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Katri Aarnio

Katri Aarnio joined Folks in April 2024. Prior to joining Folks, Katri worked in a global IT services company, by which she has extensive experience especially on negotiating contracts within the IT industry from the perspective of both private sector contracting and public procurements. In addition, Katri has supported in questions related to data privacy, managed corporate governance matters, created and documented company’s internal processes and handled tasks related to ethics reporting channels and the processing of reported ethics incidents. As an integral part of her work as a lawyer, Katri has supported business teams in close collaboration and participated in management meetings of a business unit, by which she has gained a comprehensive understanding of business.

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Katri assists clients especially in IT contracts and other contract law matters as well as in questions related to data privacy.

Key work experience: 

  • Legal Folks Oy, Counsel 2024 -

  • CGI Suomi Oy, Legal Counsel 2019-2024

  • CGI Suomi Oy, Legal Trainee 2018-2019

  • Keskinäinen työeläkevakuutusyhtiö Elo, Legal Trainee (Investments) 2016 and 2017

  • Roschier Asianajotoimisto Oy, Office Support Trainee 2016-2017

 

Education:

  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki 2019

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xamples of Katri’s projects:

  • Negotiated challenging ERP project agreements of large size and supported in creating sustainable commercial models for such projects

  • Negotiated important frame agreements for IT services, enabling stategic partnerships

  • Taken part in developing contract models for data protection and transfers of personal data

  • Supported in resolving IT contract disputes in good faith, avoiding the need for an external dispute resolution procedure and thereby enabling resource and cost savings for both parties

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