Chambers High Net Worth Finland 2025: Castrén & Snellman top-ranked in the Private Wealth Law category

Chambers High Net Worth Finland 2025: Castrén & Snellman top-ranked in the Private Wealth Law category

We offer comprehensive advice in the fields of wealth management and marital property and inheritance law, combining tax aspects and family-law related risk management.

As a trusted partner for owner-entrepreneurs, family-owned businesses, and wealthy private individuals, our clients enjoy seamless, one-stop access to all the legal advice they need, ensuring that the strategic understanding of how they want their wealth to be managed remains crystal clear at all times.

When it comes to planning a business succession and the related ownership strategy, our support helps you identify how to pass on your business to the next generation in a viable way that respects the family’s wishes. We draft documentation under family law and contract law to prepare for situations where life doesn’t go according to expectations. We also update such documentation after a business transaction if the seller has acquired a substantial fortune as a result of the sale.

Advising estates on matters related to inheritance and estate taxation is another area of our expertise. We assist parties to an estate in resolving inheritance disputes and settling issues that are open to interpretation. We will also help you with taxation issues by applying for preliminary rulings and other pre-emptive guidance from the Tax Administration and by representing you in potential tax disputes. In tax-related administrative procedures, we screen all matters in advance to avoid any risk of criminal proceedings that may arise due to factors such as reporting errors.

We also offer support for all your other business legal needs from corporate governance to M&A and beyond. Your trusted personal advisor will act as your single point of contact and compile a team of experts with comprehensive legal insight and close contacts with business life to match your specific needs. We also work in close collaboration with major banks and asset management companies.

Our clients appreciate our straightforward and practical approach and our ability to explain legalese in plain language. Our expertise has also received international recognition: Chambers High Net Worth Finland Guide 2024 has ranked our team in Band 1 for Private Wealth Law.

Our services include

  • Wealth management planning
  • Planning and execution of ownership structures
  • Structuring and carrying out succession in a family business
  • Marital property and inheritance law related tax matters
  • Applications for preliminary ruling and other pre-emptive guidance
  • Tax litigation

Latest references

We advised CapMan Real Estate in the acquisition and financing of a high-quality residential asset located in Katajanokka, Helsinki.  The asset was acquired from the Finnish Seamen’s Service Bureau (MEPA).  The property consisting of 38 modern rental apartments with a parking garage was completed in 2017. The building features high-quality construction, modern floorplans, and well-designed communal areas including a gym and rooftop sauna premises, and blends with the area’s historic maritime character. The residential asset is located in the prestigious Katajanokka seaside district of central Helsinki, known for its architectural heritage and proximity to the city centre. The property has a high ESG profile which will be further improved by CapMan Real Estate.
Case published 6.11.2025
We are acting as legal adviser to Stena Line on its acquisition of NLC Ferry Ab Oy (Wasaline), strengthening Stena Line’s position in the Baltic Sea and enabling it to take over operations of the ferry route between Umeå in Sweden and Vaasa in Finland. The acquisition further strengthens Stena Line’s position as one of the leaders in sustainability within the ferry industry and enhances the company’s access to alternative fuels whilst providing a strong intermodal transport link towards Gothenburg and Trelleborg, and onwards to the European continent. NLC Ferry, operating under the auxiliary name Wasaline, were owned by Kvarken Link, a company jointly owned 50/50 by the cities of Umeå and Vaasa. Wasaline is the world’s northernmost shipping company, operating daily passenger and freight services between Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden, and is the first carbon-neutral ferry operator in the Baltic Sea with its hybrid vessel, Aurora Botnia, which runs on biogas and batteries. Stena Line is one of Europe’s leading ferry operators, with 20 routes across the continent. The company is family-owned, was founded in 1962 and is headquartered in Gothenburg, with 6,550 employees and an annual turnover of 19.6 billion SEK. The transaction is conditional to the approval of the respective municipal councils of Umeå and Vaasa as well as customary closing conditions such as authority approvals. The completion of the transaction is expected to take place in the beginning of the year 2026. Castrén & Snellman is collaborating with CMS Wistrand, Stena Line’s advisor on Swedish law matters in connection with the transaction.
Case published 4.11.2025
We advised Prisma Properties in a real estate transaction in which the company acquired a retail property in Helsinki from Hartela.  The acquired property was built specifically for the discount retailer Jula. Completed in October 2025, the property is modern and very energy-efficient, and it is fully leased to Jula under a 10-year lease agreement. The property located in the Konala district, adjacent to the busy Ristikko shopping centre, spans 2,600 square metres. Prisma Properties is a fast-growing developer and long-term owner of modern properties for discount retail, grocery retail, and quick-service restaurants. The company operates across the Nordics and manages a property portfolio valued at approximately EUR 650 million, primarily consisting of newly developed properties with long lease agreements.
Case published 29.10.2025
We advised SRV Group Plc in its sale of SRV Infra Ltd to Kreate Ltd. The completion of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals. The parties expect the transaction to be closed by the end of 2025. SRV, established in 1987, is a Finnish developer and innovator in the construction industry. The company is listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. In 2024, SRV’s revenue totalled EUR 745.8 million.
Case published 27.10.2025