Maria Aholainen
Maria Aholainen
Maria advises our clients with privacy and data protection law, telecommunications law, and commercial contracts. She advises on all aspects of data protection issues, including multi-jurisdictional GDPR projects and data transfer projects, contract negotiations, data protection disputes, and strategic advice.
Prior to joining Hannes Snellman, Maria worked in a data protection group of a global law firm (2016–2022). Before transitioning into private practice in 2016, Maria worked as a lawyer at the Ministry of Transport and Communications and was responsible for data protection in electronic communications.
Maria is recognised as a rising star in the Legal 500 EMEA 2023, TMT and holds an international certification in privacy and data protection (CIPP/E) awarded by IAPP.
References
Parties
Cargotec Corporation and Kalmar Corporation
Transaction
Cargotec’s partial demerger and separation of Kalmar
Deal Value
Approx. EUR 2.0 billion (illustrative carve-out sales)
Role
Counsel to Cargotec Corporation and Kalmar Corporation
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Mikko Heinonen
Annemari Rosi
Linnea Lehtonen
Tommi Kovero
Claes Backström
Charlotta Palm
Julius Lempiäinen
Heikki Vesikansa
Harri Vehviläinen
Isabella Kartila
Anton Falkenberg
Anna-Emilia Vuorenmaa
Markus Bremer
Janne Veneranta
Josefina Aalto
Jesper Nevalainen
Panu Siitonen
Lasse Riski
Maria Aholainen
Wilhelm Sanmark
Simon Mittler
Johanna Haltia-Tapio
Annika Sillanpää
Oona Eerola
Essi Svartling
Noora Britschgi
Päivi Tammilehto
Monika Parkkinen
Anni Nohteri
Counsel to a Finnish delivery company in an appeal under GDPR to the Helsinki Administrative Court and the Supreme Administrative Court in Finland *
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Seconded Counsel to an airline in a multi-jurisdictional privacy compliance project in Hong Kong aiming to achieve compliance with both GDPR and data protection law in Hong Kong*
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Counsel to a US-based technology company in a GDPR implementation project in Europe, including all mandatory GDPR documentation*
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Counsel to a media company in a contract and data transfer project*
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Counsel to a global IT company in a cross-border data transfer project (BCR project)*
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Rankings
- Rising Star, TMT, Legal 500, 2024
- “Counsel Maria Aholainen has notable expertise in data protection work.”, Legal 500 EMEA 2023, TMT
Memberships and Positions of Trust
- Member of the Finnish Bar Association
- Member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)
- Member of the Finnish IT Law Association
- Certified information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E)
Education and Professional Background
- Counsel, Hannes Snellman, Helsinki, 2022–
- Senior Associate, Bird & Bird Attorneys Ltd, 2019–2022
- Associate, Bird & Bird Attorneys Ltd, 2016–2022
- Senior Officer / Lawyer, The Ministry of Transport and Communications in Finland, 2015–2016
- Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2015
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2014
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Helsinki, 2013
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