Marika was admitted to practise in New Zealand in 2007.
Marika is co-author of the New Zealand chapter in The Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review – Edition 8, with Russell McVeagh banking and finance partner Tom Hunt, and a co-author of the New Zealand chapter in The Securities Litigation Review (Editions 4, 5 and 6).
Marika was recently named 'Lawyer of the Year' for Insurance and Reinsurance in the Women in Business Law Awards 2021, APAC; is recognised in the Best Lawyers® New Zealand 2023 Guide in the field of Litigation; as an 'Up and Coming' lawyer in the Chambers and Partners Asia-Pacific 2022 Guide; and, as a 'Leading Individual' for Dispute Resolution in The Legal 500 2022 Guide. Marika has also been recognised as a 'Future Star' in the Benchmark Litigation 2022 guide.
Client feedback in Chambers and Partners 2022 Legal Guide emphasised Marika's expertise in the Litigation sector, stating Marika is "extremely thorough" as well as "very strategic, and conscious of the commercial realities, as the context requires."