Castrén & Snellman’s dispute resolution team is delighted to have won two awards in the Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2019. The firm won Finnish Litigation Law Firm of the Year award and partner Anders Forss was named Finnish Litigation Lawyer of the Year. Castrén & Snellman was also the only Finnish law firm shortlisted for International Arbitration Firm of the Year. The awards were announced at the Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2019 in London on 15 May 2019.
16.5.2019
C&S Named Finnish Litigation Law Firm of the Year and Partner Anders Forss as Finnish Litigation Lawyer of the Year
A total of five Finnish law firms and lawyers were nominated for national awards. See the list of the winners.
The Benchmark Litigation Awards recognises the best firms, litigators and cases from 2018. All shortlisted firms and lawyers must show evidence of work on noteworthy cases and receive recommendations from their peers and clients. The nominees have been chosen using the research for the Benchmark Europe publication in the final quarter of 2018, with some supplementary surveys of lawyers and in-house clients and research in January and February 2019. This was Benchmark Litigation’s first awards ceremony in Europe.
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