Chambers Global has once again ranked Castrén & Snellman’s services among the top in Finland in its annual publication. The rankings place special emphasis on client feedback, supplemented by background information provided by law firms.
Castrén & Snellman was highly ranked in six categories in the Chambers Global Guide. Our dispute resolution team was the only one in Finland to receive Band 1 recognition in the category.
Dispute Resolution: Band 1
‘Castrén & Snellman is a market-leading law firm with strong expertise in arbitration and litigation. It has built a strong team capable of handling a large variety of complex matters.’
Banking & Finance: Band 1
‘The department possesses a very high level of knowledge in commercial terms and practical application of complex issues in contracts. Its response times and problem-solving attitude are second to none in the Finnish market.’
Capital Markets: Band 2
‘The team has excellent knowledge. The lawyers always put the client’s interests first and are fully aware of the current market situation.’
Corporate/M&A: Band 2
‘The team has excellent knowledge. The lawyers always put the client’s interests first and are fully aware of the current market situation.’
Intellectual Property: Band 2
‘Castrén & Snellman are amazing. Their advice is very pragmatic and adapted to our business needs. It comes with additional information and is detailed.’
International & Cross-Border Capabilities: Band 2
‘We don’t ask Castrén to help with anything but complex questions. The firm has strong ability to analyse which points should be taken care of and how we should prioritise them.’
Additionally, 13 of our experts in total received individual rankings from Chambers Global:
- Tero Tuomisto, Banking & Finance
- Sakari Lukinmaa, Banking & Finance
- Janne Lauha, Capital Markets
- Merja Kivelä, Capital Markets
- Jan Örndahl, Corporate/M&A
- Carola Lindholm, Corporate/M&A
- Marko Hentunen, Dispute Resolution
- Anders Forss, Dispute Resolution
- Tuomas Lehtinen, Dispute Resolution
- Jerker Pitkänen, Dispute Resolution
- Sakari Salonen, Intellectual Property
- Hanna Paloheimo, Intellectual Property
- Kim Parviainen, Intellectual Property
In addition to service-specific categories, Chambers separately evaluates the services of law firms in international assignments. The category recognises law firms that are the easiest to approach from the client’s perspective and offer the highest quality service when international expertise is required in the assignment. Chambers considers Castrén & Snellman as one of Finland’s leading law firms:
‘The law firm’s high-quality full-service team means it is a capable partner on cross-border matters across many areas of work including transactions such as leveraged buyouts, financing, M&A and dealing with foreign securities as well as disputes and arbitration.’
Humble thanks to all our clients who reviewed our services!
In addition to the Global directory, Chambers also publishes the Chambers Europe directory, which focuses more closely on lawyers representing different sectors in Finland. Both publications have ranked the services and experts of Castrén & Snellman among the best in Finland for years. You can learn more about the rankings on the Chambers Global website.
Castrén & Snellman shortlisted once again for Finland Law Firm of the Year in the Chambers Europe Awards 2024
Castrén & Snellman is nominated for Finland Law Firm of the Year in the Chambers Europe Awards 2024. Our firm has been repeatedly shortlisted as one of the top law firms in Finland.
These awards honour the work of national and international law firms across Europe on the basis of research for the upcoming edition of Chambers Europe. They recognise a law firm’s pre-eminence in key countries in the region. They also reflect notable achievements over the past 12 months including outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service.
Chambers & Partners has been surveying and ranking law firms for over 30 years. Its team of researchers conducts thousands of interviews with leading in-house counsel.
The award ceremony will be held in Paris on 25 April 2024.
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