We are happy to announce that Castrén & Snellman has promoted Hanna Paloheimo and Rickard Langenskiöld from counsel to senior counsel and Christer Svartström from senior associate to counsel as of 1 April.
1.4.2022
Hanna Paloheimo and Rickard Langenskiöld Promoted to Senior Counsel and Christer Svartström to Counsel
Christer Svartström, Hanna Paloheimo & Rickard Langenskiöld
Life Sciences and IPR Expert Hanna Paloheimo Promoted to Senior Counsel
Hanna is the head of our Life Sciences service. Her practice covers patent litigation, pharmaceutical regulatory matters, food law and health technology, commercial agreements such as licensing and distribution agreements, and marketing law. Besides her law degree, Hanna holds a Master of Sciences degree in genetics, which provides additional insight in meeting the needs of life science, pharmaceutical, and health technology companies.
Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, Legal 500 EMEA and IAM Patent 1000, to name but a few, rank Hanna among Finland’s leading attorneys.
Rickard Langenskiöld, Expert in Contract Law, International Trade and Compliance, Promoted to Senior Counsel
Rickard specialises in contract law and international trade, with a focus on strategic projects. Rickard also advises our clients in compliance-related issues and has a great deal of experience of corporate investigations related to, e.g. anti-corruption issues, fraud or competition law infringements. Rickard is also ranked as one of Finland’s leading experts in shipping and transport law.
A large part of Rickard’s work relates to the logistics sector or the related manufacturing industry, such as shipbuilding projects and sale and purchase of machinery, equipment and services.
Insolvency Expert Christer Svartström Promoted to Counsel
Christer advises our clients in matters concerning insolvency and risk management. He has broad experience of corporate insolvency proceedings as a representative of both bankruptcy and restructuring administrations and that of creditors, as well as of advising companies in financial distress. Christer also handles insolvency-related disputes in court.
In addition to insolvency proceedings, Christer advises our clients on insolvency-related risk management and on various serious disturbances in financing and other arrangements, starting from preparing for such disturbances to mitigating their effects and, e.g. enforcement proceedings.
We warmly congratulate our colleagues and wish them all the best in their new positions!
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