Purchasers of business law services ranked several of Castrén & Snellman’s services as the best in Finland in the Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review 2018 client satisfaction survey. Our firm received the top ranking in the categories of Competition & EU Law, Employment, Public Procurement, Real Estate, Data Protection & Privacy as well as Insolvency & Restructuring.
20.2.2018
Several C&S’s Services Ranked First in Finland in Prospera Law Firm Review
‘A rapidly changing operating environment and demanding projects challenge us to put together assignment teams that bring together solid expertise from a number of different fields of law. By combining our extensive array of specialist expertise, we are able to build the most successful teams for any given situation and ensure that our clients’ needs are met. I would like to warmly thank our clients who participated in the survey for their trust and feedback, which provide us a strong foundation to further develop our partnerships’, says Managing Partner Sakari Lukinmaa.
Castrén & Snellman’s services were placed in the top three ranks in a total of 13 categories:
The Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review survey is published annually. This year it focused on the 195 largest purchasers of legal service in Finland. Answers were provided by in-house counsel, CLOs and other management. The survey was carried out by Kantar Sifo between 7 November 2017 and 7 February 2018.
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