Dispute resolution

Hannes Snellman (Finland)

Hannes Snellman (Finland) houses a broad offering covering the full range of dispute resolution services, including cross-border and domestic litigation, arbitration, regulatory claims, mediation, and dispute avoidance. The firm excels in M&A-related disputes, company law, shareholder conflicts, white-collar crime, and competition litigation, with extensive experience in public procurement matters. Anders Bygglin heads up the practice and regularly represents clients in financial litigation, employment disputes and compliance-related issues. Anna-Maria Tamminen is known for providing ‘high-quality legal services’ on international arbitration and civil and administrative litigation, while Markus Manninen is the go-to person for sports arbitration proceedings.

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Testimonials

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‘Full control of the dispute and material. Good collaboration. Proactively bringing up subjects. Keeps timeline well.’
‘The dispute resolution team is highly efficient and pragmatic in its approach. Its professional integrity is also on a high level. A special thanks to the drafting skills of lawyers, high performance.’
‘I value the pragmatic approach of Anders Bygglin and Olli Mäkelä. Mäkelä is particularly skilled in drafting legal documentation and argumentation in court cases.’
‘The team is easy to approach, and their communication is clear and straightforward.’
‘Anders Bygglin does thorough work, and the cooperation with the customer is good and clear.'
‘Business-minded and agile service. Markus Manninen and his team are quick to answer, reliable and business-oriented. They have a proactive way of handling the cases.’
‘Markus Manninen provides consistently excellent and business-oriented service.’
‘Anna-Maria Tamminen provides high-quality legal services in dispute resolution and has special skills and knowledge.’

Key clients

Fortum Oyj
Kinect Energy Sweden AB
Helen Oy
Ahlstrom Holding 3 Oy
Kesko Oyj
Sega Europe Limited
Montana BidCo Oy

Work highlights

Advised Fortum Oyj on its multi-billion investment treaty claims against the Russian Federation.
Assisted a Finnish listed corporation with an international multi-party ICC arbitration involving damages claims and counterclaims amounting to billions of euros.
Assisted Kinect Energy Sweden AB with a regulatory investigation by the Finnish Energy Authority.