Castrén & Snellman’s Competition & Procurement team was once again ranked in the highest Elite category in the Global Competition Review (GCR) 18th edition, Finland.
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GCR 100 (2018): C&S Competition & Procurement Team Firmly in the Highest Elite Category
Anna Kuusniemi-Laine & Jussi Nieminen
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GCR highlights that our team is the largest competition group in the country with four full-time, dedicated competition partners: Sari Hiltunen, Anna Kuusniemi-Laine, Hannu Pokela and newly elected Jussi Nieminen. The team is rounded off with one senior counsel Johanna Lähde, four counsel, two senior associates and four other associates.
GCR also underlines that our firm is involved in Finland’s major private litigation cases, defending Valio in a follow-on actions stemming from abuse of dominance case; the raw wood case and the asphalt cartel follow-on action.
The GCR 100 – the guide to the world’s leading competition law and economics practices provides extensive qualitative analysis of antitrust groups in jurisdictions around the world.
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