Maisa Nikkola

Maisa Nikkola is a partner in our Helsinki office, where she is Head of our Nordic and Finnish Employment practice groups as well as our Finnish Employee Incentives & Benefits group. She advises our local and international clients on complex employment issues. Focusing on all aspects of employment relations, Maisa advises clients on a broad range of employment and HR matters on a daily basis including transactions, contractual issues, the negotiation and termination of contracts, collective and trade union matters, co-operation procedures, restructuring and discrimination. In addition to employment law, Maisa specialises in outsourcing, trade secret issues and privacy and data protection. She has experience in complex litigation matters. Her team is regularly working on a broad range of cross-border projects and they have an excellent network with colleagues located all over the world at our Bird & Bird offices. They have longstanding experience in taking an innovative and strategic approach to their work. Her team is often thanked for being an everyday strategic partner for their clients. · Bird & Bird

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Maisa Nikkola is a partner at Bird & Bird in Helsinki, Head of the Nordic and Finnish Employment practice groups and the Finnish Employee Incentives & Benefits group. She advises local and international clients on complex employment issues, including all aspects of employment relations, transactions, contractual issues, negotiation and termination of contracts, collective and trade union matters, co-operation procedures, restructuring, and discrimination. She also specialises in outsourcing, trade secret issues, and privacy and data protection. She has experience in complex litigation and her team works regularly on cross-border projects. She is recognized as a Leading Employment Lawyer by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, The Best Lawyers, and PLC Which Lawyer, and was named 'The Lawyer of the Year 2014 – Labour and Employment Law' and 'The Lawyer of the Year 2016 – Outsourcing' by The Best Lawyers. She is a frequent conference speaker and co-author of the book 'Solutions for working life challenges' (J-Impact, 2012).

Practice areas

Employment LawHRTransactional EmploymentContractual IssuesNegotiation of ContractsTermination of ContractsCollective and Trade Union MattersCo-operation ProceduresRestructuringDiscriminationOutsourcingTrade SecretsPrivacy and Data ProtectionLitigationCross-Border Projects

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Bird & Bird · Maisa Nikkola is a partner in our Helsinki office, where she is Head of our Nordic and Finnish Employment practice groups as well as our Finnish Employee Incentives & Benefits group. She advises our local and international clients on complex employment issues. Focusing on all aspects of employment relations, Maisa advises clients on a broad range of employment and HR matters on a daily basis including transactions, contractual issues, the negotiation and termination of contracts, collective and trade union matters, co-operation procedures, restructuring and discrimination. In addition to employment law, Maisa specialises in outsourcing, trade secret issues and privacy and data protection. She has experience in complex litigation matters. Her team is regularly working on a broad range of cross-border projects and they have an excellent network with colleagues located all over the world at our Bird & Bird offices. They have longstanding experience in taking an innovative and strategic approach to their work. Her team is often thanked for being an everyday strategic partner for their clients.

Finland

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Education

LL.M., University of Helsinki 2002

Languages

FinnishEnglishGermanSwedish