Finland’s largest purchasers of business law services confirmed Castrén & Snellman’s position as Finland’s most comprehensive full-service business law firm and forerunner of demanding legal services.
A total of 13 of our services were ranked among the three best in Finland in the newly published Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review 2022 client satisfaction survey. Clients assessed Castrén & Snellman to be Finland’s best law firm in the following five categories: Energy & Infrastructure, Public Procurement, Real Estate, Data Protection & Privacy and Employment.
‘It is rewarding to see that our legal expertise is recognised in numerous categories by our clients. This is the very core of legal advice and gives us the spark to build successful partnerships and our services with and for our clients. I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to our clients who participated in the survey for the recognition and trust’, says Castrén & Snellman’s Managing Partner Sakari Lukinmaa.
In addition to our high level of legal expertise and good personal client relationships, clients considered our particular strengths to be our strong brand and our ability to deliver large projects and build versatile teams, among other things.
The Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review survey is published annually. It focuses on the largest purchasers of legal services in Finland. This year, a total of 218 firms responded to the survey. Answers were provided by in-house counsel, CLOs and other management. The survey was carried out by Kantar Sifo between 26 October 2021 and 31 January 2022.
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