Corporate restructuring is at best an important part of your business growth strategy and a natural part of your company's life cycle. Are you buying, selling, expanding or listing?
At Hedman Partners, we help plan, implement and achieve the desired results in the form of various business arrangements. We make sure that you avoid unnecessary risks and that you get your project to the finish line.
If you are thinking about a generational change, selling a company or business in whole or in part, or expanding operations through a company acquisition, please contact us. We have supported many of our customers in business arrangements, from clarifying the initial idea to the end of the project. We offer clear options for progress and advise on matters related to the law and practical arrangements in accordance with your own interests and goals.
We help in identifying things that positively affect the value of the company, in the due diligence process, and in negotiating and drawing up the necessary contracts. We have experience with numerous family businesses as well as large international business arrangements, where transaction prices have ranged from a few million to hundreds of millions of euros.
If you need help with the financing of a growth company, acquisition and negotiations of M&A financing, restructuring of financing and related collateral arrangements, we will help you advance in your goal.
Especially when the company's financing is assembled from different sources, it is most effective to turn to a professional in the field. We know how to consider the whole in the best way from the point of view of your goals, and effectively lead the company's financial arrangements forward from the point of view of the law.
We take care of the necessary corporate legal procedures and documents for you, for example, in connection with the establishment of a company, relations between company owners or changes in the company's ownership base.
We can also assist in matters related to administration, such as preparing minutes for the meetings of your board or company.
We help you anticipate risks and make clear and concise contracts that are easy for you to interpret.
We help with the interpretation of labor legislation and practical compliance, so that you can conclude high-quality contracts or, for example, carry out smooth collective bargaining negotiations with confidence.
Labor legislation can be very open to interpretation, which is why many experienced employers, entrepreneurs and key personnel turn to our service. If necessary, we act as a reliable external partner in solving even the most difficult problem situations.
Written contracts help you avoid business risks. Our strengths are clear and concise agreements, with which you drive your own interest in the long run. Owners of small and medium-sized companies in particular have found our practical help to be a significant benefit in supporting their entrepreneurial career.
Internationalization always starts with knowing the legislation and business environment of the target country.
Are you expanding your business to a new target country or market? Are you considering growth through a cross-border acquisition? As a partner specializing in internationalization, we help you expand your business.
Clarify the best and most realistic possibilities for your growth strategy with our professionals. At Hedman Partners, we have supported countless internationalization paths and can tell you what you should consider from the point of view of the law of the target country.
The greatest value of your business may lie in intangible assets, such as a recognizable brand or the content you create.
Protecting your brand and media assets early is very important to get the most out of them. At the same time, you protect yourself against unauthorized copying and misuse.
At Hedman Partners, we help identify, protect and utilize your company's intangible value so that you can turn it into productive cash flow. We assist you with all intellectual property rights and know-how, including patents, trademarks and copyrights:
Feel free to ask more about solutions related to the use of your brand, product or content. The first conversation is free of charge and does not bind you to anything.
By protecting the unique look of your company or product, you ensure that you have the exclusive right and decision-making power to use them. A protected brand makes it possible to prevent copying by competitors and unauthorized use of your intangible assets. The protection also enables the use of a trademark or design right as collateral for financing and supports the sale of your company in a possible exit phase.
We support you in your business goals and help you move forward at every stage:
At Hedman Partners, we specialize in media law and protection. If you are an entrepreneur or professional in the media industry, you will find a partner who speaks the same language in us. At Hedman Partners, we know the practices of the media industry and the rapidly changing legal regulations. We support you in protecting and utilizing your creative output and help you to be creative in the digital revolution of the media industry in the global market.
Our focus in the media industry:
Whether you are a filmmaker, producer or distributor, you can get all the legal help you need to support your goals. Increasing internationality, streaming services and diversifying ways of financing productions are renewing practices and contract models in the film industry.
Legal services in the film industry are our core competence and our clients are well-known companies in Finland and abroad. We serve world-class studio and domestic art house production with the same passion.
Do you want to take your own film to the international market or are you responsible for distribution? Want to protect your film's ancillary products and make sure you get your fair share of them?
We help in mapping risks, identifying opportunities, resolving disputes, business arrangements in the film industry and all your other legal needs.
To succeed in the film industry:
Whether you are a music creator, performer or producer, we help you protect the results of your work and the rights of the author. If you are a music user or distributor, we will help you agree on the terms of use in the best possible way.
Our services for the music industry:
The gaming industry has a larger turnover than any other individual media industry. Finland is one of the great powers of game development and it is only a matter of time when the next success story rockets to international growth. Before explosive growth, the game company's legal system must be in order, so that its lack does not become an obstacle to growth.
We help you with the legal risks of game development and identifying opportunities:
Along with traditional literature, electronic and audio books are becoming more and more common, so that the old legal rules in the book industry may no longer apply. At Hedman Partners, we help authors, translators, illustrators and publishers secure their rights in the digital world as well, including copyright protection for literary works.
We also assist national libraries. For example, we have assisted the library institution in challenging the interpretation of the narrow lending right for console games, which led to a considerable expansion of the libraries' console game collections. The traces of our work can be seen in all libraries in Finland.
Ensure your rights and protect your products:
In the financial and insurance industry, knowing and utilizing the law gives you a clear competitive advantage when you sell and market your own products and services.
Do you want to identify the best business opportunities from a legal perspective and avoid typical risks? At Hedman Partners, we are your everyday partner in insurance and financial business.
you can get concrete advice for everyday life, help with dispute situations and, for example, commission agreements. We offer brokers, brokers and other industry professionals a business-oriented view and a flexible service, whether it's about schedules or invoicing methods. We help you make better documents, contract templates and create operating models that ensure results in your own everyday life.
you can get help from us to ensure compliance with the law as well as the best tips for marketing and selling your products. Laws and regulations may vary by country, for example, and therefore with good foresight you can avoid more expensive risks later. If you are taking a new product to the target market, launching an innovation or updating materials, we help ensure compliance with regulations and give you peace of mind.
From us, you get the most up-to-date information on the laws and regulations related to your industry and business, and above all, a business-oriented view of how to use them to achieve your goals.
Our services include:
We know the legislation related to insurance contracts and its interpretation, as well as their requirements for the content of the insurance terms. We help you prepare strong, clear and legally compliant documents that serve both you and your customers in the best possible way. We ensure the insurance conditions and the necessary customer books so that your activities are as safe as possible and that you are protected against legal risks.
If your business is based on brokering insurance, we will help you succeed. Our job is not just to represent you in problematic situations or to repeat what the law says. We strive to help you prevent risks and proactively highlight better practices that you can use to achieve your business goals.
The financial and insurance industries and their marketing, especially to consumers, are heavily regulated industries. You don't want to do unnecessary work in marketing preparation or face disputes just because you didn't know how to take the industry regulations into account.
We help to ensure that your operations comply with the law. You can get help from checking individual marketing phrases to preparing official documents required by law or even planning sales calls.
We also have extensive experience in crowdfunding both domestically and internationally.
Sometimes in business operations, dispute resolution is required to resolve a stalemate. In the event of a dispute, you should turn to a competent expert as early as possible.
Have you received a summons, got into a dispute in your business, or do you feel that the other party is breaking the contract? At Hedman Partners, we help clarify the most appropriate way forward. Our task is to promote your interests and minimize the risks to your business in a possible dispute situation.
Typical dispute situations in which we help:
If you need quick help to resolve the dispute, contact us. The first conversation with us does not bind you to anything or cost you anything, but you will immediately get an insight into how to proceed in the event of a dispute.
If you received a summons, you must respond by the deadline. It is important to act quickly and to be in contact with a qualified expert. At Hedman Partners, we help companies of all sizes in assessing the dispute, responding to the challenge and in the further stages of dispute resolution.
Sometimes one party to the contract may feel that the other does not comply with the terms, there are shortcomings in its performance, or some contractual benefit has not been achieved. In this case, the party may have the conditions to receive monetary compensation. If you feel that the partner has not kept to the agreement or the other party accuses your company of a breach of contract, we will help you move forward.
Even in international partnerships or the interpretation of contracts, you can end up in disagreements that require dispute resolution. At Hedman Partners, we are used to operating globally, and through our network you can find a reliable local partner around the world. If you need legal help in cross-border dispute situations, you can get an expert service from us to take the right steps.
Dispute resolution in court or arbitration often ties up the company's resources for managing the process for a long time and may be financially burdensome. That's why it's important to find out at the beginning of the dispute whether it makes sense to argue in court, or whether it would be better to proceed through negotiations. We will give you an estimate of the best course of action in your dispute, and we will help you get through as much of your own demands as possible in the situation.
Do you want to ensure that your business complies with the law from the point of view of data protection (GDPR)?
At Hedman Partners, we help you ensure your own peace of mind in your company's processes regarding data protection. We offer audits to clarify the situation, the necessary training for key personnel and staff, and we are your everyday partner in determining data protection-compliant practices.
You should be careful with data protection, because your enlightened customers and your customers' customers require first-class data protection from their service provider. You can get all data protection-related services from us.
You don't need to know anything about the topics in advance, or you can already have a ready-made plan and practices. We help to clarify the data protection obligations and take the necessary measures to ensure the appropriateness of data protection so that it works as your competitive advantage also in the direction of your customers and partners.
Whether your business is related to information technology, cookies used on websites, marketing or, for example, credit information, we train your entire staff in the latest information and practices if necessary. In the event of disputes, we will help you and, if necessary, we will process with the data protection officer about the level of your data protection.
