Carri Ginter (PhD in Law) is a partner and regional head of the Dispute Resolution Team, which includes Dispute Resolution, Public Procurement and Transport & Maritime Practices. He has been practising law since 1999.

Carri has extensive experience in litigation, illustrated by a list of positive decisions of the Supreme Court of Estonia. He successfully represented a client in the largest individual damages claim so far against the Republic of Estonia and the European Commission in the European Court of Justice. He has also defended various Estonian government ministries and Tallinn city council in court. Carri has been involved in landmark state liability, intellectual property and insurance law related disputes. He is also an experienced mediator.

Carri has one of the strongest competition profiles in the market. As a leading expert in the field, he has represented clients in several competition law based disputes in and out of court. His position in the market is further strengthened by a visible presence in the academic field: lecturing in European Law at the University of Tartu, Faculty of Law.

Carri is a recommended practitioner in many publications, including:

• The Legal 500 in dispute resolution, and IP (as an ‘outstanding IP professional’) ;
• PLC Which lawyer? for competition and antitrust, dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency practices;
• Chambers Europe in competition/antitrust, dispute resolution and intellectual property (“He is noted by sources for his efficiency and diligence”);
• Chambers Global for dispute resolution practice;
• Best Lawyers for antitrust, intellectual property and litigation practice; and
• World Trademark Review 1000 for enforcement and litigation practice in Estonia.

Carri has trained the Institution of Ombudsman (Chancellor of Justice) in Georgia as a Council of Europe expert on property protection in European law and practice. He was a guest lecturer for the summer school of the American Institute on Political and Economic Systems for more than 100 participants on the influence of legal reforms on legal practice. He has also conducted EU law training for European Commission in Luxembourg and for the Estonian Bar Association. Carri is also an external reviewer of the periodical Yearbook of Polish European Studies.

Concordia International University, Estonia (BA in Law)
Stockholm University, Sweden (LLM)
University of Tartu, Estonia (PhD in Law)
Swedish Institute Management Programme, Sweden
University of Munich, Germany (training programme in German and European Law)
Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands (Private International Law)

Estonian Bar Association
International Bar Association
Founding member of FIDE Estonia (International Federation of European Law)
Estonian Lawyers' Union
European Law Institute
Estonian Moot Court Society
Swedish Institute Management Network