Suvi Knaapila

Partner
Head of Employment, Benefits & Pensions

Suvi Knaapila

Partner
Head of Employment, Benefits & Pensions

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Head of the practice Suvi Knaapila is at the very top in employment law. I would recommend her highly.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2024, Employment

Suvi is very dedicated and experienced.

Chambers Europe 2023, Employment

Suvi Knaapila wins praise for her strong legal technicality and client focus.

Chambers Europe 2019, Employment

Great service-oriented attitude, and real value added in difficult employment cases.

Chambers Europe 2018, Employment

Knaapila has “the latest knowledge of legislation.”

Chambers Europe 2019, Employment

When I work with Suvi I feel that we are a team.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2023, Employment

I highly recommend her for her expertise, her foresight, her client service and her careful and detail-oriented advice.

Chambers Europe 2021, Employment

Superstar.

The Legal 500, Employment

She’s excellent, extremely responsive and made me feel like I was her only client.

Chambers Europe 2020, Employment

Suvi Knaapila regularly handles “very high-profile” pensions and benefits cases and is praised for the “speed and clarity of her advice”.

Who’s Who Legal, WWL: Pensions & Benefits 2018

I think that Suvi Knaappila is just superb in building a trusting relationship. Supporting me through a though process in a very professional and friendly way. She is always available with very short notice.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Employment

Very precise and thorough in what she does.

Chambers Europe 2019, Employment

Suvi Knaapila is a leading name in employment law who is praised for her “very commercial approach and ability to advise in plain English”.

Who’s Who Legal, WWL: Labour & Employment 2018

Suvi Knaapila is lauded as a “brilliant lawyer” and a rising star in the employment market.

Chambers Europe 2018, Employment

Hard working solid, convincing top performer.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Employment

Suvi Knaapila is by far the best HR legal advisor I’ve worked with in 15 years. She always makes time for us, covers different scenarios and approaches, and has taken extra time to understand our working culture and how her HR input and counsel aligns with that. She helped with everything from contracts, to layoffs, furloughs, negotiations, and other HR scenarios. We’ve also talked about different growth scenarios and how decisions I make now may impact us in the future. I really feel we’d be lost with Suvi’s excellent direction.

The Legal 500 EMEA 2021, Employment
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Focus on complex employment law, restructurings and related dispute resolution.

Suvi Knaapila is known for her highly regarded expertise in the field of employment, benefits and pensions. She advises clients in all their HR-legal matters, specializing also in whistleblowing, internal investigations and HR related dispute resolution.

Suvi has also gained experience from Kesko Plc, the largest retail and consumer goods corporation in Finland, where her responsibility was group level employee relations.

Suvi is the Vice President of the Helsinki Bar Association, and she holds responsible positions in the Finnish Bar Association For her professional activity, Helsinki Bar Association awarded her the title of Attorney of the Year in 2014.

Education

University of Helsinki (LL.M., 2008)

Admitted: Finnish Bar Association

Languages

Finnish, Swedish and English

Experience

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