People

Viktor Saavola

Senior Associate

Viktor practices in the Dispute Resolution group. He represents clients in commercial disputes in both national courts and arbitral tribunals and provides general conflict management advise. Viktor has particular experience of project delivery and construction related disputes as well as corporate disputes, such as share redemption proceedings. He also advises clients in insolvency and enforcement proceedings. In addition to representing clients in proceedings, Viktor has acted as an administrative secretary in arbitral proceedings under FAI and SCC rules.

On top of his experience at Hannes Snellman, Viktor has trained on the bench at the District Court of Länsi-Uusimaa, acting as a trainee judge in several civil and criminal cases. Before joining Hannes Snellman, Viktor worked at a boutique law firm specialising in dispute resolution and conflict management.


References

Counsel to an international consortium in arbitral proceedings concerning the redemption of minority shares in a Finnish listed software company following a public tender offer.

Markus Manninen

Markus Manninen

Partner
markus.manninen@hannessnellman.com
Viktor Saavola

Viktor Saavola

Senior Associate
viktor.saavola@hannessnellman.com
Minja Jantunen

Minja Jantunen

Senior Associate
minja.jantunen@hannessnellman.com

Counsel to a client in multi-million euro appeal proceedings regarding the redemption of minority shareholders of a major Finnish company, successfully overturning the arbitral award.

Markus Manninen

Markus Manninen

Partner
markus.manninen@hannessnellman.com
Viktor Saavola

Viktor Saavola

Senior Associate
viktor.saavola@hannessnellman.com

Successfully represented a client in court proceedings against a multi-million arbitral award enforcement request.

Markus Manninen

Markus Manninen

Partner
markus.manninen@hannessnellman.com
Viktor Saavola

Viktor Saavola

Senior Associate
viktor.saavola@hannessnellman.com

Counsel to a Nordic company against a Central European counterpart in a multimillion-euro SCC arbitration and obtained funding for said client.

Anna-Maria Tamminen

Anna-Maria Tamminen

Partner
anna-maria.tamminen@hannessnellman.com
Ella Mäkijärvi

Ella Mäkijärvi

Senior Associate
ella.makijarvi@hannessnellman.com
Johanna Vanninen

Johanna Vanninen

Associate
johanna.vanninen@hannessnellman.com
Laura Tyynismaa

Laura Tyynismaa

Legal Assistant
laura.tyynismaa@hannessnellman.com
Viktor Saavola

Viktor Saavola

Senior Associate
viktor.saavola@hannessnellman.com

Memberships and Positions of Trust

  • Member of the Finnish Bar Association
  • Young Arbitration Club Finland, member
  • The Law Society of Finland, member
  • The Finnish Insolvency Law Association, member

Publications

  • Co-author of the article “Protecting Confidentiality Within Arbitration Proceedings”, Stockholm international Arbitration Yearbook 2001, together with Anna-Maria Tamminen

Education and Professional Background

  • Senior Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2023-
  • Associate, Hannes Snellman, 2020
  • Trained on the Bench, District Court of Länsi-Uusimaa, 2021
  • Associate, Lindfors & Co Attorneys at Law, 2018–2020
  • Master of Laws, University of Helsinki, 2018
  • Trainee, Lindfors & Co Attorneys at law, 2017–2018
  • Law studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 2016