Purchasers of business law services ranked several of Castrén & Snellman’s services as the best in Finland in the Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review 2019 client satisfaction survey. Our firm received the top ranking in the categories of Energy & Infrastructure, Public Procurement, Real Estate, Data Protection & Privacy as well as Insolvency & Reconstruction. Altogether, the number of our firm’s services in the top two tiers increased.
12.2.2019
Clients Rank Five of C&S’s Services as Finland’s Best in Prospera Law Firm Review 2019
Clients listed the ability to deliver substantial projects, answer client needs in a timely manner and provide excellent service as particular strengths of Castrén & Snellman. In addition, clients highlighted leading the way in digital services as one of our strengths in a new category.
‘Substantial and challenging projects succeed when our extensive array of specialist expertise is strong in all business law services and cooperation runs smoothly across all branches of law. We are able to build the most successful teams for any project and ensure high quality and efficiency by combining our extensive array of specialist expertise. This has been the core of our strategy for a long time now, and the client feedback we have received tell us we are on the right track. I would like to thank our clients who participated in the survey for their feedback. This is an excellent foundation for use further develop our partnerships’, says Managing Partner Sakari Lukinmaa.
Castrén & Snellman’s services were placed in the top three ranks in a total of 13 categories:
The Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review survey is published annually. It focuses on the largest purchasers of legal service in Finland. This year answers from a total of 271 firms were received. Answers were provided by in-house counsel, CLOs and other management. The survey was carried out by Kantar Sifo between 30 October 2018 and 30 January 2019.
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