Hannes Snellman is a team of 300 dedicated professionals who work together in an empowering environment. Our mission is to provide our clients with world-class advice and our people with world-class careers. With us, you get to work on projects and assignments with key players in the domestic and international markets. Our expertise spans a wide range of legal practice areas and industries. What sets us apart is the way we take ownership of matters entrusted to us.

We believe our team spirit makes a difference not only to our people but also to our clients — when our people thrive, our clients get the best results. We offer empowering careers to law students throughout their studies and lawyers of different seniorities with different backgrounds. See our open positions at the bottom of this page.

With us, everyone is part of the team from day one.

 

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Opportunities for Students

Office Support Trainee

As an Office Support trainee your job will be to take care of practical matters involved with the daily “running” of the office. An ideal candidate is a first or second year law student.

 

Knowledge Management Trainee

As a KM trainee you will be assisting in our library and helping our lawyers in research and fact-finding. An ideal candidate would be a third or fourth-year law student.

Legal Tech Trainee

As a legal tech trainee, your job will be to assist our lawyers and support teams in legal tech projects. An ideal candidate would be a third or fourth-year law student. 

 

Associate Trainee

As an Associate Trainee you will have an outstanding opportunity to join our firm for a fixed 4-month period to familiarise yourself with the versatile profession of an attorney. An ideal candidate is a law student who has completed at least 150 study credits before applying.

 

 

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Sustainability & ESG Legal Trainee

As a Sustainability & ESG Legal Trainee you will have an opportunity to explore and dive deeper into sustainability and ESG themes in the legal field. An ideal candidate is a law student who has completed at least 180 study credits before starting.

Thesis Trainee

Our Thesis Trainees are offered the opportunity to write their master thesis in an atmosphere of expertise and professionalism.

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Open Applications

Today’s successful recruits are tomorrow’s firm. If you want to join our team, please visit the “Join Us” section on our website to see all open positions. If no suitable position is currently available, you can also send us an open application.

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Basic Information

Revenue 55.4 million.

Number of personnel 300.

​We employ students in Helsinki.

Candidates

What kind of experience do you expect from the candidates?
We do not have any specific requirements regarding experience. We emphasise a candidate’s potential more than previous experience.

Required or favoured languages
Fluency in Finnish and English is required.​

What kind of value do you put on grades?
We value academic success in the fields that are relevant to the position.

What else do you value in an employee?
We value ambitious law students with a genuine interest in business law, and an eagerness to learn. We look for committed and service-oriented law students who want to get an invaluable insight into the work of a law firm. In addition, we appreciate active participation in extra-curricular and international activities.

Recruitment

We recruit 80-85 students on an annual basis.

We recruit 15-25 legal professionals on an annual basis.

​We arrange one interview round in trainee recruitments.

​We accept written applications here.

Employment

Students are employed for a fixed term.

Our benefits include lunch benefit (lounasetu), sport and cultural benefit (virike-etu) and employer-subsidised commuter ticket (työsuhdematkaetu).

We pay wage recommended by the Association of Finnish Lawyers.

We offer our employees a thorough orientation as well as further training at HS Academy.

We also organise a variety of internal events for all employees as well as events specifically aimed at trainees. We offer tutoring and mentoring and have a structured feedback system. For recreation, we have a gym at the office and we regularly get to enjoy activities organised by our activities club Avocados. To learn more, please visit hannessnellman.com/careers

Contact Us

Sara Saukkonen
HR Business Specialist

Mobile +358 40 777 8601
sara.saukkonen@hannessnellman.com

Janita Stenroos
HR Assistant

Mobile +358 40 651 2699
janita.stenroos@hannessnellman.com