Sanna Honkinen

Partner Employment

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 employment and executive-level agreements, incentive and retention arrangements, non-competition and non-solicitation agreements, outsourcings, and terminations of employment. She is also experienced in questions concerning different employee participation arrangements, as well as employee involvement in European Companies.

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

Rankings

  • "Sanna Honkinen has vast knowledge with both collective and individual employment matters, and she can give practical advice and cares for the clients’ success." Legal 500, Employment, 2025
  • Ranked as Thought Leader in Who’s Who Legal, Labour, Employment & Benefits — Finland, 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
  • “Sanna Honkinen is a very impressive lawyer who gives great advice and is very responsive.” Chambers Europe, Employment, 2024
  • Ranked as Recommended Lawyer in Labour & Employment and Pensions & Benefits in Finland by Who's Who Legal, 2024
  • "She is very alert and responsive." Chambers Europe, 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

Professional Background

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

Education

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