BOWA In Your House

As your business grows, legal questions become part of everyday business.

A customer sends over a contract that needs to be signed tomorrow. You are hiring, restructuring or dealing with a difficult employment situation. A commercial relationship is not going as planned. You are entering a new market. A tax question comes up before an important decision.

At some point, handling all of this between the CEO, CFO, HR and Google stops making sense.

But hiring a full-time in-house lawyer may not make sense either.

BOWA In Your House gives you a legal team that knows your business – without building your own legal department.

We get to know your company, your business and your key contracts. When a legal question comes up, you know who to call – and you do not have to start from scratch every time.

Often, long before hiring one makes sense.

As a company grows, legal questions stop being isolated exceptions and become part of everyday business:

• a customer sends you their contract to sign
• you negotiate terms with an important business partner
• a difficult situation arises with an employee
• you are hiring or restructuring your workforce
• a customer makes a claim or a disagreement arises over the interpretation of a contract
• there are changes in the company’s ownership or decision-making
• the business expands internationally
• a tax question comes up that needs to be understood before a decision is made.

Without an in-house legal resource, these questions often end up on the desk of the CEO, CFO or HR.

When you hire an in-house lawyer, you get the expertise of one person. With BOWA In Your House, your company has access to the entire BOWA team. Each matter is handled by the lawyer with the right expertise for that particular situation.

We can help you with, for example:

• Contracts and commercial law
  Drafting and reviewing contracts, negotiations, general terms and conditions, subcontracting and cooperation agreements, and corporate law matters.
• Employment law
  Employment agreements, recruitment, organisational changes, termination of employment and challenging personnel situations.
• Disputes and claims
  Contract interpretation, claims and responses, negotiations and resolving disagreements before they develop into litigation.
• Taxation
  Corporate tax matters, personnel & expat taxation, VAT, international tax issues and dealing with the Finnish Tax Administration.

And when something bigger comes along – an acquisition, a significant contract negotiation or a dispute – you already have a familiar legal team that knows your business.

Good legal advice is not just about solving problems.

When we know your business, we can help identify legal issues before they become problems. A contract can be addressed before it is signed. An employment situation can be planned before decisions are made. Sometimes a dispute can be prevented with one well-timed phone call.

That is why In Your House is built around a long-term relationship.

The better we know your business, the faster and more practically we can help.

Your company has a dedicated contact person through whom your legal matters are handled.

When a question comes up, you do not need to work out which type of lawyer you need. Tell us what is happening – we make sure the matter reaches the right person.

Depending on your company’s needs, the service can include:

• day-to-day legal questions
• drafting and reviewing contracts
• legal input before business decisions
• employment law matters
• claims and disputes
• corporate law matters
• tax questions
• regular meetings with BOWA
• anticipating legal risks and upcoming needs.

Not every company needs the same level of legal support.

BOWA In Your House can therefore be tailored to the size, situation and legal needs of your business.