Otso Nykänen

Attorney-at-law, Trained at the Bench

 

 

 

Expertise areas:

Laborlaw, insolvency, contract law and dispute resolution

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Otso Nykänen specializes in labor and contract law, insolvency as well as Dispute Resolution. Otso has a long experience on assisting and advising national organizations and SMEs on questions broadly related to their operations.

 

Nykänen has also a long-term experience on family law and inheritance matters as well as other fields of law concerning private people. Through his work experience Nykänen has become familiar with IPR and environmental law.  

 

 

Career

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2014         Attorneys-at-law Ruoholahti Ltd, attorney-at-law

1996-2014 Otso Nykänen Attorneys-at-law office

1994-1995 Mikko Tuononen Attorneys-at-law office

1992-1993 Reijo Savia Attorneys-at-law

1992         Helsinki City Court

1990-1991 Juva District Court, Notary, acting District Judge

1989         Patent Office Ruska & Co

1988-1989 Finnish National Board of Maritime, Legal Department, 

                Administration Department

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Education

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1998         Certified Mediator, Finnish Bar Association

1991         Trained at the Bench

1990         Master of Law, University of Helsinki 

 

Positions of Trust

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2019-         Finnish Bar Association, Member of a Delegation

2019-         The Association of Finnish Lawyers, Member of   

                 Committee of the Legal Policy

2000-         The Association of Finnish Lawyers, Member of the 

                 Committee of the business sector

            

1997-2019  The Association of Finnish Lawyers, member of the

                 private sector working Group               

2010-2016  Finnish Bar Association, Member of a Delegation

2002-2003  The Association of Finnish Lawyers, Member of the 

                 Board

2014-2018  The Association of Finnish Lawyers, mentor

2001-2004  The Association of Private sector lawyers, chairman

                 (YKLA)

 

The Unemployment Fund for Entrepreneurs and the Self-Employed, Executive Committee and the Board

Akava Uusimaa, Chairman

Akava, Taskforce of Entrepreneurs and the Self-Employed

Uusimaa Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment’s Advisory Board, Member

Uusimaa Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment’s Advisory Board, Committee of Immigration

 

 

Language

 

Finnish, English