Kukka-Maaria Martikainen

Senior Associate / Helsinki

About Kukka-Maaria

Kukka-Maaria advises domestic and international clients on insolvency and corporate law matters, including restructuring and insolvency proceedings, distressed situations, and workouts. She represents corporations, creditors, lenders, investors, and other stakeholders throughout formal and out-of-court restructurings, cross-border insolvencies, and liquidation proceedings, including dissolutions of limited liability companies. She also advises on corporate law issues arising in distressed situations and complex restructuring matters.

She has particularly strong expertise in large-scale insolvency and corporate restructuring proceedings, as well as related advisory work. Kukka-Maaria also advises management, board members, and shareholders in pre- and post-insolvency situations, including directors’ duties and liabilities in financially distressed circumstances. Her experience also extends to insolvency-related dispute resolution, including clawback and liability claims, advising clients across multi-layered contentious matters.

Before joining the firm as a lawyer, Kukka-Maaria worked as a Trainee in the firm’s Banking & Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency practices.

Career

  • Senior Associate, Borenius, 2026–
  • Associate, Borenius, 2022–2026

Education

  • Master of Laws, 2023, University of Turku, Finland

Languages

  • Finnish, English