Lexology Index Awards (previously known as Who’s Who Legal Awards) has named Castrén & Snellman Finland’s Law Firm of the Year 2024 on 7 November in London. Our firm won the award for the fourth year in a row.
8.11.2024
Castrén & Snellman named Law Firm of the Year in Finland at the Lexology Index Awards 2024
Lexology Index announced awards for the leading firms in over 70 jurisdictions to the leading firms and individuals that have performed exceptionally well in their research.
29 of our experts received high individual rankings in various practice areas this year. Thought Leaders are those individuals who have performed exceptionally well in Lexology Index’s research, with only a small proportion of those considered selected. Only around 5% of all nominees are selected as Index Global Elite Thought Leaders.
Index Global Elite Thought Leaders at Castrén & Snellman
- Pekka Jaatinen: Restructuring & Insolvency
- Tomi Kemppainen: Labour & Employment
- Jussi Nieminen: Competition Future Leaders
- Sakari Salonen: IP – Patents; IP – Trademarks
- Outi Tähtinen: Labour & Employment
- Eija Warma-Lehtinen: Data – Data Privacy & Protection; Data – Data Security
Index Thought Leaders
- Anders Forss: Commercial Litigation
- Tuomas Lehtinen: Construction
- Carola Lindholm: Energy – Power/Electricity; M&A
- Sakari Lukinmaa: Firm Management
- Nina Mikander: IP – Trademark Agents & Attorneys
Index Recommended and Future Leader
- Marko Hentunen: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation
- Merja Kivelä: Capital Markets – Debt & Equity
- Mikko Alakare: Corporate Tax – Advisory; Corporate Tax – Controversy
- Janne Juusela: Corporate Tax – Advisory; Corporate Tax – Controversy
- Samuli Tarkiainen: Energy – Power/Electricity
- Kim Parviainen: Data – Data Privacy & Protection
- Anna Kuusniemi-Laine: Government – Government Contracts
- Johanna Lähde: Government – Government Contracts
- Hanna Paloheimo: Life Sciences – Patent Litigation; Life Sciences – Regulatory
- Suvi Kettunen: Labour & Employment
- Jutta Nieminen: Labour & Employment
- Hilma-Karoliina Rozell (nee Markkanen): IP – Copyright
- Teresa Kauppila: Corporate Governance
- Elina Pesonen: Restructuring & Insolvency
- Vesa Rasinaho: Corporate Governance
- Pauliina Tenhunen: Corporate Governance; Restructuring & Insolvency
- Jan Örndahl: M&A
- Jerker Pitkänen: Future leader – Arbitration
See all the winners on the Lexology Index website.
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