ESTONIA Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Maria Pihlak, Carri Ginter, Raul Kartsep and Katariina Kuum Sorainen Sorainen has a dedicated team of over 20 arbitration specialists – including five partners and 15 qualified lawyers – who advise global clients. The team com- prises lawyers from Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius, working seamlessly with leading international law firms. So- rainen handles high-stakes commercial and inves- tor–state disputes, including landmark and sports arbitration cases. Notable representations in ISDS include representing Windoor AS against the Repub- lic of Kazakhstan, representing AS Tallinna Vesi and
United Utilities (Tallinn) B.V. against the Republic of Estonia, and representing UAB E energija against the Republic of Latvia, among others. Sorainen’s special- ists frequently sit as arbitrators for local, regional and international arbitration institutions (ICSID, ICC, SCC, DIAC and more), appear as experts (legal, tax, etc) in multi-jurisdictional arbitration proceedings and are represented in the EU Trade Agreements Arbitrator Pool. Sorainen is recognised for its depth, versatility and consistent excellence.
Authors
Maria Pihlak is a partner at Sorainen and the head of its regional International Arbitration subgroup. As a dual-qualified attorney (Estonia and New York), she mainly assists clients in international arbitration
Carri Ginter is the regional head of Sorainen’s Dispute Resolution practice. As a member of the
Estonian Bar Association for over 25 years, he has extensive experience as both counsel and arbitrator. He has been appointed as an arbitrator to the ICSID panel of arbitrators by Estonia, listed as one of the arbitrators for bilateral disputes of the EU under trade agreements with third countries by the European Commission and added to the reserve list of Brexit disputes arbitrators by the EU Council. Additionally, he is listed as an arbitrator for DIAC and CIETAC. He is a member of the SCC Arbitrators’ Council.
proceedings. Ms Pihlak successfully represented the first-ever Estonian investor to initiate an international investment arbitration case against a foreign country at ICSID and has over ten years of experience bringing and defending cases under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, SCC, FAI and UNCITRAL. She is a founding member of the Estonian Arbitration Association and recognised as the leading arbitration practitioner in Estonia by legal directories such as Chambers.
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