Hannes Vallikivi > WALLESS > Tallinn, Estonia > Lawyer Profile
WALLESS Offices
Liivalaia 45
Harjumaa, Estonia
10145
Estonia
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Hannes Vallikivi
Work Department
Data Protection; Insurance; Investment Incentives; Fintech; Funds; Investment Services; Capital Markets; Financial Regulatory and Compliance; Banking and Finance; Compliance; Aviation and Aircraft Finance; Corporate Governance
Position
Partner
Career
- Law office DERLING PRIMUS (merged with WALLESS in 2020), Tallinn, Partner (2016-2020)
- Estonian Bar Association, Tallinn, Chariman (2016-2019)
- Law firm Tark Grunte Sutkiene, Tallinn, Partner (2002-2016)
- Faculty of Law of the Univesity of Tartu, Visiting Lecturer (1999-2005)
- Law firm Tark Grunte Sutkiene, Tallinn, Associate (1996-2002)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia, Legal Department, Tallinn, Attache (1993-1996)
Languages
Estonian, English, Russian
Education
- Master of Laws (cum laude), Univesity of Tartu, 2001
- Bachelor of Laws, University of Tartu, 1996
- International Criminal Justice Programme, Academy of European Law (Trier, Germany), 2003-2005
- European Union Law Programme, Concordia International University in Estonia, 1997
- Human Rights Programme, Birmingham University, Institute of European Law, 1994
Lawyer Rankings
Estonia > Banking, finance and capital markets
(Hall of Fame)WALLESS counts leading global banks and law firms among its clients and regularly appears in cross-border transactions. Hannes Vallikivi, ‘a very experienced partner with great knowledge is this field’, leads the team and is well supported by the ‘experienced, extremely creative and solution-oriented’ Andres Siigur. The group has a strong regulatory practice, as well as ‘the capacity to handle any kind of finance and capital market transaction’. Kaisa Saarmann is a name to note for project finance deals. In early 2024, the practice gained the expertise of Merit Lind and her team following the firm’s merger with FORT.
Estonia > IP, IT and telecoms
WALLESS, whose ‘team is very competent and easy to work with‘, stands out for regularly acting in disputes regarding trade names and unfair competition. Toomas Taube ‘is an experienced and well-established IP lawyer’ who is heavily active on the transactional side of the group’s IP work, often advising on trademark and copyright licensing transactions. Other key team members include Hannes Vallikivi
, who has deep knowledge of technology law and its impact on a range of industries. In early 2024, the practice gained the expertise of Merit Lind and her team following the firm’s merger with FORT.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Estonia > Banking, finance and capital markets
- Banking, finance and capital markets Estonia
- IP, IT and telecoms Estonia