Emma Mäkelä Email & Phone Number

Helsinki, FI

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Heading Fondia group’s competency area/practice ’Contracts & Technology’ in Finland, Sweden, Lithuania and Estonia. Entitled to work on business development and legal service delivery for and with +20 lawyers in 4 different countries, where speciality areas include:- Data economy, data and AI- MedTech & Life Scinces - IT/ICT - Commercial contracts, R&D.

Delivering legal advice to companies, in particular related to:- commercial contracts- technology and R&D related legal aspects- supply chain management- distribution and re-sales- go-to-market activities - legal support in business development, growing international business and into new markets

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Legal Counsel and main Legal contact for Nordics based businesses and sites.Main responsibility for Finland operations having two sites, +800 employees, manufacturing and R&D center of excellence for ivd regulated medical devices for clinical diagnostics and laboratory consumables including e.g. Covid-19 test kit components. Member of Finland Country.

Finland - Nordics, EMEA North

Part of Corporate function’s EMEA Legal function as lawyer providing in-house legal support to businesses located in Nordic countries.Tasks included business related general legal advice, legal risk management, contracting and compliance support.In 2017-2017 I headed project to design and roll out contract automation solution to +10 business functions.

Hamilton, New Zealand

I was responsible to to review and advise on university's academic and research collaboration agreements for 9 faculties. I managed University’s academic contracts with ~50 external partners and coordinated negotiations internally and externally. I also lead organizing study program.I focused on creating and implementing harmonisations for internal.

Helsinki, Finland

I was responsible of review and decision making on statutory registrations notification of companies mergers and acquisitions (M&A), other restructurings, changes to company bodies. I gave legal advice to Trade Register clients on M&A related requirements. At PRH, I've gained strong analytical knowledge on companies act and statutory requirements in.

Hamilton, New Zealand

At NZ Red Cross I was a volunteer support person, and I worked on integrating refugee families to New Zealand. Tasks included enrolling kids and parents to school and medical care systems, into tenancy and supporting in daily tasks. I lead small team of volunteers by coordinating work tasks and shifts.

Helsinki, Finland

I've worked in few occasions as Legal Counsel Trainee during 2012-2013 at Trade Register. My tasks included registering establishment of new companies and reviewing statutory requirements had been met. I was approving company names, and e.g. searches on precluding trademarks.

Helsinki, Finland

I learned from corporate law and legislations such as Finnish Companies Act. My tasks included prosessing statutory Trade Register Notifications on changes in companies bodies and articles of associations.

Sydney, NSW Australia

I was a part-time/occasional legal assistant in an IT-company. I drafted NDAs, service level agreements, novations letter and did legal research.

Master Of Laws (Llm), International Law, Sea Law

Master's Thesis in International Law and International Sea Law: 'Human Rights of Suspected Pirates in International Counter-piracy.

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb)

International Law, Sea Law Intellectual Property

Undergraduate Law Studies, Overseas Exchange Program, Law

Activities and Societies: • Common Law Legal System, Juvenile Justice, International Relations • Participating in the University’s moot.

Minor Studies - Bachelor’S Degree Level, Engineering Economics

Strategic Leadership Research & Developmet Processes etc.