Sorainen

Competition & Regulatory, Dispute Resolution & Risk Management, Intellectual Property, Insolvency & Restructuring

Partner, head of the firm's Dispute Resolution & Risk Management practice in the Baltics.

Dr Carri Ginter is head of the firm’s Dispute Resolution & Risk Management practice in the Baltics. He has litigated hundreds of matters in clients' interests. In 2024, Estonia appointed Carri an arbitrator for the ICSID (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes). The same year, the President of Estonia awarded Carri the Order of Merit of the White Star.

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗘𝗨 𝗹𝗮𝘄. Carri served as an expert witness in a historic hearing before the Estonian Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the European Stability Mechanism. He has successfully represented the European Commission in the Court of Justice of the EU, Tallinn city, the largest political party, ministers, and members of parliament. As a recognition of his experience in the field of EU law, Carri has been appointed avocat conseil (legal adviser) to the French Embassy in Estonia for over 15 years.

𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. In addition to being appointed by Estonia as an arbitrator for the ICSID, in December 2020, the EU Council added Carri to the Reserve list of BREXIT dispute arbitrators. In 2022, the European Commission listed Carri as one of the arbitrators for bilateral disputes of the EU under trade agreements with third countries. In 2024, Dubai International Arbitration Court (DIAC) added him to their list of arbitrators and most recently, he was appointed to the 2025-2026 SCC Arbitrators’ Council.

𝗜𝗣 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲. As an IP litigator, Carri had the privilege of representing a major Estonian food manufacturer in a ground-breaking trademark infringement case in which the court ordered ‒ and the Supreme Court upheld ‒ that the infringing party pay all of its gross profits to the client. This represented a change in Estonian IP law and trademark infringement cases.

𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. In 2015-2016, he was a member of the management board of the Port of Tallinn, the biggest port in Estonia with a turnover of around EUR 100 million and, as far as cargo and passenger traffic are concerned, the biggest port on the Baltic Sea. The supervisory board appointed him after the Port of Tallinn had accepted the resignation of two board members who were arrested as part of a bribery investigation.

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝘀. Carri has defended Estonian government ministries and the City of Tallinn in court and won the largest civil damages claim in history against the Republic of Estonia. He successfully represented retired judges in constitutional review proceedings, challenging new legal amendments adopted by the Parliament of Estonia and introducing a new indexing system for judges’ pensions.

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁. Carri is an associate professor of EU law at the University of Tartu, where he has twice been named Lecturer of the Year and recognised with a medal for a long-term significant contribution to the university’s development. He publishes internationally in the field of EU law, including having co-authored an Estonian-language book on the European Union (EU) and Estonian competition law. Carri supervises research at the LL.M and PhD levels and mentors the Sorainen Academy and Thinktank, initiatives that seek to advance young people.

Estonian, English, French, German, Russian, Swedish

Estonian Bar Association

Founding member of FIDE Estonia (International Federation of European Law)

Estonian Lawyers’ Union

Estonian Moot Court Society

Swedish Institute Management Network

Domain Disputes Committee of Estonian Internet Foundation

Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) Arbitration List

SCC Arbitrators’ Council

University of Tartu, Estonia (PhD in Law)

Stockholm University, Sweden (LLM)

Concordia International University, Estonia (BA in Law)

Swedish Institute Management Programme, Sweden

University of Munich, Germany (training programme in German and European Law)

Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands (Private International Law)