Castrén & Snellman has been shortlisted for three different categories in the Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2020. As a firm, we have been nominated for both International Arbitration Firm of the Year and Finnish Litigation Law Firm of the Year for the second year running. Last year we won the award for Finnish Litigation Law Firm of the Year.
24.4.2020
Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2020: C&S Once Again Shortlisted for International Arbitration Firm of the Year
Anders Forss & Marko Hentunen
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Partners Anders Forss and Marko Hentunen have been nominated for Finnish Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year.
The Benchmark Litigation Awards recognises the best firms, litigators and cases from 2019. All shortlisted firms and lawyers must show evidence of work on noteworthy cases and receive recommendations from their peers and clients.
The nominees have been chosen using the research for the Benchmark Europe publication in the final quarter of 2019, with some supplementary surveys and research in January and February 2020. The winners will subsequently be announced via the Benchmark Europe website on Thursday 14 May 2020.
See the shortlist and more detailed research methodology here.
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