Panu Siitonen and Vilhelm Schröder Recognised as Individuals in WTR 1000, Along with Firm-Level Recognition for Hannes Snellman

Hannes Snellman has received a firm-level recognition and Partner Panu Siitonen and Specialist Partner Vilhelm Schröder individual recognitions in the 2026 edition of the World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 ranking.

Hannes Snellman was ranked as a firm in the silver category for prosecution and litigation and in the recommended category for transactions. Panu was individually recognised in the gold category and Vilhelm in the bronze category for Finland. Panu was also recognised as a recommended individual for transactions.

Panu heads our Intellectual Property Practice. Panu advises domestic and international clients on commercial contracts, licensing, IP strategy, IP transactions, and all kinds of non-contentious IP matters. He also has substantial experience in life sciences, regulatory, marketing, consumer law, sports, media, entertainment, franchising, and brand management. Panu is one of the leading IP litigators in Finland and has advocated numerous cases relating to patents and utility models, trademarks and domain names, copyright and databases, trade secrets, geographical indications, and complex IP-intensive contractual issues.

Vilhelm advises domestic and international clients in commercial disputes with a particular focus on intellectual property matters. He has worked as a private practitioner for well over a decade and has litigated before the lower Finnish general courts, appellate courts, administrative courts, the Market Court, the Supreme Court, the Supreme Administrative Court, the Unified Patent Court (Court of First Instance and Court of Appeal), and arbitral tribunals. He has represented clients from a wide range of industries, such as life sciences, telecommunications, IT, food & beverage, sports, paper & pulp, oil & gas, media, gambling, video gaming, insurance, and the financial sector.

The WTR 1000 focuses exclusively on trademark practice and has firmly established itself as the definitive ‘go-to’ resource for those seeking world-class legal trademark expertise.