Finland’s largest purchasers of business law services ranked our legal expertise and the quality of our services highly in the Prospera Tier 1 Law firm Review 2021 published today.
Clients ranked seven of our services as the best in Finland in the freshly published survey. We are thrilled that our Employment service took the top spot this year. We maintained our number two position in the overall Best Legal Competence assessment. A total of eleven of our services were ranked as either the best or second best in their field.
‘Listening to our clients’ expectations is important to us, and this feedback is highly valuable. I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to all of our clients who took the time to respond to the survey’, said Managing Partner Sakari Lukinmaa.
Clients ranked Castrén & Snellman as Finland’s top law firm in the following areas:
Strengths Include Availability and Service, Personal Contacts and Ability to Deliver Large Projects
Clients saw our experts’ availability and service and our teams’ ability to deliver large projects as particular strengths of our firm. Castrén & Snellman’s strong brand and our lawyers’ good personal contacts with clients also received praise.
‘The survey gives us valuable information about our clients’ changing needs. We always act on the feedback we receive and further develop our services. These results show that our clients are satisfied, but that there is always room for improvement’, said Managing Partner Sakari Lukinmaa.
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 285 firms responded to the survey. The survey interviews in-house counsel, CLOs and other management. The survey was carried out by Kantar Sifo between 21 October 2020 and 20 January 2021.
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