Mag iur Elina Varendi > TGS Baltic > Tallinn, Estonia > Lawyer Profile
TGS Baltic Offices
ADMIRAL HOUSE
AHTRI 6A
10151 TALLINN
Estonia
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Mag iur Elina Varendi
Work Department
Banking & Finance / Private Equity & Venture Capital / Capital Markets / Personal Data Protection and Privacy
Position
Elina Varendi is a member of the firm’s banking and finance and IT law practice groups focusing mainly on alternative financing methods, start-up financing, and advising fintech companies.
As a member of the banking and finance team, she has advised multiple clients in financing matters, mostly involving bond issue or loan financing transactions in Estonia and other Baltic states. She has also advised a client in being admitted to a multilateral trading facility. In addition, she has considerable experience in assisting both local and international clients with licensing proceedings before the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority in obtaining and accessing activity licences, credit institutions, payment service providers, lenders and loan intermediators.
Elina Varendi also has experience with alternative fund management structures, having advised an Estonian real estate development on setting up an alternative fund management structure, advising crowdfunding companies on regulatory matters and setting up a cash-box alternative fund management structure for pre-financing crowdfunding projects. Among her main areas of expertise are international anti-money laundering rules and the implementation of the fourth anti-money laundering directive to the Estonian legislation, which was also the topic of her master thesis.
In addition to banking and financial law, Elina Varendi has broad knowledge in IT-law and data protection, having assisted clients in concluding privacy policies, cookie policies, terms and conditions for websites and in other regulatory matters. She has also advised clients in software licensing. She has participated in the IT-law programme at the University of Tartu while obtaining her masters degree.
Career
Since 2020 Senior Associate, law firm TGS Baltic
2017–2020 Associate, law firm TGS Baltic (formerly Varul)
2016–2017 Associate, law firm Varul
2016 Junior Associate, law firm Varul
2015 Intern, law firm Varul
Memberships
2016 Estonian Bar Association (membership suspended)
Education
2016 Academy of European Law, Summer Course on EU Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets
2016 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, MA
2014 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, BA
Lawyer Rankings
Estonia > Fintech
(Rising stars)TGS Baltic is active in financial regulatory matters, especially innovative and new financial service-related matters, and counts crowdfunding platforms among its key clients. Practice head Kirsti Pent is highlighted for her strength in new technologies. Elina Varendi and Olger Kaelep are also key team members, and are regularly engaged in regulatory work, a strength of the broader group. The team adopts a multidisciplinary approach and is therefore able to advise on areas of law which are often connected to fintech matters such as IP and data protection.