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Sonja W

Legal Director I General Counsel I Chief Compliance Officer I HHJ I Certified Human Leader

About Me

Legal Director with extensive experience from many industries. Key strengths: contracts, corporate law, corporate governance, compliance, GDPR, AML (KYC) and leadership. Excellent communication and negotiation skills.

Jurisdiction

Finland

Experience

Seniority LevelDirector
Years of Experience20+ years
Current StatusActive
Head of Legal and ComplianceGF Money Oy
2025 - 2025

Establisment of legal and compliance units, defining roles and responsibilities of subordinates, creating "play book" and processes, secretary of the Board of Directors, coordinating legal affairs in foreign subsidiaries (Sweden, Spain), general legal advise to the owners, Board and business. More information, including key achievements, in LinkedIN and CV.

Head of Legal, Chief Compliance OfficerRetta (Realia) Group Oy
2019 - 2025

Leading legal and compliance units in Retta group and coordinating legal affairs of the foreing subsidiaries (Baltic, Sweden). Secretary of the Board of Directors, general legal advise to the owner (PE), Board and the business units. More information, including key achievements, in LinkedIN and CV.

Senior Legal Counsel (supervisory role and independent responsibility area)Fennovoima Oy
2016 - 2019

Responbility over legal with regards to the owner's scope (all other than nuclear business) and compliance within the company. One subordinate. See more information, including key achievements, in LinkedIN and CV.

Acting General CounselSponda Oyj
2014 - 2016

Acting General COunsel, responsible for insider register, big construction project with NCC (ownership of legal). More information in LinkedIN and CV.

General CounselAdven BSS Oy
2012 - 2014

Establisment and development of legal affairs after the company was sold out by Fortum. Secretary of of the Board of Directors, general legal advise to the owner (PE), Board and business. More information in LinkedIN and CV.

Legal CounselVAASAN OY
2007 - 2012

Responsibility for legal affairs in the VAASAN group of companies (including foreign subsidiaries in the Baltic countries and Sweden: I was sole legal counsel for the whole group). More information in LinkedIn and CV.

Tax consultantYritysverotoimisto ((Tax authority), Helsinki
2002 - 2007

Tax matters of companies, tax expert program (lenght: 3 years)

Assistant Legal CounselVaasan & Vaasan Oy
2000 - 2001

FTE with title Assistant Legal Counsel, for the last two years of my LLM studies. More information in LinkedIN and CV.

Education

Masters of LawUniversity of Helsinki
1996 - 2001

Certification

Total Certifications2

HHJ ( Certified Board Member)

Helsinki Central Chamber of Commerce

2025

Certified Human Leader

Helsinki Central Chamber of Commerce

2025

Skills

Core skills0
Languages4

Languages

Swedish
Russian
Finnish
English