Lawyers

Lawyers

Working as a lawyer at Castrén & Snellman

As a lawyer at Castrén & Snellman, you will advise our domestic and international clients in Finland’s most significant and challenging assignments.

We employ over 170 lawyers and members of the Finnish Bar Association. We are a full-service law firm, which means that you will have the opportunity to help clients operating in a wide range of industries with various types of assignments from mergers and acquisitions to dispute resolution and advice on energy solutions. You will have extensive opportunities to develop your professional skills. For lawyers, these can include a secondment at a client company or court training.

Lawyer’s career path

As a freshly graduated associate, you will assist in client projects as you develop your expertise and grow into more demanding tasks.

Once you have passed the bar exam and have at least four years of work experience after completing you Master of Laws degree, you will take on more responsibility for managing assignments and client relationships as a senior associate. Later on, you can move on in your career to the positions of counsel, senior counsel or partner.

Come help us build sustainable success stories.

Career stories

These are some of the people behind sustainable success stories

International deals are usually extensive and challenging as they involve several jurisdictions. It is particularly critical to see the big picture, which is often extensive and complex. But that is the appeal.

Benjamin Bade

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We have low team boundaries, which makes us a genuine full-service firm. We have been successful in highly demanding projects that require a wide range of expertise. Our warm work community, meaningful work and the clients I get to work with are what drive me forward.

Minna Korhonen

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The people here are straightforward, and so is the office culture. There is no unnecessary hierarchy. The work can be hectic at times, but when things get busy, the spirit of getting things done together and a healthy dose of humour help. My colleagues are driven top experts in their fields and always available to bounce ideas back and forth with.

Christer Svartström

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