Castrén & Snellman has won the title of Scandinavian Firm of the Year at the Women in Business Law Awards EMEA 2025. This is the fourth time our firm was given this recognition. The winners were announced in London on 25 June.
26.6.2025
Castrén & Snellman wins the Scandinavian Firm of the Year title at Women in Business Law Awards EMEA 2025
We are immensely proud of our accomplishments and the recognition of our ongoing efforts towards gender equality and diversity. We want to ensure that our employees are treated equally and have equal opportunities.
The Women in Business Law Awards recognise leading women for their contributions to the practice of business law along with the firms that have developed the most progressive initiatives towards diversity and inclusion from throughout the region.
Four of our experts were nominated in their respective fields:
- Eveliina Tammela: Lawyer of the Year, White Collar Crime
- Eija Warma-Lehtinen: Lawyer of the Year, Privacy & Data Protection
- Piia Raappana: Rising Star, Intellectual Property
- Jenni Korhonen: Rising Star, Tax
The Women in Business Law EMEA awards are granted to law firms as recognitions of their efforts in helping women to advance in the legal profession in the EMEA region. The WIBL Awards are organised in cooperation with IFLR, ITR, Managing IP, Benchmark Litigation and Euromoney Legal Media Group Expert Guides. Click here to read more.
Read more about our in our equality and inclusion work in our Sustainability report.
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