Sorainen

Competition & Regulatory, Data Protection

Senior Associate

As a senior associate with the Competition & Regulatory practice group in Estonia, Cathriin Majas' main fields of expertise are information technology and data protection, as well as transport and maritime law. She advise clients on a wide range of legal issues from regulatory requirements to contracts, and everything in between. As a technology lawyer, Cathriin' everyday work is interdisciplinary and closely connected with many other practice areas. Happy clients make her happy.

𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. Cathriin regularly advises clients on personal data protection matters, carry out data processing audits and helps draft documents needed to comply with legal requirements. Also handling cases related to public sector data, she drafted the legal analysis for implementation of the Estonian state cloud project, which focused on storage of the significant amount of data processed by the state.

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲. With a substantial part of trade and services online and contracting carried out via electronic means, she advises clients on issues related to contracting online and regulatory aspects.

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. Cathriin Majas advises clients operating in the media sector and the world of entertainment, including gambling, travel and television. Some of these sectors are heavily regulated, imposing a variety of legal obligations on clients.

𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 – 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹. The modern world is creating an increasing amount of legal challenges to the mobility and transport sector, and tackling these issues needs combined knowledge of both transport and IT law. Cathriin has regularly advised automotive, aviation and railway clients in their traditional legal matters as well as issues related to new technologies, or IT companies who provide services to their clients in the transport sector.

𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘄. In one of the more conservative branches of law, she advises clients who own, charter or buy ships or are otherwise engaged in the maritime sector, and assist and represent clients in registration procedures before the authorities so their ships can fly the Estonian flag.

Estonian, English

Estonian Bar Association

University of Geneva, Switzerland (course in internet law)

City Law School, City University London (course in maritime law)

University of Helsinki, Finland (MA in International and Comparative Law)

University of Tartu, Estonia (BA in Government and Politics)

University of Tartu, Estonia (BA in Law)