Lajos Bernáth
Attorney-at-law
PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal
Sector knowledge
Estonia
Lawyers
Zsuzsanna Bodnár
Attorney-at-law
Ferdinánd Bolvári
Attorney-at-law
Olesea Croitoru
Senior Associate
András Csenterics
Attorney-at-law
Gabriella Czumpf
Attorney-at-law
Dalma Dudás
Attorney-at-law
Erki Fels
Attorney-at-Law Erki Fels has successfully participated in several public procurement disputes that have gained media attention and helped shape case-law. Erki’s extensive experience in public procurement disputes covers the fields of construction works, public transport, IT, media, healthcare and energy. Due to his practical experience he frequently trains others and engages in academic work. He is a visiting lecturer at University of Tartu where he teaches public procurement and supervises and reviews master’s theses. At the request of Ministry of the Finance, Erki compiled an analysis on the pre-conditions for paying average salaries in public procurement procedures. He is one of the co-authors of the commented version of Public Procurement Act – a book published in 2019.
Alexandra Iacob
Alexandra Iacob graduated the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest and has been a member of the Bucharest Bar Association since January 2012.
Alexandra joined the D&B litigation team in September 2018, her core competencies being civil and commercial litigation and tax law.
Imbi Jürgen
Attorney-at-law Imbi Jürgen is a recognised specialist with long-term experiences with a focus on the energy sector and other regulated business fields. Imbi has provided consultations to energy producers, network operators, providers of energy services and new energy solutions as well as commercial consumers in their relations with regulators and other parties in the market in organising business, concluding contracts and solving disputes. Imbi has remarkable experiences in the field of environmental law as well, incl. in relation to the liability of a producer and environmental liability in general, as well as licencing and planning procedures.
Imbi has advised many clients from energy and industrial sectors to medical and training sectors in numerous acquisition and finance transactions.
Mari Kelve-Liivsoo
Mari Kelve-Liivsoo is an associate with PwC’s litigation and public procurement team. She has thoroughly researched the application of the EU standard term directive on public contracts and a potentially resulting conflict between private and public procurement law. Mari has in-depth knowledge of state aid regulation and she has studied comparative private law and corporate social responsibility.
Indrek Leppik
Indrek Leppik, Attorney-at-Law, heads up the litigation team at PwC Legal Estonia. Indrek has been involved in litigation work since 1997 and has extensive experience in the field.
Mari Männiko
Mari is an experienced Attorney-at-Law and since 2021 also a member of the Ethics Tribunal of the Estonian Bar Association. Her favourite fields of practice are media law, labour law, insolvency law and naturally data protection.
Mari has been teaching privacy law and data protection at University of Tartu for years and she has also supervised numerous master’s theses. In addition to university students Mari has trained top specialists, providing data protection trainings at the Estonian Bar Association and at the office of the Auditor General. She has also provided many media trainings.
Mari is an experienced litigation attorney whose focus is on media disputes. Clients speak highly of Mari’s straightforwardness and her willingness to compromise to reach the most reasonable decisions for her clients. Pursuing litigation at any cost is not characteristic of Mari.
Ilona Panurco
Head of PwC Legal Moldova
Karel Romet Pedajas
Karel Romet Pedajas is specialized mainly in the area of commercial and tax law. Before becoming an associate, he worked in the tax department of PwC Estonia.
Karel has substantial experience in the area of commercial law and he has dealt with both international transactions and the day-to-day affairs of clients.
Michał Rams
Partner at Pwc Legal, Advocate Head of White-Collar Crime Practice
Karen Root
Karen Root is an attorney-at-law whose main areas of expertise involve corporate law and mergers and acquisitions (M&A).
Karen has an extensive experience in corporate law and M&A. She has led several cross-border restructurings and she has participated in or headed numerous legal due diligence and M&A transactions.
For her vast experience in working closely together with several BIG4 leading auditors, Karen is a valued expert who is often working in partnership with PwC accounting consultancy team, assisting clients in complex matters from legal issues to accounting entries.
Furthermore, Karen has written several articles and given practical trainings related to corporate law.
László Réti
Law Firm Member
Simon Suuban
Simon Suuban is an associate in the litigation team at PwC Legal Estonia, focusing primarily on resolving disputes related to administrative law.
Jana Tudelep
Jana is an attorney-at-law at PwC Legal who mainly specialises in real estate and construction law, planning, environmental law and dispute resolution. Jana advises clients not only in Estonian and English languages, but also in Russian. She has represented clients in several complex and highly publicised disputes. For example, Jana represented the NGO Estonian Green Movement in the legal dispute with the city of Tallinn concerning the construction of Reidi road and the environmental impact assessment related to it as well as advised the city of Tartu in the national designated spatial plan proceeding initiated for the construction of a wood refining plant. Jana has also diverse experience in civil litigation, having represented clients in contractual disputes and, for example, in cases concerning insurance or bankruptcy proceedings.
In addition, Jana has extensive experience in the field of contract law. She has advised clients in entering into large-scale construction and design agreements, lease agreements and other agreements related to construction and real estate. Jana has also participated in several real estate-related M&A transactions as a project team member.
Cezary Żelaźnicki
EMEA Legal Business Solutions Leader/PwC Legal Polska Managing Partner / CEE Inclusion & Diversity Leader