Iiris Kivikari

Iiris Kivikari is known for her dynamic and insightful approach to matters involving intellectual property, media law, data protection and data assets. She works closely with leading global and Finnish companies in the development, acquisition, protection and commercialisation of their innovative products, services and businesses, and is a leading expert in Finland on the legal aspects of transformational technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Iiris advises clients in the full scope of intellectual property matters, including investing in, protection of, structurization of, and transactions and contracting related to IP portfolios and IP heavy businesses. To add to this, she works closely with clients in the sectors of communications, broadcasting, entertainment, advertising, digital consumer services, social media, gaming, fintech and platform services.

Iiris regularly represents clients in intellectual property, data protection and consumer related disputes and regulatory authority proceedings, and is an experienced negotiator.

Iiris is a trusted speaker for leading Finnish training service providers, and has taught a course on data protection and contracts at the Faculty of Law of the University of Helsinki since 2017. She is a member of the Finnish Bar Association’s Intellectual Property expert group.

Before joining Dittmar & Indrenius, Iiris Kivikari gained valuable experience at a leading European media company and as an inspector of the Finnish Data Protection Authority.