Sanna Sipilä

I am an experienced business law expert with over 20 years of experience in domestic and international contract matters, corporate law, data protection, and corporate legal risk management. I have held demanding expert positions in industry, expert organizations, and research environments.

I assist our clients with a wide range of business law matters. My areas of expertise include domestic and international commercial contracts, corporate law, data protection, and contract and IPR issues related to research and development. I also have solid experience advising technology and industrial companies as well as universities and research institutions, conducting legal training, and developing contract templates and processes.

Before joining Norra, I worked as a legal advisor at a Big Four accounting firm and a large international law firm, where I was responsible for all aspects of our clients’ legal affairs, with a primary focus on contracts related to their day-to-day business operations. I have also served as a legal counsel and head of legal at a subsidiary of a publicly traded company, where I had global responsibility for the company’s legal affairs.

In addition to my Finnish law degree, I hold a postgraduate  degree from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands.

EDUCATION

Master of Laws, 1994, University of Turku, Finland

Trained on the bench, 1996, District Court of Oulu, Finland

Master of European and Comparative Law (LL.M), 1997, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands