Castrén & Snellman has been shortlisted as Member of the Year 2016 by Amcham Finland. The other two shortlisted firms are Hanken & SSE and Reaktor. The winner will be announced at Amcham’s open house event on 1 September 2016.
1.9.2016
Castrén & Snellman shortlisted as Member of the Year 2016 by Amcham Finland
A company can be nominated as Member of the Year if it is active throughout the community and supports Amcham’s business sessions and platforms providing its expertise, network, resources, and insights. Our firm has been an Amcham member since 2006 and actively participates and contributes in Amcham policy & legal committee work. In 2015 we were honored to host the Amcham women’s network event with Laura Schwartz. She shared her leadership lessons from the White House for a full house of interested audience members.
Amcham Finland is an international business-to-business network whose mission is to make Finland a more globally savvy and connected market. It has about 400 member companies. The full list of 2016 nominees can be viewed at http://amcham.fi/the-2016-amchampion-awards-nominees/
For further information, please contact:
Pekka Lehtinen
Heidi Malmberg
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