4.11.2024

Law student, apply now for the most popular traineeship of the summer!

Join us at Castrén & Snellman for the summer of your life! We are looking for junior trainees for the summer of 2025.

Castrén & Snellman is a law firm of around 300 people. We are a forerunner of sustainability in the legal services industry, enabling our clients to build sustainable success stories. We are driven by the spark to provide the best legal service in Finland and to be the best workplace in the legal sector. Our hope is that our trainees share our values – the Spark, Respect, Courage and Responsibility – and contribute to our excellent team spirit.

For more information on our trainee programmes and working with us, please visit our Careers page and social media channels. You can also find answers to frequently asked questions about trainee programmes in our FAQ.

Take a look at the daily work of our trainees in our Instagram stories.

You can see our trainees at work on Instagram by following the series called Students takeover. You will also have the opportunity to ask our trainees Heikki and Senni about their experience as a summer trainee.

Apply for a summer trainee position by 20 November and come join us in building sustainable success stories! You can access the job add here.

Castrén & Snellman was the most attractive employer in the entire Finnish legal sector in the Universum Student Survey for the second year in a row. We have been the most popular private sector employer among law students for sixteen years running, ever since the survey was first conducted in 2008. This is the third time we were number one in the entire legal sector. The annual survey maps out the employer brand of companies in various fields among students. Read more here.

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Latest references

HANZA – Acquisition of Fortaco Finland’s heavy mechanics and assembly business

We are acting as Finnish legal advisor to HANZA in connection with its acquisition of Fortaco Finland’s heavy mechanics and assembly business. The transaction is structured as a combined asset and share acquisition and includes Fortaco Finland’s heavy mechanics and assembly operations in Finland, as well as shares in two Estonian and two Polish subsidiaries. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. Founded in 2008, HANZA is a Swedish mechanical engineering and electronics contract manufacturing company listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm main list. HANZA has approximately 5,000 employees and annual sales of SEK 10 billion. We advise HANZA on this transaction in collaboration with the Swedish law firm Lindahl.

RevolutionRace – Acquisition of ICANIWILL

We acted as Finnish counsel to RVRC Holding AB (RevolutionRace) in its acquisition of 90.1% of the shares in ICANIWILL AB (ICIW). Mannheimer Swartling (Sweden) acted as lead counsel for RevolutionRace. ICIW, founded in Sweden in 2012, is a Swedish training apparel brand. RevolutionRace is a fast-growing Swedish outdoor brand offering multifunctional products to people with an active lifestyle. The company operates with a digital D2C business model reaching customers in approximately 40 countries. The company is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm since 2021.

Special investment fund managed by Mandatum – Sale of PMK Building

We advised a special investment fund managed by Mandatum on the sale of the PMK Building, a mixed-use commercial property located in Tammela, Tampere. The property hosts dozens of tenants and offers, inter alia, warehouse, production and office premises.

Suominen Corporation – Rights Issue

We advised Suominen Corporation in connection with its rights issue. The offering was oversubscribed, and the company raised gross proceeds of approximately EUR 28 million. We also advised Suominen in connection with the renegotiation of the terms of the company’s three-year EUR 100 million syndicated credit facility, under which the maturity was extended and headroom was added to the financial covenants. “I would like to thank our shareholders for their support and confidence in Suominen’s future. The completion of the Offering will enable us to accelerate the implementation of our Full Potential Program while strengthening our capital structure. Our transformation particularly focuses on enhancing the reliability and efficiency of our production and supply, and on reinforcing our commercial capabilities, allowing us to better meet the expectations of our customers and shareholders”, comments Charles Héaulmé, President and CEO of Suominen. Suominen is a nonwovens manufacturer operating in global markets. Suominen creates value by taking fiber raw materials and turning them into nonwovens that the company’s customers convert into both consumer and professional end products. Suominen’s vision is to be the frontrunner for nonwovens innovation and sustainability. Suominen’s net sales in 2025 were EUR 412.4 million and the company has almost 700 professionals working in Europe and in the Americas. Suominen’s shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

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