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Hannes Snellman (Finland) Offices
ETELÄESPLANADI 20
PO BOX 333
00130/00131 HELSINKI
Finland
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Vilhelm Schröder
Position
Counsel
Career
Vilhelm advises clients in commercial disputes with a particular focus on intellectual property matters. He has significant experience from both civil and administrative litigation as well as preliminary injunction proceedings and enforcement. Vilhelm has litigated before the Market Court, the Supreme Court, and the Supreme Administrative Court and the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Vilhelm is a registered representative in proceedings before the UPC. He has represented clients from several industries, such as life sciences, telecommunications, paper & pulp, oil & gas, media, video gaming, and IT. Prior to joining Hannes Snellman, Vilhelm worked in private practices in Helsinki for several years. He has also gained experience from the Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications and trained on the bench.
Vilhelm has a doctoral degree in law from the University of Helsinki. His doctoral dissertation addressed trade secrets in European patent litigation. He is a regular speaker at seminars and has published several articles in prominent international legal journals. He has also completed an LL.M. in IP and Competition Law in Munich and studied law at the Santa Clara University, School of Law in California, U.S.
Lawyer Rankings
Finland > Intellectual property
(Rising stars)Hannes Snellman (Finland)‘s IP and technology practice handles the full spectrum of IP disputes and regularly acts as counsel in copyright litigation, patent disputes and contentious brand work. The firm is also competent in IP-intensive transactions, IP-related contractual matters, brand protection and IP strategies, and regulatory issues. The team is led by Panu Siitonen, who is an expert in trade marks, patents, domains names, copyrights, databases and trade secrets as well as IP-intensive contractual issues; while Jesper Nevalainen is head of the technology practice. Sarita Schröder specialises in IP, marketing, and consumer law, with a particular focus on litigation; Vilhelm Schröder is also a key litigator and excels in patent litigation.
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- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- EU and competition
- Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
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