Eversheds Sutherland Ots & Co

Partner Toomas Pikamäe manages the Law Office's team specialising in public law, environmental law, and penal law. 

Toomas has conducted tens of legal analyses since 1996, more than ten of which in the fields of public and administrative law. He has represented both public and private sector clients in administrative court.

Toomas advises clients in many issues concerning environmental law: from compliance issues up to environmental management systems and has particular experience in waste handling issues.

Moreover, Toomas has accumulated extensive experience in the field of economic offences, e.g. offences concerning taxation matters, competition and other business-related offences, and provides clients advice with a view to preventing such offences, as well as in proceedings connected with the same.

Toomas has extensive knowledge in the Estonian tax law, and he advises clients in a wide range of tax related issues, i.a. double taxation, corporate income tax, VAT, tax planning, transfer pricing, taxation of permanent establishments, and taxation of individuals. Toomas’s competence has been noted in the international taxation handbook Tax Directors Handbook.

Toomas has successfully represented clients in several cases, which have been ultimately referred to the Supreme Court. He has also represented clients in multiple European Court of Justice cases.  

Furthermore, he is a well appreciated lecturer at seminars dealing with administrative law.

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2002            Law Office Eversheds Ots & Co   

2000 - 2002  AS PricewaterhouseCoopers

1998 - 2000  Law Office Mägi & Partners   

1995 - 1998  Ministry of Justice

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Estonian Bar Association

International Bar Association

1998 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, LL.M.