Oscari Seppälä – Professional Experience

Recent legal expertise and achievements:

• Maritime insurance claims. Advised a Finnish insurance company on recourse claims related to a ship grounding incident in the Helsinki region.
  
• International arbitration and sanctions. Advised a foreign corporation through an arbitration process concerning the applicability of sanctions and the contractual right to termination based on those grounds.
  
• M&As in Finland. Provided guidance to foreign corporations on navigating M&A activities within Finland, emphasizing strategic and legal considerations.
  
• Litigation and contract interpretation. Successfully represented various corporate clients in court, focusing on tort law claims and the detailed interpretation of contractual language.

Languages

• Finnish, English

Career

• LKOS Law Office (2015- present)
• Attorneys at law Borenius Ltd (2011-2014)
  
• DSV (2007-2011)
• Public Legal Aid Office (2015)

Education

• European Lawyers Programme, Edinburgh (2011)
  
• Master of Laws, University of Helsinki (2008)

Memberships

• The Federation of Finnish Enterprises – Helsingin Yrittäjät – Itä-Helsinki (the Chairman)
  
• The Federation of Finnish Enterprises – Helsingin Yrittäjät – Member of the Board
  
• Authorised Attorneys at Law
  
• Industrial Lawyers Association
  
• The Association of Finnish Lawyers
  
• The Association of Finnish Insurance Lawyers
  
• The Finnish Maritime Law Association (CMI)

Professional experience

Oscari Seppälä regularly advises clients on all aspects of international transport, tort, insurance, customs, and international trade law issues. In addition, Mr. Seppälä's areas of expertise include maritime, shipping, commercial, anti-bribery, tort, and sanctions law-related matters. Mr. Seppälä is a practicing maritime lawyer whose assignments encompass both international and domestic dispute resolution. He regularly litigates before the court.

Furthermore, Mr. Seppälä provides practical and holistic business-oriented legal advice. He also writes articles and lectures on subjects related to his areas of specialization.

In addition, he advises on Trade Compliance issues and conducts training for clients on transport law, sanctions, export and import licenses, the EU Customs Code, dual-use goods, and economic quotas affecting international trade. Mr. Seppälä has a decade of experience in all these areas.

He has worked at another leading Finnish law firm, in an international freight forwarding company, and as a Public Legal Aid Attorney. Mr. Seppälä earned a Master of Laws degree from the University of Helsinki and a European Lawyers diploma from the University of Edinburgh.