The GAR 100 list, published by the Global Arbitration Review, recognised Castrén & Snellman’s dispute resolution team as one of the world’s leading international arbitration practices for the fifth consecutive year.
27.3.2024
Castrén & Snellman ranked among the best international arbitration law firms in The GAR 100
Our experts Anders Forss, Marko Hentunen, Tuomas Lehtinen, Ilona Karppinen, Jerker Pitkänen and Teemu Auressalmi were singled out for praise.
We thank our clients who gave their valuable feedback! Our Dispute Resolution team was characterised as ‘truly international’, providing ‘high standard advice with personable, pragmatic service’.
The GAR 100, now in its 17th edition, is an annual guide to international arbitration that lists the world’s leading international arbitration practices. The criteria used in the GAR 100 survey are reputation, experience, the amount of work undertaken and the monetary value of the cases.
The GAR 100 highlighted our long history, arbitration skills and extensive record of successful cases. Read the full review here.
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Suomen Aurinkovoima – Financing arrangement to build solar parks
Castrén & Snellman acted as legal advisor to Suomen Aurinkovoima Oy and its owners in a financing tender process and a financing arrangement implemented with Danske Bank to secure financing for the company’s future solar park projects. Suomen Aurinkovoima, established by Oulun Seudun Sähkö, Oulun Energia, Vantaan Energia and Savon Voima, is a company focused on increasing domestic solar power. The company manages solar park projects from planning to implementation and maintenance, and its goal is to build dozens of new solar parks across Finland by 2030.
Case published 22.10.2025
DNB Bank ASA – Lease and development of premises
We advised DNB Bank ASA in its agreement with Fennia Mutual Insurance Company on the development and lease of the premises at Fabianinkatu 8, Helsinki. With the lease agreement, DNB Bank ASA will focus all its Finnish operations at the Fabian 8 office. The other tenants at the renewed premises will be DNB Carnegie Investment Bank AB’s Finnish operations and DNB Auto Finance Oy. In connection with the long-term lease agreement, the parties also agreed on a major renovation project to completely refurbish the premises. The object of lease will be completed in the second half of 2027.
Case published 10.10.2025
Yellow Film Studios – Merger of Yellow Film Studios and REinvent Studios
We advised Yellow Film Studios, the largest independent film and television production company in the Nordics, in its strategic merger with Danish film industry sales and financing studio REinvent Studios. Together they form Reinvent Yellow, a unified hub for television and film production, sales, financing and innovation, combining over three decades of production experience and a vast catalogue of titles.
Case published 8.10.2025
International reinsurance companies – Ad hoc arbitration proceedings
We successfully represented a panel of reinsurance companies in an international ad hoc arbitration. The dispute arose out of a reinsurance treaty under the terms of which the reinsurers had reinsured a portfolio of risks underwritten by the cedent. The parties disagreed as to whether the reinsurance provided coverage for a certain loss that had occurred because of the market turmoil caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The case involved highly complex legal and contractual questions requiring special expertise on reinsurance law and practice. The arbitral tribunal rejected the counterparty’s claims for reinsurance compensation against our clients in full. The amount in dispute was approximately EUR 34 million.
Case published 16.9.2025