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

14.3.2025 C&S Contributes to the 2024 Nordic Survey on Challenging Arbitral Awards 28.2.2025 Castrén & Snellman shortlisted for the Employment & Labour Award at the Lexology European Awards 2025 26.2.2025 Trainee application period for autumn 2025 is now open!

Latest references

OP Corporate Bank – Real estate financing arrangement

We advised OP Corporate Bank plc in a real estate financing arrangement relating to DHL Express logistics centre under construction near Helsinki Airport. In the arrangement Nrep (acting on behalf of NSF III Fund) and Pontos Group acquired Finavia’s stake of DHL Express logistics centre under construction. LEED Platinum certification will be applied for the project, and as a result of the certification, the facility is contemplated to qualify as a green loan after the construction completion date.

Gasum – Chartering a new bunker vessel

We advised Gasum in chartering a new LNG and bio-LNG bunker vessel. The vessel called Celsius will serve Gasum’s customers starting 2027. The investment is part of Gasum’s strategy to secure the availability of LNG and bio-LNG to its customers in the Northwestern European area as demand increases in the coming years. Gasum is a Nordic gas sector and energy market expert. Gasum offers cleaner energy and energy market expert services for industry and for combined heat and power production as well as cleaner fuel solutions for road and maritime transport. The company helps its customers to reduce their own carbon footprint as well as that of their customers. Sirius is a Swedish shipping company founded by the Backman family. Sirius operates 11 product/chemical tankers and 2 LNG tankers and has a further 3 product/chemical tankers under commercial management.

Castren & Snellman Ebrands funding round

eBrands – Funding round

We assisted eBrands Holdings Oy in its latest funding round, during which the company raised 7.5 million euros. The new funding brings the company’s total raised capital to 50 million euros. The latest funding round was mainly led by the family investment company Veikko Laine, Varma Pension Fund, and operational shareholders. The funding will be used to develop eBrands’ AI-based Apollo market growth tool, which helps brands expand into sixty different markets and sales channels without local infrastructure or heavy investments. eBrands is an export platform that grows consumer brands globally through e-commerce and major retail channels. Specializing in the US and European markets, eBrands enables brands to internationalize with an export service model that reduces the risk and complexity associated with expansion by leveraging advanced technology. Founded in 2020, the Helsinki-based company’s team includes 75 people, and the company’s revenue exceeds 35 million euros.

Nrep – EUR 100 million construction project in Herttoniemi, Helsinki

We advised the real estate investor and developer Nrep in a EUR 100 million construction project in Helsinki, which combines build-to-rent housing and care homes within the one scheme. A fund managed by Nrep (NSF V) purchased the plot of land in Herttoniemi, Helsinki and subsequently secured planning consent to deliver a hybrid living scheme. The modern complex will offer high-quality housing and care facilities for the elderly alongside rental accommodation. We advised Nrep in both the purchase of the plot and the contracting of the care and housing complex. A total of 425 apartments and 108 care homes will be delivered across four buildings on the site. Construction is scheduled to begin in autumn 2025, with delivery targeted in 2028. The project will be implemented in accordance with Nrep’s principles of sustainable construction. The buildings will be equipped with solar panels, geothermal heat will be used throughout, and low-emission green concrete and steel will be used as materials.

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