The Sorainen office in Tallinn continues to be one of the biggest employers in the legal market in Estonia, as revealed by the annual reports published on the Company Registration Portal of the Estonian e-business register. In 2025, the firm paid nearly EUR 6 million in social, income and value-added tax.
The average number of employees at Sorainen Estonia has grown organically since the firm’s establishment in 1995, reaching 98 employees in 2025. In 2025, the firm paid nearly EUR 6 million in social, income and value-added tax. Our personnel expenses (excluding executive management pay) exceeded EUR 6.3 million, demonstrating our commitment to attracting, retaining and developing top-level talent.
“Although 2025 was not favourable for the Estonian economy as a whole and general economic uncertainty inevitably affected the legal services market and demand, Sorainen Estonia maintained a strong position and increased revenue by 10% compared to the previous year. This result reflects the resilience of our business model and the continued trust of our clients in a challenging economic environment,” says Kaupo Lepasepp, country managing partner of Sorainen Estonia.
“The results of client satisfaction surveys give us the confidence to pursue new development paths and to support clients even more effectively with international projects. Developing cross-border services has been a strategic focus for Sorainen in recent years, and we are pleased that client feedback confirms the success of this direction,” Lepasepp notes.
Our achievements from the year 2025
- In the 2025 Kantar Emor client satisfaction survey, Sorainen ranks as the best law firm in Estonia, maintaining the highest client satisfaction for the second year in a row despite strong competition. Sorainen Estonia is also ranked number one based on the average of overall rankings and, for the seventh consecutive year, first in legal competence across all 14 fields covered by the survey.
- The Estonian Ministry of Defence recognised our contribution to the country’s security with a Supporter of National Defenders award silver-level badge. The purpose of the award is to highlight employers who boost our national security by not only exempting reservists from their work duties but also consciously supporting them.
- To better support internationally operating clients, we introduced a cross-border business service in 2025. Working with us means tapping into a network of trusted legal and tax experts across the globe, depending on your location and the specific needs of your project. Our cooperation partners include some of the most respected law firms across every continent.
- In 2025, law students in Estonia chose Sorainen as the most attractive employer in the legal sector, according to a survey conducted by the employer branding agency Instar.
- Sorainen Student Academy completed its 13th season in the spring of 2025. To ensure the continuous development and support of young talent, we welcomed a new group of curious law students in the autumn. Starting from May each year, we open our doors to students, giving them the opportunity to experience the everyday life of a law firm through hands-on internship work.
- On 16 March 2026, Sorainen Estonia welcomed partner Marko Kairjak to its team – an experienced expert in regulatory matters relating to the financial sector, as well as in corporate crime prevention and resolution – together with seven other lawyers.
- One of Estonia’s most recognised and experienced transaction advisers, Sven Papp, joined our partnership in March 2026. Sven will take on the role of co-head of Sorainen Estonia’s Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Corporate and Employment Law teams. With Sven joining the firm, our M&A, corporate and employment law team – already the largest of its kind in the Baltics and highly regarded internationally – will be able to support our clients even better, with legal solutions that directly advance their business goals, particularly in high-stakes, time-critical matters.
- The cloud-based Crespect platform, originally developed as our internal practice management system and launched as an independent product in 2022, was rolled out more widely across the firm in 2025. It brings client relationship and case management, time tracking, billing, collaboration and knowledge management together on a single platform, supporting a data-driven way of working across all three Baltic offices.
- Sorainen is among Europe’s most innovative law firms. At The Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe 2025 Awards, Sorainen was listed among Europe’s 41 most innovative law firms, remaining the sole representative from the Baltics.
- Lise-Lotte Lääne, head of Life Sciences & Healthcare, was nominated in the “Innovative Lawyer in Science & Technology” category: in recognition of her contribution to advising clients in high-tech and knowledge-intensive sectors.
Some of our notable transactions and cases from 2024
- We advised Salling Group, the largest retailing group in Denmark, on its acquisition of Rimi Baltic. With a valuation of EUR 1.3 billion, this marks the largest Baltic transaction during this decade so far!
- We advised Södra Skogsägarna ekonomisk förening, an association of Swedish forest owners, on the divestment of its forest holding companies in Latvia and Estonia – totalling approximately 153,000 hectares of land – to Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group (the largest IKEA retailer), a transaction worth EUR 720 million.
- We are advising Lantmännen, a Swedish agricultural cooperative, on the acquisition of Leipurin and its operations in Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- We advised the Estonian window and door manufacturer Viking Window on the acquisition of a 51% majority stake in the UK sales company Norrsken Company Limited.
- We advised the Baltic private equity firm Livonia Partners in two significant transactions: the sale of its majority stake in Glassense, the leading Baltic glass manufacturer, and the acquisition of a majority stake in Medicum, one of Estonia’s largest healthcare companies.
- The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Tribunal has ruled in favour of our client, one of Estonia’s largest glass and aluminium facade manufacturers, Windoor, in its dispute against the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Tribunal awarded Windoor the damages it sought, primarily consisting of the amount awarded by the SCC, totalling approximately EUR 23 million.
- We represented Paikre, a waste management company, as the injured party during a complex criminal proceeding. The case twice went through all three levels of the Estonian court system, and on both occasions, the Supreme Court ruled in our client’s favour.
- We successfully represented IQVIA, a leading global provider in the field of life sciences, during two public procurement disputes regarding North Estonia Medical Centre’s (PERH) decision to disqualify and exclude IQVIA.
- We advised Sunly, a renewable energy producer, on securing a EUR 62 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), and local commercial banks SEB Pank and Luminor Bank.
- We advised Summus Capital, one of the leading commercial real estate investment companies in the Baltics, on raising EUR 30 million through the public offering of bonds.
- We advised the largest energy company in Estonia, state-owned Eesti Energia, on a EUR 50 million bond issuance targeted exclusively at retail investors.
- We advised the Estonian defence startup Wayren on securing a strategic investment agreement worth EUR 7.9 million with EFA Group, one of the world’s leading defence industry groups.
- We advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on a technical cooperation project enabling Estonian companies to conduct international transactions securely, manage credit risk and comply with international standards.
- We compiled an analysis commissioned by the Estonian Government Office to assess whether Estonia could follow the example of some other European countries and abandon the requirement for a usage permit for residential buildings and apartment buildings.
- At the request of the Ministry of Justice, we analysed the constitutionality of leasing Estonian prisons to foreign countries.
- As part of last year’s Shared Mission project, we provided pro bono legal assistance to MILDEC PRO, an innovative defence industry company, and the Estonian Defence and Aerospace Industry Association (EDIA).
Click on the illustration to read the Annual Report of Sorainen Estonia for the economic year 2025
