Recruiting/17 Apr 2025

Lawyer to Our Restructuring & Insolvency Team

Our Restructuring & Insolvency team is looking for a lawyer to join our firm in a permanent position.

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 Restructuring & Insolvency team focuses primarily on engagements related to the legal administration of companies undergoing bankruptcy, restructuring, or liquidation as well as voluntary arrangements and workouts. We are efficient and able to achieve results in demanding insolvency and distress financing related cases. We successfully act both as an adviser to creditors and debtors and as an administrator on assignments that involve both domestic and international aspects.

We are known for having a mandate in the most important insolvency cases in Finland. According to the latest comparison of law firms by Prospera, clients have rated Borenius's R&I team as the best in Finland for four consecutive years. We are always keen to provide the highest quality advice to our clients with our focus being on finding the best solutions. We are now looking to strengthen our team to ensure that we are able to respond to the high demands of our clients even better.

You can learn more about our Restructuring & Insolvency team here.

What do you need to succeed?

  • A master’s degree in law and relevant qualifications to practice law in Finland.
  • You have worked as a lawyer in Finland already for a few years or you are a more seasoned expert.
  • In-depth knowledge of Finnish bankruptcy and restructuring legislation.
  • The willingness to strive for outstanding performance and willingness to go the extra mile.
  • Fluency in written and spoken Finnish and English.

Why Borenius?

We offer you the opportunity to join our great team where we work on some of the most interesting and highly recognised restructuring and insolvency projects on the market. This means handling assignments issued by clients that value quality, personal attention, and business acumen. Our team is known for its emphasis on team spirit and collegiality, and we genuinely enjoy what we do. Despite our high performance criteria, our working environment reflects our low hierarchy and joy at work.

We invest in your career growth through bespoke mentoring, coaching, and leadership programmes. We will provide you with further training and skills, mainly in the form of tailored in-house training modules and specialised courses that will enable you to become a leader in your field.

Our office is located on Eteläesplanadi in the heart of Helsinki, and we offer a flexible way of working with our hybrid work model.

Do you share our values?

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.

Join our team now

Please submit your application in English by 9 May 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 Robert Peldán, tel. +358 50 341 5481

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.

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Robert Peldán

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Helsinki