Who’s Who Legal has named Castrén & Snellman Finland’s Law Firm of the Year. Our firm won the award for the third year in a row.
10.11.2023
Who’s Who Legal Awards 2023: Castrén & Snellman Law Firm of the Year in Finland
Each year Who’s Who Legal presents awards to the leading firms and individuals that have performed exceptionally well in their research. Thirty of our practitioners received high individual rankings in various practice areas this year.
GLOBAL ELITE THOUGHT LEADERS 2023
Thought Leaders are those individuals who have performed exceptionally well in Who’s Who Legal’s research, with only a small proportion of those considered selected. Only around 2% of all nominees are selected as Global Elite Thought Leaders.
The Global Elite Thought Leaders at Castrén & Snellman are:
Pekka Jaatinen: Restructuring & Insolvency
Tomi Kemppainen: Labour & Employment
Eija Warma-Lehtinen: Data – Data Privacy & Protection; Data – Data Security
Outi Tähtinen: Labour & Employment
THOUGHT LEADERS 2023
Sanna Honkinen: Labour & Employment
Tomi Kemppainen: Pensions & Benefits
Tuomas Lehtinen: Construction
Sakari Lukinmaa: Firm Management
Uwe Uusitalo: Construction
RECOMMENDED AND GLOBAL LEADERS 2023
Pekka Jaatinen: Corporate Governance; Restructuring & Insolvency
Sanna Honkinen: Labour & Employment; Pensions & Benefits
Tomi Kemppainen: Labour & Employment; Pensions & Benefits
Tuomas Lehtinen: Commercial Mediation; Construction
Outi Tähtinen: Labour & Employment; Pensions & Benefits
Uwe Uusitalo: Construction; Energy – Oil & Gas
Eija Warma-Lehtinen: Data – Data Privacy & Protection; Data – Data Security; Data – Information Technology; Telecoms & Media
Anders Forss: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation
Marko Hentunen: Arbitration; Commercial Litigation
Merja Kivelä: Capital Markets – Debt & Equity
Mikko Alakare: Corporate Tax – Advisory; Corporate Tax – Controversy
Sari Laaksonen: Corporate Tax – Advisory
Janne Juusela: Corporate Tax – Advisory
Carola Lindholm: Energy – Power/Electricity; M&A
Miika Pinomaa: Energy – Renewables
Samuli Tarkiainen: Energy – Power/Electricity
Heidi Malmberg: Environment
Anna Kuusniemi-Laine: Government – Government Contracts
Johanna Lähde: Government – Government Contracts
Nina Mikander: IP – Trademark Agents & Attorneys
Hanna Paloheimo: IP – Patents; Life Sciences – Patent Litigation; Life Sciences – Regulatory
Sakari Salonen: IP – Patents; IP – Trademarks
Suvi Kettunen: Labour & Employment
Vesa Rasinaho: Corporate Governance
Pauliina Tenhunen: Corporate Governance; Restructuring & Insolvency
Jan Örndahl: M&A
Niklas Langenskiöld: Transport – Shipping
FUTURE LEADERS – PARTNERS 2023
Jussi Nieminen: Competition
FUTURE LEADERS – NON-PARTNERS 2023
Jerker Pitkänen: Arbitration
See all the winners on the Who’s Who Legal website.
Who’s Who Legal identifies the foremost legal practitioners in multiple areas of business law every year. In total, the site features over 24 000 of the world’s leading private practice lawyers and 2,500 consulting experts from over 160 national jurisdictions.
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