Welling Lagerstedt & Honkanen Attorneys Ltd is home to a growing maritime and transport team. With the arrival of Turo Sumu in 2024, the firm gained a shipping law expert with extensive experience in the insurance and logistics sectors, particularly regarding matters relating to cargo insurance.

With a particularly active maritime and transport practice, the team at HPP Attorneys covers the full array of contentious and non-contentious cross-border large-scale projects. The team expertly handles disputes concerning cargo and hull damages, casualties, charterparties, and industrial boycotts, as well as contract drafting and negotiation, digitisation, and sustainability issues. The firm has seen an increase in green transition matters and construction of offshore wind farm mandates. Practice head Nora Gahmberg-Hisinger advises clients on new-build projects, financing and management of ships, and industrial arbitration concerning malfunctions of shipping equipment. Matti Komonen focuses on maritime and transport insurance and maritime labour disputes.

Procopé & Hornborg‘s maritime and transport team works closely with its disputes team to handle contentious matters regarding maritime, transport, and insurance issues. The team is often involved in international trade mandates and has recently taken on more green shipping and ESG matters. The practice is led by Ulla von Weissenberg, who is experienced in dispute matters concerning trade compliance and sanctions, shipbuilding, dock issues, and ship purchases. The team expanded its offering with the hiring of Olivia Salonen in 2024.

Covering the full scope of shipping and logistics matters, Castrén & Snellman represents multiple Finnish corporations across the shipping, logistics, and transport sectors. The team handle contentious and non-contentious matters. Practice head Rickard Langenskiöld advises clients on complex regulatory and commercial challenges, shipbuilding mandates, international contracts, and maritime casualties and insurance issues. Jerker Pitkänen specialises in dispute resolution, advising shipping companies, insurance companies, and marine technology solution suppliers.

Waselius provides regulatory, tax, import and export, insolvency, litigation, and arbitration-related support to clients across the maritime, rail, road, and air transport industries. The team is most notable for its work in aviation, automotive, and green mobility. Practice head Maria Lehtimäki specialises in auto loan security and aircraft sale, lease, and financing arrangements. Lotta Pohjanpalo provides competition advice, and Jaako Huhtala advises auto rental and dealership companies on M&A matters.

DLA Piper Finland Attorneys Ltd‘s maritime and transport team advises clients from the shipbuilding and financing industry on construction finance and buyer loans. The team is jointly led by Mikko Luukkonen, who specialises in ECA and ship financing, and Pia Bräysy, who handles litigation and arbitration cases concerning project delivery agreements and other commercial contracts. Another key name is Hans Sundblad.