Trusted by prominent clients in the pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and technology sectors, Borenius covers broad spectrum of contentious and non-contentious IP matters, focusing on copyright, trademark, and patent law. Known for its expertise in trademark portfolio management and regulatory issues, the team regularly advises on issues concerning television broadcasting and sports rights. Intellectual property and technology specialist Ben Rapinoja leads the dispute resolution team in the IP department, where he focuses on patent and trademark matters, while co-head Lasse Laaksonen steers the IP and commercial department. Saara Lapiolahti is a key contact for pharmaceutical patent and copyright litigation. Hanna Pohjola has longstanding experience of handling trademark disputes.

Castrén & Snellman excels in a broad spectrum of IP-related matters, including trade mark, copyright, and design prosecution, as well as portfolio management. The firm works with a diverse range of clients, covering the technology, life sciences, automotive, energy, textile, retail, luxury, consumer goods, and media sectors. The team is especially recognised for managing global trade mark portfolios for multinational corporations, with expertise in IP audits, drafting agreements, and corporate transactions. IP practice head Sakari Salonen brings extensive litigation expertise and offers strategic counsel on trade mark, design, and brand protection. IP prosecution team head Nina Mikander is highly regarded for her trade mark expertise, providing comprehensive support across IP strategies and portfolio management. Hanna Paloheimo, who oversees the life sciences practice, is adept at managing patent litigation, pharmaceutical regulatory issues, and food and health technology matters.

From patents and trade marks to copyright matters, Hannes Snellman (Finland) offers the full range of IP services. Maintaining a varied workload, the team regularly handles complex litigation, as well as IP-intensive transactions, contractual issues, brand protection, IP strategy, and regulatory concerns. The firm’s client portfolio includes corporations from a wide range of sectors, including media, entertainment, sports, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals. Panu Siitonen, who leads the group, advises widely on trade marks, patents, domain names, copyrights, databases, trade secrets, and IP-intensive contractual issues. Vilhelm Schröder is well versed in patent litigation.

Serving a diverse client roster, the IP team at Roschier is well equipped to handle a wide range of IP issues, from identification, acquisition, and registration to enforcement of patents. The team has a strong understanding of patents, trade marks, copyrights, and trade secrets and is also skilled in IP licensing, conducting IP audits and due diligence. In addition to advising on the development of effective IP strategies and addressing anti-counterfeiting and parallel import issues, the team boasts expertise in complex IP litigation. Department head Rainer Hilli excels in patent litigation and regulatory disputes for high-profile corporations. Mikko Manner has a particular focus on copyright litigation, while Johanna Flythström is frequently consulted for IP and technology licensing and commercialisation matters.

Eversheds Asianajotoimisto Oy / Eversheds Attorneys Ltd (a member of Eversheds Sutherland) has a strong reputation for advising domestic and international clients on the identification, acquisition, and registration of IP rights, as well as their commercialisation, protection, and defence. The team covers patents, copyright, designs, rights, licensing, trade marks, domain names, employee inventions, and unfair business practices, and is well versed in IP disputes. Practice head Petteri Häkkänen is a key point of contact for complex trade mark and patent infringement matters. Häkkänen is further assisted by trade mark and design expert Kati Rantala.

Krogerus covers both contentious and non-contentious work concerning trade mark and copyright issues, data commercialisation, R&D mandates, licensing, and trade mark portfolio management. It is a key destination for clients from the technology, media, entertainment, and telecoms industries. Practice head Kalle Hynönen has extensive experience across a wide range of IP matters, with a strong focus on the TMT sector. Pessi Honkasalo is well versed in all aspects of IP. Alexander Bützow is also recommended.

Properta Attorneys Ltd works with clients from multiple sectors, including retail, fashion, sports, and consumer goods, involved in contentious and non-contentious IP matters. The practice also covers trade mark disputes, design rights, copyright, and company name matters and represents clients in high-profile IP cases, including litigation at the Finnish Specialist IP Court and the IP Market Court. The team is co-headed by Hanna-Maija Elo, who specialises in IP infringement and unfair business practices cases, and Kukka Tommila, adept at advising on trade marks, design rights, domain names, patents, trade names, and marketing law. Emilia Hodge is also a standout member of the team.

Bird & Bird boasts expertise in trademark prosecution, cross-border IP investigations, unfair business practice disputes, and transactional IP matters. The firm’s client base spans a range of industries, including technical wholesalers, beverage conglomerates, and personal protective equipment companies. The team handles trademark and patent-related matters across multiple jurisdictions, focusing on tech start-ups and mid-size companies in the life sciences, retail, healthcare, and media sectors. Practice head Henri Kaikkonen is an expert in patents, trade secrets, and unfair business practices, with a wealth of experience in IP licensing agreements. Tom Vapaavuori is a standout trade secret litigator.

Dittmar & Indrenius offers expert guidance on patents, copyrights, and related transactions. The firm advises clients on IP asset identification, protection strategies, licensing deals, and enforcement actions and excels in providing strategic counsel on acquiring, managing, and defending IP rights. Anna Haapanen, adept at handling copyright and patent aspects in IP, data, and technology sectors, jointly heads up the practice with Iiris Kivikari and Juli Mansnérus.

Waselius manages international portfolios concerning trademarks, domains, and designs, advising on the utilisation of a wide range of IP rights, including trademarks, patents, trade names, and trade secrets. With a strong focus on IP enforcement and defence, the firm is particularly adept at representing clients accused of IP infringement. Bernt Juthström, who frequently handles IP issues, heads up the practice with Åsa Krook, who has extensive expertise in IP management, marketing law, and commercial contracts.

Offering end-to-end services, the IP and technology team at Avance Attorneys Ltd covers complex regulatory issues, transactions, and contentious assignments. The team also excels in licensing agreements, management rights, and transfers, providing comprehensive support throughout all stages of the IP asset life cycle. Sonja Heiskala heads the practice, advising on technology transactions, licensing, and intellectual property disputes.

DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd serves a diverse clientele comprising both Finnish and international clients on the full range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters. The team is noted for its active IP rights offering, in addition to handling commercial contracts, data privacy, and national and global trademark strategies and patent filings. The practice is co-led by Markus Oksanen, a trusted adviser for IP rights, privacy and technology licensing matters, and Sami Rintala, who brings extensive expertise in outsourcing transactions.

Jointly led by Daniel Stranius and Johanna Rantanen, Dottir Attorneys Ltd.’s team covers a wide range of strategic IP matters, from protection and enforcement to defence-side proceedings. The group brings significant expertise in trademarks, designs, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets, supporting both emerging Finnish start-ups and established corporations in the technology and media industries.

The IP practice at HPP Attorneys was launched with the arrival of Henrik af Ursin in November 2023. Under Henrik’s guidance, the team continues to assist clients from various sectors, including retail, energy, pharmaceutical, automotive and real estate. Trademark and design prosecution, protection and portfolio management mandates all feature prominently in the group’s workload.

Lexia Attorneys Ltd focuses on strategy, licensing, and transactions, along with trademark protection and enforcement. With particular strength in the software, entertainment, and gaming sectors, the firm advises on both national and international brand protection and the commercialisation of IP rights. Kimmo Oila and Kimmo Suominen jointly lead the practice.