabler for more efficient M&A processes.

We have established experience and can support you in all types of transactions, including acquisitions, divestments, carve-outs, equity investments, and joint venture transactions involving AI. We have one of the most experienced and largest M&A practices in Finland.

Employment

We can advise you on using AI in recruitment and performance management, employee monitoring, discrimination allegations, and change negotiations. From hiring to termination of employment, and every stage in between, we support you in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters.

Administrative Proceedings and Dispute Resolution

We are well equipped to handle complex AI litigation, arbitrations, and investigations. We have experience in managing complex regulatory investigations and resolving disputes and proceedings with authorities that relate to the interplay with AI and data protection, IP and trade secrets, competition, and public procurement.

Data Centers and Digital Infrastructure

We have experience in large infrastructure transactions, data centers, and other critical infrastructure projects. We provide legal expertise in energy, project finance, and regulatory compliance for data centers and digital infrastructure and have market-leading know-how in contractual practices related to energy investment projects, project financing, and energy transactions.  

Other Areas

We provide integrated advice in many other areas relevant to the operation of businesses with AI issues, including tax and competition law. Feel free to contact us in all AI-related matters.

References

Parties:

Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd), NestAI

Transaction:

Hannes Snellman advised Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd) in the investment in NestAI. NestAI is an AI research and development lab.

Value:

Not public

Role:

Counsel to Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd)

Contacts

Hannes Snellman acted as counsel to Patria in relation to its data regulation project. Our team assisted Patria in navigating the EU’s new data regulations, particularly the Data Act and AI Act, to ensure compliance and leverage strategic advantages. The project involved a comprehensive review of Patria’s operations, an analysis of Patria’s alignment with the EU’s data regulations, and the development of a roadmap to ensure compliance.
Contacts

Parties

Silo AI Oy, Altor Equity Partners

Transaction

Counsel to the artificial intelligence company Silo AI Oy in Altor Equity Partners’ investment in the company.

Deal Value

Value not public

Role

Counsel to Silo AI Oy

Team