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Wärtsilä Legal Hackathon: Case Study

October 2019
ManagementIT

Abstract

Global in-house legal counsel team embracing innovation and digitalisation. Someone might think that Legal would not be among the first organisations to embrace innovation and digitalisation but luckily in the Finnish company, Wärtsilä Corporation, it is just the opposite. Wärtsilä’s Legal Affairs has really taken the 185-year old company’s ongoing digital transformation close to their heart and has been active by coming up with their own Legal Hackathon.

Authors

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Sam Ong
Legal Counsel for the Middle East and Asia, Wärtsilä Singapore Pte, Singapore

Sam Ong, MPA., LL.B., is a Legal Counsel for the Middle East and Asia at Wärtsilä since August 2017. He covers marine and services types of contracts and provides legal and compliance advice in complexed cross-border transactions. He was previously with the Attorney General’s Chambers (Singapore) and had conducted numerous trials as an Assistant Public Prosecutor after he was gazetted to prosecute on behalf on the Attorney General. Sam obtained a LL.B degree with the University of London, and a MPA at the Lee Kuan Yew school of Public Policy, NUS. He recently completed mediation training at the Supreme Court of Singapore.

Nathalia Meyer
Regional Legal Counsel, Wärtsilä Corporation, China

Nathalia Meyer, LL.M., LL.B., solicitor, is a Regional Legal Counsel for the Americas at Wärtsilä. Nathalia has worked with Wärtsilä since June 2017; focusing on energy and services contracts and litigation in Portuguese and Spanish speaking countries, responsibilities include the provision of legal advice in high complexity cases, day-to-day drafting, reviewing and negotiation of agreements, ongoing tactical advice and support in general commercial matters and transactions, including compliance matters. She previously worked with leading law firms in Brazil. She obtained a LL.M. degree at Columbia University School of Law in New York/USA and a LL.B. degree at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil.

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Matteo Iles
Legal Counsel - MPS & Sourcing, Wärtsilä Corporation, Italy

Matteo Iles, Legal Counsel (University of Trieste, Italy – Department of Law). Matteo has been working with Wärtsilä since 2016, first as Associate Legal Counsel for Services, Area South Europe and Africa and, from January 2019 as Legal Counsel within Marine Legal Affairs, are South Europe and Caspian Sea. Matteo previously worked as trainee lawyer in law firms in Italy and has a specialization in International Contract Law. Fields of expertise: international transactions and negotiations, claims handling, corporate governance, agency, brokers and distributorship agreements and procurement.

Mia Kärkinen
Senior Legal Counsel, Wärtsilä Corporation, Singapore

Mia Kärkinen, L.L.M. (University of Helsinki), is a Senior Counsel at Wärtsilä. Mia has worked with Wärtsilä since 2007 and she’s currently working for the Energy Services business unit, focusing on the development of life-cycle service solutions for Wärtsilä’s Energy customers globally. Previously, she was working for Wärtsilä in Dubai and Singapore where she led the legal team in the Middle East & Asia, Services business unit.

Companies

Wärtsilä Singapore Pte

Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2018, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

Wärtsilä Corporation

Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2018, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

Wärtsilä Corporation

Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2018, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

Wärtsilä Corporation

Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2018, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

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