1.4.2019

C&S Shortlisted for three Categories in the Benchmark Litigation Awards 2019

Castrén & Snellman has been shortlisted for three different categories in the Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2019. As a firm, we have been nominated for International Arbitration Firm of the Year and Finnish Litigation Law Firm of the Year. Partner Anders Forss has been nominated for Finnish Litigation Lawyer of the Year.

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. The award ceremony will be held in London on May 15 2019. This is Benchmark Litigation’s first awards ceremony in Europe.

See the shortlist and more detailed research methodology here.

For further information, please contact:
Anders Forss
Marko Hentunen

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