Sorainen

Dispute Resolution & Risk Management, Sanctions Compliance

Partner, head of the firm’s Risk Management and Corporate Crime Investigations practices in Estonia

As head of the firm’s Risk Management and Corporate Crime Investigations practices in Estonia, Norman Aas has helped many clients to get out of trouble, and has been involved in dealing with hundreds of major economic and corruption crimes during his legal career.

𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗮𝘄 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀. Working as a prosecutor for 17 years, he was involved in hundreds of criminal cases. As Prosecutor General from 2005 to 2014, he was responsible for prosecuting the most significant and high-profile crimes in Estonia, including cases of political corruption.

𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆. As Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice in 2014-2017, Norman was responsible for coordinating national legal policy and know the policy making and rulemaking processes in detail. Among other things, he was responsible for coordinating and implementing our anti-corruption policies and strategies at national level.

𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗿. Norman has helped several large international companies conduct internal investigations, identify crimes involving dishonest management, and helps restore normal business in the company. He has cooperated effectively with law enforcement agencies to protect the rights of companies that has suffered fraud and corruption, and has helped implement anti-corruption strategies for companies and public authorities, including large hospitals and municipalities.

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿. Norman Aas is a lecturer on criminal law and criminal proceedings at Tallinn University and co-author of commentaries on several laws. He is a member of the supervisory board of the foundation which issues the most important Estonian legal magazine: Juridica.

𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘁. In 2003 Norman was voted Prosecutor of the Year and has been awarded Medals of Merit from the Central Criminal Police, the Tax and Customs Board, the Internal Security Service, the Estonian Forensic Science Institute and the Police and Border Guard Board. In 2014 the Minster of the Interior presented him with an engraved Walther P99 pistol.

Estonian, English, German

Estonian Bar Association

Public Council of International Experts (PCIE), Ukraine

University of Greifswald, Germany (Master’s degree in Law (summa cum laude))

University of Tartu, Estonia (BA in Law)