Marja-Riitta specialises in contractual matters in international trade as well as in legal matters related to limited liability housing companies.
Marja-Riitta advises on commercial agreements and issues related to international trade. She is highly experienced, for example, in legal matters related to agency and distributorship agreements. Marja-Riitta has extensive experience in solving both national and international debt collection cases. She also advises clients on credit management and debt collection service contracts and related legislation.
Handling assignments related to housing companies is another area of specialisation for Marja-Riitta. She also has a wealth of experience in collecting unpaid charges for common expenses and other housing-related claims as well as taking possession of owner apartments by housing companies.
Marja-Riitta has lectured on contractual risk management and securing the claims of housing companies.
- Debt-collection and credit management, written in collaboration with Kimmo Mökkönen, Hannu Töyrylä and Yrjö Lehtonen, WSOYpro, updated continuously in 2001-2018.
- The section on Finland in the book International Commercial Debt Collection (eds. David Franklin, Thomson Carswell, 2007).
Eversheds Attorneys Ltd, Specialist Counsel, 2015–
Attorneys JB Eversheds Ltd, Senior Associate, 2014–2015
Attorneys-at-Law Juridia Bützow Ltd, Senior Associate, 2013–2014
Bützow Attorneys Ltd, Senior Associate, 2009–2013
Attorneys-at-Law Malinen & Partners Ltd, Senior Associate, Partner, 1998–2009
Attorneys-at-Law Malinen & Partners Ltd, Associate, 1996–1997
Judicial district of Vehmaa, Trainee District Judge, 1989–1990
Tietoperintä International Ltd, Lawyer, 1988–1996, and Head of Bureau, 1995–1996
Memberships:
- Finnish Bar Association
Member of the Bar, 1996
Trained on the bench, 1990
LL.M., University of Turku, 1987