For the third consecutive year, Castrén & Snellman’s dispute resolution team was recognised as one of the world’s leading international arbitration practices in the GAR 100 list published by the Global Arbitration Review. Our experts Marko Hentunen, Anders Forss, Tuomas Lehtinen, Niklas Langenskiöld and Jerker Pitkänen were singled out for praise. The GAR 100 is now in its 15th edition.
10.8.2022
Castrén & Snellman ranked among top international arbitration law firms for third time running
Anders Forss, Jerker Pitkänen, Marko Hentunen & Tuomas Lehtinen
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The GAR 100 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, amount of work undertaken and the monetary value of the cases. Our dispute resolution team is very proud of this recognition.
The GAR 100 highlighted our long history, arbitration skills and extensive record of successful cases and pointed out the following cases:
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