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Pro bono legal support for Estonia’s defence industry
As part of last year’s Shared Mission project, we provided pro bono legal assistance to the Estonian Defence and Aerospace Industry Association (EDIA). Our focus was on how to improve the opportunities for the local defence industry to provide goods and services to the Estonian state. Legal pathways for Estonia’s defence industry The analysis undertaken […]
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Two landmark victories in public procurement disputes
We successfully represented IQVIA, a leading global provider in the field of life sciences, in two public procurement disputes regarding North Estonia Medical Centre’s (PERH) decision to disqualify and exclude IQVIA. The cases are notable because, in Estonian public procurement, errors of this kind (concerning who should be regarded as the correct applicant) have not […]
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New lease procurement dispute resolved in favour of Eesti Energia
We represented Eesti Energia, an international energy company headquartered in Estonia, during a dispute with Lelle 22 Holding over the terms of the public procurement procedure for leasing new headquarters for the Eesti Energia group. The estimated value of the contract was approximately EUR 24 million. Most of the disputed terms were deemed legal Lelle […]
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A Viimsi municipality public tender was cancelled by a precept
We represented the Estonian ferry operator Kihnu Veeteed in a dispute with the Viimsi municipal government concerning public procurement for the Prangli ferry route. This was a landmark case, as no similar case is known in the past decade of administrative practice in which a procurement dispute was resolved following a precept from the Ministry […]
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The alliance contracting model will be implemented for a billion-euro procurement for Rail Baltic
We advised Rail Baltic Estonia on preparing the base documents for a significant tender related to an alliance procurement consultancy contract. Alliance procurement is a project delivery model that has successfully been adopted in Finland. In this model, the client, designer and builder share responsibilities and risks, work as a unified team, and always make […]