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Maisa Nikkola

Maisa Nikkola

Europe 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Employment

Career

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.

Professional Memberships

Member in the Employment Law Expert Group of the Finnish Bar Association

Member of the Finnish Bar Association

Member of the Labour Law Association

Member of the EELA – European Employment Lawyers’ Association

Member of the Finnish Association for Human Resource Management HENRY

Member of the Finnish Franchising Association

Publications

Co-author of the book “Solutions for working life challenges” (J-Impact, 2012)

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Employment - Finland

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial
Maisa Nikkola assists clients with employment law agreements and terminations. She has further experience in lay-offs, working hour agreements and strikes.

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