Today the Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Urmas Reinsalu, awarded individuals who have shown continuous and outstanding contribution to ensuring Estonia’s independence and worked on promoting the nation’s interests abroad, with a service medal from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Our founding partner Aku Sorainen was one of the few to receive such […]
The true testament of the success of any service firm is, of course, client satisfaction, so it helps to know what it is that clients want. Since 2015 research company Kantar Sifo has been conducting the Prospera survey in the Baltics, interviewing business executives and company lawyers to measure client satisfaction with law firms. Having […]
Deals & Cases / Piret Jesse, Pirkko-Liis Harkmaa, Eva Berlaus, Dr Kaido Künnapas, Jānis Taukačs, Andis Burkevics, Tanel Molok, Robin Teever, Piibe Lehtsaar, Aija Lasmane, Ērika Bužinska, Kate Berlaua, Līva Aleksejeva
We advised Vista Equity Partners in their majority investment in Pipedrive, a CRM platform for sales and marketing teams. We advised the client in relation to Estonian and Latvian aspects of the deal, acting as local counsel in the Baltics through the Kirkland & Ellis Palo Alto office. Fifth unicorn in Estonia As a result […]
We advised a major commercial vehicle manufacturer in proceedings concerning environmental pollution near the client’s facility in eastern Latvia. The authorities had issued a ruling that our client was the responsible party for the pollution. We advised client throughout the investigation process as well as in the dispute stage with the authorities. In particular, Sorainen represented […]
Big data is the new oil – but who has the right to own it? Is the owner the creator of the individual data or the owners of data processing systems which add value to the mass of data – or should the information be shared for free with state institutions, for example, with the […]