12.2.2019

Hanna Paloheimo and Sakari Salonen listed as WIPR Leaders 2019 in Finland

Castrén & Snellman’s Hanna Paloheimo and Sakari Salonen have been named as IP leaders in World Intellectual Property Review’s WIPR Leaders 2019 handbook. WIPR Leaders is a one-stop guide to the leading patent and trademark practitioners in the world.

Hanna Paloheimo, who leads our firm’s Life Sciences team, was ranked in the patent category. The head of our IP team, Sakari Salonen, was ranked in both the patent and the trademark categories.

The handbook lists over 1,500 intellectual property lawyers. To compile the list, WIPR contacted 12,000 IP professionals for peer nominations. In the evaluation, WIPR took into account the nominees’ practice history, industry expertise, notable cases, as well as any additional activities, such as writing and teaching responsibilities.

WIPR Leaders 2019 can be found here.