Recruiting/17 Mar 2025

Associates to Our Banking & Finance Team

Our Banking & Finance team is looking for Associates to join our firm in a permanent position.

Saara Cousins

Associate

As an Associate in our Banking and Finance team, you will have the opportunity to engage in innovative transactions alongside some of the brightest minds in the field. We support our clients through a variety of challenging assignments that significantly impact the financial landscape and shape industry benchmarks. As part of our team, you will have the chance to take on responsibilities with the support of encouraging colleagues who foster your professional growth and help you succeed in your career.

Borenius currently employs over 230 people and is one of the largest and most experienced law firms in Finland. We provide high quality services in all areas of law for our corporate clients. We have offices in Helsinki, Tampere, London and New York.

Could this be your team?

Our market-leading Banking & Finance team is known for its deep industry expertise and commitment to delivering innovative solutions tailored to our clients' needs. We have a broad team working across corporate finance, leveraged finance, project finance, and real estate finance. We also regularly collaborate on various restructuring assignments with our esteemed Insolvency team. Our assignments often require cross-practice cooperation with M&A, Capital Markets, Real Estate, Tax or Projects teams, enabling us to deliver comprehensive and forward-thinking solutions. We are now looking to further strengthen our team to respond even better to the high demands of our clients.

You can learn more about our Banking & Finance team here.

Why Borenius?

We offer an opportunity to work in a highly-recognised and skilled team with some of the most demanding finance-related assignments in the market. This means working with clients that value quality, personal attention and business acumen.

Our team is committed to providing second to none service in each assignment, and we want our clients to feel that our team is always on top of each assignment and provides market-leading advice in any given situation. In order to meet this goal, we have made internal training and continuous development a top priority for our team. We will provide you with further training and skills, mainly in the form of tailored in-house training modules and specialised courses in Finland and abroad that will enable you to become a leader in the field.

Our practice is known for its emphasis on team spirit and collegiality. We believe that in order to provide excellent client service, every member of our Banking & Finance team needs to have a strong sense of commitment. As such, employee satisfaction is paramount to us. Despite our high criteria for performance, our working environment reflects our low hierarchy and great atmosphere.

Our core values of succeeding together, respecting others and taking pride in our work manifest in how we work. We understand the importance of private life, and we have actively created ways to balance work and free time. We truly believe that our success is measured by the success and gratification of our individual team members.

In addition to our commitment to applying our values in everything we do, our carefully selected pro bono partners and programmes reflect our commitment to promoting diversity and social inclusion.

What do you need to succeed?

A master’s degree in law and relevant qualifications to practise law in Finland.
You are either newly graduated or have a few years of work experience as a lawyer.
Relevant experience in the field of banking and finance is not a requirement, but you have a genuine interest in becoming a great finance lawyer.
You are proud of the work you do and always aim for an outstanding performance.
Proficiency in Finnish and English, both written and spoken.

Join our team now

Please submit your application in English by 30 March 2025. We will review applications as they are submitted – the sooner you apply, the sooner we can process your application. Please note that we may fill all available positions before the end of the application period.

For additional information, please contact:
Partner Riikka Eronen, riikka.eronen@borenius.com, tel. +358 50 422 6746
Partner Niina Nuottimäki, niina.nuottimaki@borenius.com, tel. +358 40 747 7212

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We champion equality and inclusivity in all our practices and encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. We welcome candidates of all ages, genders, cultural backgrounds and minority groups.