Aku Sorainen is a founder and a senior partner of the leading law firm in the Baltics “Sorainen” that now has more than 50 partners and 400+ staff.
Watch the episode here.
In the podcast we discussed:
- Sorainen law firm just celebrated 30 years’ anniversary – how it all started – the law firm, soon after the Baltic States got back their independence;
- touring with a bigband in Tanzania and chasing green snakes;
- Bruce Springsteen concert and events in the East Berlin in 1988;
- playing trumpet;
- why sometimes lawyers struggle in personal lives;
- work/life balance;
- work is like going to a gym;
- a book to inspire – From Good To Great by Jim Collins;
- comparison of the Baltic law firms with the Western European ones;
- values and purpose as a cornerstone of a law firm;
- 10x growth of the Baltic region economies and expectations for the future;
- unification of defence (legal, tax, etc.) systems in the Baltics;
- for some investors the Baltic States are toxic, because of NATO planes flying here, but for some others it is safe, because of NATO planes flying here;
- comparison of the Baltic tax systems and administration.
