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.

Latest news

4.12.2024 Spotlight on Finnish arbitration expertise: Castrén & Snellman is proud to support Vis Moot 2.12.2024 Castrén & Snellman recognised as a commended law firm in Northern Europe by The Lawyer 8.11.2024 Castrén & Snellman named Law Firm of the Year in Finland at the Lexology Index Awards 2024

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Gasum – Acquisition of Hærup Biogas

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Helkama-Autokauppa – Acquisition of Škoda Dealerships in Helsinki and Tampere

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