Calling all M&A and listed company governance legal experts!

Does your strongest legal expertise cover M&A, listed company governance, and potentially also financing arrangements? Do you thrive in a fast-evolving corporate environment? Do you find meaning in working with learning and media?

If you are thinking YES, please keep reading, because you could be the lawyer we are looking for to join Sanoma as the group’s new Senior Corporate Legal Counsel!

In this new role, you will join a Group-level legal team and report to the Chief Legal Officer of Sanoma. In total, a team of 20+ legal professionals support Sanoma’s group-level, learning and media operations.

Your main areas of responsibility will be:

1) Listed company governance

You will support in general company law, listed company governance and securities market regulations related topics. For example, you will ensure that actions based on Sanoma’s annual governance clock are prepared and managed in a timely manner, advise the Board, the Executive Leadership Team members, and other relevant colleagues in disclosure obligations under MAR and arrange the general meetings of Sanoma Corporation in cooperation with the Chief Legal Officer, Paralegal, and external legal support.

2) M&A projects

As a proactive deal-team member, you will identify, assess and deal with legal exposures Sanoma faces in M&A projects. For instance, you will review, draft, and negotiate transaction documents in line with prevailing group policies and procedures and ensure that necessary post-closing actions are in place and integration activities planned and executed. Should transactions related disputes arise, you will also manage these.

3) Financing transactions

You will play an active role in loan agreement negotiations and other financing transactions, and provide ongoing legal support to Sanoma’s Treasury function.

In addition, you will follow the regulatory development in your respective areas of responsibility and analyze the impact of expected and actual changes. You will also develop trainings, tools, and templates, and engage and interact with outside counsels (including cost management). If you have demonstrated leadership skills or show strong potential for a managerial position, you can also work as a manager for an experienced Paralegal based in Helsinki.

Sanoma’s team works based on a flexible hybrid working policy combining a few days per week on-site with the option to work remotely. This role is based in Sanoma’s HQ located in central Helsinki, Finland. Occasional travel may be required mostly connected to M&A projects.

This role would be ideal for a legal professional who:

🔹 has a Finnish legal degree and a strong command of listed company governance and M&A – previous exposure to financing transactions is an asset, but not a necessity.

🔹 has at least 6 years of relevant post-graduate experience e.g. from a business law firm, consultancy team or from an inhouse legal role; we are looking for an expert who can liaise with executive-level stakeholders in a confident and reliable manner.

🔹 is a precise communicator and keeps their cool under pressure.

🔹 is resilient and adaptive – Sanoma’s business environment evolves constantly, and we are looking for an individual who enjoys the ride!

🔹 is fluent in Finnish and English – other language skills are a plus.

Sanoma offers you:

🔹 A strategic role: You will work closely with the Board and executive management with the aim to ensure that their strategic decision-making runs both smoothly and in line with the regulatory requirements and corporate policies.

🔹 An active M&A pipeline: Sanoma Learning has significant headroom and ability to undertake acquisitions to enlarge the geographic footprint, to upweight Sanoma’s position in an existing geography or offering, or to take Sanoma into a logical Learning adjacency in geographies they know well. This should equal to exciting projects for an M&A lawyer!

🔹 An evolving environment: Over 20 years, Sanoma has grown through acquisitions in K12 learning across Europe and by leading the successful shift to digital media in Finland. From a lawyer’s perspective, you can expect an environment that asks you to constantly pick up your speed and develop.

🔹 A meaningful business & unparalleled events: Sanoma’s team members take pride in promoting high-quality learning solutions and media offering. In addition, the artist line-up of Sanoma’s annual pre-Christmas party is undefeated – this is your ticket to join the next one!

Sanoma impacts the lives of millions of people every day by working hard to equip the world with the highest-quality learning resources, independent media and local entertainment. The group consists of two strong and focused businesses: a leading European K12 education business and a market-leading cross-media business in Finland. Sanoma aims to further strengthen its #1 position in European K12 learning services while looking for selective growth globally through a disciplined M&A approach. Within the group’s Finnish media business, Sanoma will continue its successful digital transformation. Read more about Sanoma here!

Interested? Send us your CV and cover letter no later than on Sunday 10 May 2026. If you would like to discuss the position in more detail, feel free to reach out to Minjon’s recruitment consultant Vilma Suomi (+358 50 360 5134 or vilma.suomi@minjon.fi).