About
Number of partners: 32
Number of lawyers: 170
Managing partner: Sakari Lukinmaa
Firm overview:
Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd is a forerunner of demanding legal services, advising Finnish and international clients in M&A and other transactions, dispute resolution and the full scope of business law. The firm employs over 170 lawyers. Castrén & Snellman’s mission is to help their clients build sustainable success stories. Over 50% of Castrén & Snellman’s work is cross-border and it has global contacts with renowned law firms throughout the world. Founded in 1888, Castrén & Snellman is the oldest law firm in Finland.
Castrén & Snellman is a full-service law firm.
These are the main areas of practice:
Banking & Finance:
Corporate Lending, leveraged finance, debt capital markets, real estate finance, debt restructurings, asset finance and securitisation, project finance.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Capital Markets & Financial Regulation:
Debt capital markets, equity capital markets, financial instruments, financial regulation and compliance, fintech, impact investing, new forms of financing, public mergers and acquisitions, transactions in the financial sector.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected]
Competition & Procurement:
Cartels, dominance, competition and audits, merger control, state aid and competitive neutrality, market regulation
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
Data & Technology:
Data breaches & cyber threats, contracts & digital transformation projects, outsourcing, authority proceedings & disputes, regulatory & strategic advice, new technologies & business models.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Dispute Resolution:
Arbitration, litigation, enforcement, corporate crime, interim measures, mediation and adr, pre-dispute risk assessment.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Employment:
Employment law counselling, restructuring of labour, employment issues in M&A, outsourcing, employment disputes, public sector employment and public servant law, occupational health and safety, employment offences, incentive schemes.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected]
Energy:
Energy solutions, energy infrastructure and distribution, energy markets.
Contacts: [email protected]
Environment, Energy & Green Transition:
Infrastructure and industrial projects, mining and natural resources, construction contracts, environmental liabilities and remediation actions.
Contacts: [email protected]
ESG & Corporate Sustainability:
ESG, compliance, corporate governance and management liability, Supply chain due diligence, ESG-related investigations, Sustainable transactions and ESG due diligence, Sustainable finance
Contacts: [email protected]
Governance & Compliance:
Compliance, corporate governance, directors’ liability, incentive, schemes, investigations.
Contact: [email protected]
Insolvency & Restructuring:
Voluntary restructuring, restructuring proceedings, bankruptcy proceedings, liquidation proceedings, enforcement of pledges, insolvency litigation, cross border insolvency proceedings.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected]
Insurance:
Insurance sector transactions and portfolio transfers, insurance regulation and compliance, insurance policies, claims and disputes, insurance restructurings and insolvencies.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Intellectual Property:
IP protection, Advertising & Marketing, IP agreements, IP disputes.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
International Construction & Projects:
Engineering and construction projects, construction contracts, project risk management, dispute resolution in construction projects, PPP and life cycle projects, industrial outsourcing.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Life Sciences:
Pharmaceuticals and medical devices, healthcare, food law, public procurement, IP disputes, data protection and privacy.
Contact: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Mergers & Acquisitions:
Strategic M&A advice and defence, acquisitions and divestments, public takeovers, cross-border transactions, structured auctions, buyouts, joint ventures.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Outsourcing:
IT outsourcing, business process outsourcing (bpo), industrial outsourcing.
Contact: [email protected], [email protected]
Private Equity & Venture Capital:
Fund formation and fund investments, buyouts, venture capital and minority investments, incentive schemes, outside legal counsel.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Public Sector Projects:
PPP and life cycle projects, public procurement, impact investing, state aid and competitive neutrality, PPP and life cycle projects, social and healthcare projects, publicity of documents and business secrets.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected]
Real Estate Investments & Transactions:
Real estate investments, property development.
Contacts: [email protected]
Shipping & Logistics:
Maritime, transport and logistics, ports, shipping and logistics dispute resolution, shipping and logistics advisory, maritime and transport insurance, maritime digitisation, ship and aircraft finance.
Contacts: [email protected]
Tax & Structuring:
Tax and corporate structuring, tax litigation, tax advisory.
Contacts: [email protected], [email protected]
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Provided by Castrén & Snellman
- HelsinkiEteläesplanadi 14, PO BOX 233, Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland, FI-00131
- Web: www.castren.fi
- Tel: +358 20 7765 765
- Fax: +358 20 7765 001
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Articles, highlights and press releases
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New partners Topi Lusenius and Marius af Schultén help our clients navigate major transformations
Digitalisation and the green transition are major transformations that will change both society and the ways to do business in the coming years. Topi Lusenius and Marius af Schultén, the new partners of Castrén & Snellman, advise our clients and help them navigate their business through these.
Blog: Investments in the green transition require courage and cooperation
Finland has every chance of attracting international investments and to become a leader in new energy solutions. The energy transition concerns and benefits many industries.
Anna Kuusniemi-Laine and Lia Heasman to expand C&S’s corporate sustainability service
Sustainability and ESG regulations concern companies of all sizes – either directly or indirectly. Castrén & Snellman's ESG & Corporate Sustainability service is further strengthened as Lia Heasman was appointed as Counsel.
C&S appoints expert in project law and international arbitration Jerker Pitkänen as partner
Castrén & Snellman has appointmented Jerker Pitkänen as a new partner as of 1 February 2024. His appointment strengthens Castrén & Snellman’s International Construction & Projects service.
Castrén & Snellman Appoints Ilona Karppinen And Kim Parviainen as Partners
Castrén & Snellman has appointed Ilona Karppinen and Kim Parviainen as partners as of 1 February 2022. These appointments strengthen the firm’s leading expertise in dispute resolution, for example, in extensive commercial disputes and disputes relating to the technological revolution.
New partners Topi Lusenius and Marius af Schultén help our clients navigate major transformations
Digitalisation and the green transition are major transformations that will change both society and the ways to do business in the coming years. Topi Lusenius and Marius af Schultén, the new partners of Castrén & Snellman, advise our clients and help them navigate their business through these.
Blog: Investments in the green transition require courage and cooperation
Finland has every chance of attracting international investments and to become a leader in new energy solutions. The energy transition concerns and benefits many industries.
Anna Kuusniemi-Laine and Lia Heasman to expand C&S’s corporate sustainability service
Sustainability and ESG regulations concern companies of all sizes – either directly or indirectly. Castrén & Snellman's ESG & Corporate Sustainability service is further strengthened as Lia Heasman was appointed as Counsel.
C&S appoints expert in project law and international arbitration Jerker Pitkänen as partner
Castrén & Snellman has appointmented Jerker Pitkänen as a new partner as of 1 February 2024. His appointment strengthens Castrén & Snellman’s International Construction & Projects service.
Castrén & Snellman Appoints Ilona Karppinen And Kim Parviainen as Partners
Castrén & Snellman has appointed Ilona Karppinen and Kim Parviainen as partners as of 1 February 2022. These appointments strengthen the firm’s leading expertise in dispute resolution, for example, in extensive commercial disputes and disputes relating to the technological revolution.