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Mag iur Helmut Pikmets
Work Department
Tax Advice & Taxation Disputes / Private Wealth / White Collar Crime & Corporate Investigations
Position
Helmut Pikmets has extensive practical experience in day-to-day tax advisory as well as advising corporate acquisitions, restructurings and reorganisations as well as property and investment transactions, for example, he has advised Orlen Estonia, Swedbank, Fortum, Unibet, Luminor (formerly Nordea Bank), Turkish Airlines, Michelin and Tallink Group.
Helmut Pikmets has been involved in numerous high-profile tax disputes, many of which have led to landmark decisions in the Supreme Court of Estonia. The most significant ones being a tax dispute related to Sylvester, which was the largest tax dispute in the Baltics concerning the taxation of the transfer of shares, and a case in the Supreme Court dealing with constitutionality of fuel retailers’ tax bonds. Helmut Pikmets has long-time experience in representing clients in criminal proceedings related to tax crimes (most recently in a court case concerning fictitious invoicing in Tartu, including approximately 90 witnesses) and representing taxpayers in the European Court of Human Rights.
Career
Since 2017 Partner, law firm TGS Baltic (formerly Varul)
2004–2017 Partner, law firm Varul
1996–2004 Associate, law firm Varul
1994–1996 Lawyer, law firm Varul
Languages
Estonian, Russian, English
Memberships
2008 International Fiscal Association
1996 Estonian Bar Association
Education
1994 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, MA
1992 Stockholm School of Economics, Commercial Law
Lawyer Rankings
Estonia > Tax
(Hall of Fame)TGS Baltic is a popular choice among major companies and financial institutions in Estonia. Practice head Helmut Pikmets
has appeared in cases in the European Court of Human Rights and the Supreme Court of Estonia. Pikmets is ably supported by senior associates Sergei Jegorov and Dmitri Teplõhh, who act in a range of tax disputes, a key area of focus for the team, which is able to handle a large volume of cases in tax law. Teplõhh is also able to handle white-collar crime disputes related to tax law.