Experience — Pekka Leskinen

Experiences

Wrote newsletters on data protection issues (GDPR, APPI)
Drafted and reviewed multi-million euro contracts for the partners - including but not limited to Share Purchases Agreements, Representative Director contracts and Claim Assignments
Keept meeting minutes for client meetings

Detailed Description

Short full-time internship at the Arqis Foreign Law Office before my exchange to South Korea.

Performed research to create reports and presentations on industries/companies to e.g. corporate venture capital
Advised CxOs of Finnish companies on market entry issues, introduced potential investors, gave information on Japanese market and business culture, introduced consultants and suggested and negotiated consulting assignments
Maintained customer contact information and relationship database (CRM) of close to 1000 contacts on Salesforce, increasing documented relationships by 348% over comparable time period
Coordinated ministerial and company delegation arrangements for groups of up to 50 people

Detailed Description

Full time half a year contract at the Tokyo office of Finpro, where I worked mostly with the Invest in Finland function due to my finance background.

Company Description

Finpro is Finland's national trade promotion organization that is active in export, investment and tourism promotion.

Drafted changes to supply contracts with foreign subsidiaries and other legal documents after management buyout
GDPR preparatory work: researched existing databases for types of personal data contained and participated in drafting guidelines for data collection
Performed market research on 7 new countries, saving over 20 000 € over 6 months by doing previously outsourced work in-house: analyzed market & segment sizes, product requirements, competitors and partner candidates etc.
Estimated global market potential, determined target market and created business plan targeting $2 million in revenue for a new product type

Detailed Description

Joined the export department as a full-time trainee to support the group's expansion to the Asian markets due to my Japanese skills. Also worked closely with the legal team due to my law background.

Company Description

Tikkurila is a leading Nordic paints and coatings manufacturer holding number 1 position in all of its main markets.

Editor in charge of a legal news magazine to 16 000 members of the Association of Finnish Lawyers
Editor on online legal database for approximately 400 yearly bill proposals and court of appeals cases
Lead a team of 5 in a content expansion project to online legal database covering 50+ years of supreme court cases

Company Description

Leading publisher of professional and legal literature as well as a training provider of the Association of the Finnish Lawyers

Pekka Leskinen