- Managing Partner: Toomas Vaher Senior
- Partner: Jüri Raidla
- Number of partners: 7 in Estonia, 16 across the Baltics
- Number of lawyers: 34 in Estonia, 110 across the Baltics
- Languages: : English, Estonian, German, French, Russian
Firm Overview:
Raidla Lejins & Norcous is a leading pan-Baltic provider of legal services with independent offices in Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius. The team of 34 lawyers in Estonia and over 100 across the Baltic countries renders comprehensive legal services to local, regional and international legal entities, including multinational enterprises, international banks and financial institutions. Since May 2004 Raidla Lejins & Norcous is a member of the RR Alliance - a cross-border operation of approximately 280 lawyers in five jurisdictions in Northern Europe. The alliance includes ROSCHIER in Finland and Sweden and RAIDLA LEJINS & NORCOUS firms in the Baltic's. In 2008, Raidla Lejins & Norcous opened Belarus Help Desk – a legal service unit based in Vilnius office to serve clients with interest towards the region.
Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate/M&A:
1 partner, 9 fee earners based in Tallinn
• Advising Silmet Group, one of two rare earth processing facilities in Europe, in the EUR63 million sale of the 90.023% shareholding to Molycorp
• Advising UKRSELHOSPROM, part of one of the largest business consortiums in Ukraine, in the acquisition ofMarfin Bank
• Advising Amserv Group, the largest car sales and after-sales service company in Estonia and Latvia, in the acquisition of SIA Adam Auto Financial Times and Mergermarket awarded Raidla Lejins & Norcous "The Baltic Legal Adviser 2011" at its annual European M&A Awards ceremony
Contact: Sven Papp Tel: +372 6407 151
Email: sven.papp@rln.ee
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets:
1 partner, 5 fee earners based in Tallinn
• Advising Nordea, the largest financial services group in Northern Europe, in a syndicate to Alexela Logistics total amount of US$156m which was the first large loan transaction in Estonia documented on the basis of LMA documents and subjected to Estonian law
• Advising Eesti Energia, the Estonian national energy company, in its E500 million bilateral loan agreements with five local banks
• Advising Deutsche Bank,Nordea Bank Finland Plc and Swedbank AB (publ) in connection with the issuing and listing on the London Stock Exchange of Elering AS E225,000,000 4.625 per cent.Notes due 2018
Contact: Raino Paron Tel: +372 6407 188
Email: raino.paron@rln.ee
EU & Competition:
1 partner, 4 fee earners based in Tallinn
• Representing AS Tallinna Vesi, a company engaed in the supply of water and treatment of wastewater services in the city of Tallinn and in its surrounding areas, in a number of disputes concerning water prices
• Advising Elion Ettevõtted AS, the leading fixed network operator and EMT AS, the leading mobile operator, in disputes on pricing and competition issues
• Advising AS SEB Pank and AS SEB Liising in reorganisation of their insurance activities and in concluding co-operation agreement with RSA insurance group
Contact: Raino Paron Tel: +372 6407 188
Email: raino.paron@rln.ee
Litigation & Arbitration:
2 partners, 8 fee earners based in Tallinn
• Advising Nordecon, one of the largest listed construction groups in Estonia, in a number of public procurement processes and related disputes over construction of Estonian main roads (Tallinn-Tartu,Tallinn-Narva etc) and infrastructure
• Advising Vopak E.O.S., the largest independent oil products terminal operator in the Baltic States, in a dispute with the state to overturn a construction permit for the new Tallinna Vangla prison in Maardu as well as in a major arbitration case
• Advising BLRT, a shipbuilding company headquartered in Estonia and owning shipyards in Lithuania, Finland and Norway, in disputes with its stakeholders over share transfer and preemptive rights
Contact: Arne Ots Tel: +372 6407 160
Email: arne.ots@rln.ee
IP & Technology:
1 partner, 5 fee earners based in Tallinn
• Representing State Agency of Medicines in a dispute concerning the lawfulness of advertising of prescription-only pharmaceuticals under EU directive n Representing Astra Zeneca, Bayer and one more large pharmaceutical producer in disputes against producer of generic pharmaceuticals over patent infringement
• Representing Estonian Authors’Society against AS Viasat over interpretation of cable transmission and SAT TVexceptions under the EU cable TV directive
Contact: Ants Nõmper Tel: +372 6407 197
Email: ants.nomper@rln.ee
Real Estate:
2 partners, 9 fee earners based in Tallinn
• Advising Ärimaja AS in the sale of its two commercial buildings on Pärnu road to Eften real estate fund- the amount of the transaction was E18,5 million and the total area of the buildings 19 000 sqm
• Advising Rail Garant, one of the largest transport companies in Russia, in the development of multimillion container terminal in Muuga
• Advising Eesti Energia, the national energy company, in procurement of power plant for approximately E1UR billion
Contact: Jaanus Ikla Tel: +372 6407 190
Email: jaanus.ikla@rln.ee
Tax:
1 partner, 3 fee earners based in Tallinn n Advising Tallinn City Council on issues relating to the establishment of local sales tax in Tallinn City.
• Representing Stora Enso Eesti AS in a tax litigation against the tax authorities related to the value added tax of forestry transactions
• Advising Tallink Grupp AS in a tax litigation pertaining to navigation and icebreaking fees - the case involves several constitutional matters in relation to introduction of taxes and tax procedure
Contact: Sven Papp Tel: +372 6407 151
Email: sven.papp@rln.ee
Areas of PracticeBanking & Finance, Capital Markets
Competition
Corporate Advisory
Data Protection
Energy & Infrastructure
Environmental Law
EU & Competition
Healthcare & Medicine
Intellectual Property (IP)
IT & Telecoms
Labour
Litigation & Arbitration
Media & Advertising
Mergers & Aqcuisitions
Product Liability & Consumer Protection
Public Procurement & PPP
Real Estate, Construction & Planning
Restructuring & Insolvency
Tax
Transport, Logistics & Transit
White Collar Crime