People

Sanna Honkinen

Partner

Sanna co-heads our firm’s Employment Practice. She is an experienced employment law practitioner with core expertise in planning and implementing complex redundancy procedures and reorganisations as well as change negotiations. She provides employment law advice in all types of M&A transactions and has led many global restructuring and reorganisation projects successfully. She regularly advises clients in general employment matters, employment and executive-level agreements, incentive and retention arrangements, outsourcings, and terminations of employment. She is also experienced in questions concerning employee involvement in European Companies.

Sanna is ranked among the leading Finnish legal experts in the field of employment by all major directories.


References

Counsel to a company in the gaming industry on the closure of the operations in Finland and related employment law matters.

Sanna Honkinen

Sanna Honkinen

Partner
sanna.honkinen@hannessnellman.com
Annika Sillanpää

Annika Sillanpää

Associate
annika.sillanpaa@hannessnellman.com

Parties:

Cushman & Wakefield, REnium Advisors Oy

Transaction:

Cushman & Wakefield's acquisition of REnium Advisors Oy

Deal value: 

Value not public

Role:

Counsel to Cushman & Wakefield

Rabbe Sittnikow

Rabbe Sittnikow

Partner
rabbe.sittnikow@hannessnellman.com
Thomas Landell

Thomas Landell

Partner
thomas.landell@hannessnellman.com
Santeri Jääskeläinen

Santeri Jääskeläinen

Associate
santeri.jaaskelainen@hannessnellman.com
Jatro Pihlavamäki

Jatro Pihlavamäki

Associate
jatro.pihlavamaki@hannessnellman.com
Sanna Honkinen

Sanna Honkinen

Partner
sanna.honkinen@hannessnellman.com
Oona Eerola

Oona Eerola

Associate
oona.eerola@hannessnellman.com
Harri Vehviläinen

Harri Vehviläinen

Specialist Partner
harri.vehvilainen@hannessnellman.com
Isabella Kartila

Isabella Kartila

Senior Associate
isabella.kartila@hannessnellman.com

Counsel to a multinational corporation in an internal workplace investigation.

Sanna Honkinen

Sanna Honkinen

Partner
sanna.honkinen@hannessnellman.com

Rankings

  • Ranked as Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal, Labour, Employment & Benefits — Finland, 2024
  • “Sanna Honkinen is a very impressive lawyer who gives great advice and is very responsive.” Chambers Europe, Employment, 2024
  • “Sanna Honkinen is my go-to lawyer, when employment law related advice is needed. She delivers every time and answers questions we even don’t realise to ask. The expertise, quality of drafting and professionalism in communicating is always top-notch.” Legal 500, Employment, 2024

Memberships and Positions of Trust

  • Member of the Finnish Bar Association
  • Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
  • Member of the Finnish Labour Law Association

Education and Professional Background

  • Partner, Hannes Snellman, 2024–
  • Castrén & Snellman, 2012–2024

  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2012
  • Master of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 2010