WALLESS has strengthened as a result of merging with FORT in 2024. This is notably in relation to its team depth, but also in relation to its ability to handle major, complex financing and capital markets transactions, such as bond issuances. The firm fields a team which is described by one client as ‘pragmatic, efficient and great subject matter experts’. Team head Andres Siigur leads the team alongside former managing partner Hannes Vallikivi whose broad practice spans regulatory matters, derivatives, structured finance, acquisition finance and project finance transactions. Kaisa Saarmann is another key contact.
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- 'Responsive and effective. Pleasant to work with.'
- 'Customer friendly and a business oriented approach!'
- 'The team are pragmatic, efficient and great subject matter experts.'
- 'Andres Siigur and Kaisa Saarmann are great experts in their field and provide great service.'
- 'We have been using FORT law firm for years and it has been very pleasant to witness that the merger with WALLESS has been seamless and they really hit the ground running.'
Key clients
- ALD Automotive
- Aosphere
- Avolon Aerospace
- Capitalica
- Cognitech
- Crowdestate
- East Capital
- Elisa
- Estonian Centre for Defence Investment
- EveryPay
Work highlights
- Advised Šiaulių Bankas on the merger of its and INVL Invalda’s pension and investment funds in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- Represented East Capital, Firebird Management, Invesco, INVL Asset Management, and Trigon Asset Management in a dispute over the squeeze-out price paid for the shares of Olympic Entertainment Group.
- Advised a European airline operator on leasing Airbus A320 aircrafts.
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Leading partners
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Andres Siigur
Leading associates
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Kaisa Saarmann
Practice head
Andres Siigur; Hannes Vallikivi
Other key lawyers
Riin Rehepapp; Kaisa Saarmann