Lawyers

TRUST has a senior team of highly skilled lawyers with top expertise and long experience in their focus areas. We offer our services to all clients from start-ups to investors and large-scale corporate clients. The strenght of TRUST’s know-how and operating model is the focus on high quality and cost-effective management of assignments.

Janne Järvenoja

Counsel

+358 40 841 1048

Janne Järvenoja is a seasoned Finnish expert in legal technology, compliance, governance, and risk management, with a rare ability to bridge regulatory strategy, operational leadership, and modern technology. He has advised and led in highly regulated sectors including telecom, IT, SaaS, pharma, medical device and energy, working at the intersection of legal, ESG, and technology. With over two decades of experience, Janne has built and led companies, negotiated complex commercial and regulatory frameworks, and implemented governance systems for major players in Finland and internationally.

Janne has served as Compliance Officer and Legal Counsel at Elisa, supported Gartner's legal operations, and was Head of Legal at M-Files. He is the founder of NordCheck, a pioneering company focused on ESG and compliance system development. He currently advises a LegalTech AI startup on GRC innovations and compliance transformation. In these roles, he has supported AI and CLM procurement, regulatory integration, international transactions, and legal operations strategy. Janne holds Master of Laws degrees from both the University of Helsinki and the University of California, Berkeley. His expertise includes EU data and AI regulation, trade compliance, privacy, ESG (including CSRD and the EU Battery Regulation), and IP.

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Education

Helsingin yliopisto, OTK (OTM) 2000
UC Berkeley, LLM 2004, ASLA-Fulbright-stipendiaatti
Asianajotutkinto 2006

Memberships

Expertise

Past work

Elisa Oyj, Compliance Officer & Legal Counsel
NordCheck Oy, Founder & CEO
M-Files Oy, Head of Legal
Avanade, Director, Legal
Alekstra, Legal Counsel
Borenius, asianajotoimisto, Associate, asianajaja
Joensuun yliopisto, kv-yksityisoikeuden yliassistentti
Lakitoimisto Legitum, lakimies