Hannes Snellman (Finland) > Helsinki, Finland > Firm Profile

‘Antti Nyberg excels in catering to the client’s needs and adapts well to different scenarios and assignments. Excellent availability.’

‘This team is the most experienced and versatile among Finnish law firms’ banking and finance teams and it has the broadest resources. They have also expertise in certain fields of banking law that other Finnish law firms lack.’

‘Henrik Mattson stands out from the others as a very experienced and versatile banking and finance lawyer. Also partner Markus Bremer is an excellent lawyer and nice to work with.’

‘Very talented and hardworking team. Valerie Wårvik is one of the best senior associates in Helsinki.’

‘Excellent team, best in Finland!’

‘Hannes Snellman’s finance team is very experienced and solution oriented.’

‘Henrik Matsson is the grand man of finance law. His experience, skills to find solutions and solve issues and general expertise are outstanding. Senni Kinnaslampi is a rising star with excellent project management skills.’

‘Markus Bremer is a one of the best finance lawyers. While knowing the details, he has a wider perspective and a great ability to advance things. He is also great to work with due to his professional skills and down to earth attitude.’

‘Very experienced team.’

‘All-around solid M&A and corporate advice.’

‘Erik Stenman in particular has proven especially responsive and easy to work with.’

‘Having worked with Riikka Rannikko of Hannes Snellman for a few years now, I am impressed. She is always available and delivers, and has the ability to discuss and contribute to a wide range of topics also outside of standard corporate and M&A stuff. From a General Counsel perspective, absolutely fantastic work all the time.’

‘Hannes Snellaman’s EU and competition practice team has been our trusted partner due to their comprehensive and solid competence in all our business focus areas, flexible way of working, and very customer-oriented approach combined with their business integrity. I can highly recommend their team for any competition law related assignments. Very good experience especially with compliance audits on competition law.’

‘Mikko Huimala and his team are the best, deep knowledge, straightforward approach, no unnecessary “whisking”, ability to provide the risk assessment in very understandable form.’

‘Outi Jousi is exceptional in her customer service and service attitude. Her reaction speed and accuracy are unparalleled. Her expertise is top-notch, and I consider her one of the most talented public procurement specialists currently. And best of all – her impeccable sense of style and humour. Outi takes one opportunity after another with great ease and makes others shine as well.’

‘Päivi Tammilehto is an easily approachable person and always a pleasure to be in contact with. Päivi is skilled in giving practical advice in competition law which, by its nature, is often considered as a rather theoretical area of law.’

‘Expertise and friendliness.’

‘Exceptional knowledge and experience of the very special business area of the client.’

‘Mikko Huimala is very pragmatic and solution-driven lawyer who provides pragmatic advice instead of concentrating on disclaimers in the final products. We especially appreciate him being able to make complex competition law concepts more approachable to our non-lawyer colleagues.’

‘The team covers a good mix of M&A focused individuals with people capable of helping with your day to day competition law issues. Have been working with them for years and they always deliver.’

‘Panu Siitonen has deep knowledge in patent, licensing, trade mark and trade secret protection related matters. Based on his vast experience he is able to provide practical and commercially relevant solutions.’

‘The best real estate team in Finland, having resources to tackle every case and every problem. You can also count on that Hannes Snellman delivers.’

‘Tapio Teräkivi is definitely “the” real estate lawyer in Finland. He has vast experience and has seen it all. Tapio is a very tough negotiator, but also understands the commercial interests of the client, not only legal, and is able to find solutions when needed.’

‘Katja Perätalo is superb with her wide understanding of the construction business, same as Maria Landtman. They provide excellent expertise through their argumentation and understand the business logic very well. So with them it is fluent to manage even the toughest and longest of negotiations.’

‘They are very experienced in construction contracts and have a good understanding of the practice and consequences.’

‘Matti Lajunen is a real professional with an aim to achieve profitable results for clients.’

‘Competence in renewable energy and the willingness to address the clients’ individual needs and concerns is unique. The low-key efficiency of the team makes us very happy. No nonsense, pure pragmatic advice.’

‘Maria Landtman is the best partner you can work with. Understands the client’s needs as expressed in layman’s terms, analyses it, and provides a solution that is feasible from both legal and commercial perspectives.’

‘The team has in-depth knowledge and experience of complex real estate transactions as well as an ability to formulate pragmatic solutions in each case. The team works in close cooperation with other specialists in other teams to gain the best results to clients. The knowledge of each individual in various fields of law is also astonishing. They are very flexible and committed to giving on time responses. The quality of their work is consistently high and they are very pleasant to work with.’

‘Heikki Vesikansa is easy to approach, friendly and vast knowledge.’

‘Excellent tax knowledge, commercially applied with a good understanding of trusts for a non-trust jurisdiction.’

‘Expert advice, great service, pleasant people. Partners Joakim Frande and Heikki Vesikansa stand out, as does associate Stefan Stellato.’

‘Very solid practice group with good experts in important niche areas, such as individual taxation etc.’

‘Heikki Vesikansa is a real star of the Finnish tax consultancy market – seasoned professional with a good team supporting him.’

‘Joakim Frande is great in taxation of individuals.’

‘Stefan Stellato has deep knowledge of international tax matters and provides very logical and clear advice.’

‘Hannes Snellman was able to provide us with excellent legal experts both in public procurement and matters relevant as regards cryptocurrencies.’

‘Expertise, confidentiality, friendliness.’

‘Very good partners – the lawyers are very professional.’

‘Team is both competent and fast in execution.’

‘Clear in communication, firm opinions. Provide the necessary support needed in complex situations.’

‘Very experienced team, one of the market leaders.’

‘They are thorough, fast and accurate with good judgment and good relationships with other counsel. Very respected office.’

‘They come up with creative solutions where others are stuck, and don’t get phased by new situations. Solution-oriented, commercial, and fast.’

‘The team is very knowledgeable and with wide resources. Everything is just so smooth and professional.’

‘Sonja Siggberg is very responsive and has a holistic view of matters. She is one of the few generalists in the field who can take multiples aspects from different areas of law into account. The partner in charge is always on top of things and knows what the team is working.’

‘Reliable and versatile, full-service law firm. Very professional and dedicated team members.’

‘Anna-Maria Tamminen has very broad experience of international arbitration and is extremely hardworking. She has good understanding of our business and our needs. Markus Manninen is one of those very trusted advisers, with exceptional analytical skills, providing advice that is well thought through from every angle.’

‘They are well-resourced and have vast and versatile experience of various types of disputes, including disputes in administrative courts which often involve a significant financial interest.’

‘They are prepared to dig into and enhance their knowledge about such types of complex legal issues and disputes of which they do not have previous experience. Anna-Maria Tamminen stands out from the others.’

‘Proactive and committed as well as service mindset.’

‘Anna-Maria Tamminen has unique knowledge of international arbitration practices and procedures. Markus Manninen is very hands-on and always available to support on short notice even in quasi-legal topics.’

‘Excellent team of experienced dispute resolution practitioners.’

‘Markus Manninen is a great dispute resolution lawyer.’

‘The team’s cooperation is flexible and dealings proceed smoothly with all team members. Everyone has very good skills and we have received high-quality statements from everyone.’

‘Anders Bygglin and Johanna Haltia-Tapio are both very knowledgeable and focus on the clients’ challenges precisely.’

‘Problem solving advice, compact and precise.’

‘Johanna Haltia-Tapio offers very precise and practical advice. Easy to reach, always available.’