Castrén & Snellman

Castrén & Snellman provides equal opportunities for all employees and job applicants regardless of their race, national origin, gender, religion, disabilities or sexual orientation. Castrén & Snellman treats everyone equally and ensures all of the firm’s employees have equal opportunities to advance in their careers and develop their expertise. Castrén & Snellman pays the same salary for the same work, regardless of the gender of the employee. 33% of our partners (10 persons) are women. 54% of the lawyers at Castrén & Snellman are women. 

Castrén & Snellman was the first Finnish law firm to join the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative, the UN Global Compact, in 2020. The Ten Principles and The UN Sustainable Development Goals are the basis for the firm’s sustainability work.  C&S chose the three SDGs:  Gender Equality (goal 5), Climate Action (goal 13) and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (goal 16). For more information please see our first sustainability report. 

Castrén & Snellman has a Personnel Advisory Board with representatives from all employee groups. The Personnel Advisory Board presents personnel’s views and concerns to the Management Group. The PAB is entrusted with the responsibility to give a voice to any equality concerns from the personnel, to monitor equality situation and also to promote the continued improvement of equality in the firm.