Mag iur Silvia Urgas > TGS Baltic > Tallinn, Estonia > Lawyer Profile
TGS Baltic Offices
ADMIRAL HOUSE
AHTRI 6A
10151 TALLINN
Estonia
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Mag iur Silvia Urgas
Work Department
Intellectual Property / Dispute Resolution / Arbitration, Mediation & ADR / Restructuring & Insolvency
Position
Silvia has represented and assisted clients in several voluminous civil matters, including in proceedings concerning the recognition and entry into force of foreign judgments, arbitration proceedings and also enforcement proceedings. Silvia has advised clients on various disputes and issues related to intellectual property and the IT sector. She is also experienced in the field of insolvency, including in proceedings for the release from obligations and reorganisation proceedings of debtors.
In 2017, Silvia defended her Master’s degree (cum laude) at the University of Tartu, where she studied copyright problems associated with music sampling for the first time in Estonia. As a guest lecturer, Silvia has teached intellectual property law to master’s degree students of Estonian Business School’s and Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre’s joint curriculum for cultural management.
Career
- Since 2024
- Counsel at law firm TGS Baltic
- Since 2021
- Senior Associate, law firm TGS Baltic
- 2017–2021
- Associate, law firm TGS Baltic (formerly Varul)
- 2016–2017
- Lawyer, law firm Varul
- 2016
- Advisor, Student law Office, University of Tartu
- 2015
- Intern, law firm Varul
- 2014
- Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2013
- Intern, law firm Sorainen
Languages
Estonian, English, French, Russian
Memberships
2017 Estonian Bar Association
Education
- 2017
- University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, MA (cum laude)
- 2015
- University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, BA
- 2013–2014
- University of Zagreb (Student Exchange Programme)
Lawyer Rankings
Estonia > IP, IT and telecoms
TGS Baltic ‘always delivers the result quickly‘. The firm has a particular focus on data protection, and also fields a team of ‘excellent IP law specialists‘ including senior associate Silvia Urgas, who is often involved in IP disputes. Peeter Viirsalu is also well versed in disputes, in addition to working with clients on matters connected to distressed assets. Priit Lätt joined as head of the IP and IT department in early 2024 following the firm’s merger with PwC Legal. Mari-Liis Orav left the firm.