Ellex‘s transport team has operated in a range of areas, including aviation, shipping, railway and road transport. Toomas Vaher heads up the team and is a leading litigation and arbitration expert in the country. Clients instructing the group hail from both the public and the private sector, and the group has dedicated teams broken down into industry sectors in order to provide clients with multidisciplinary advice. Founding partner Jüri Raidla is a key team member when it comes to complex transport projects with an infrastructure angle.

Sorainen operates internationally on multi-jurisdictional matters, such as a high-value pan-Baltic railway development project. Associate Kaspar Endrikson is praised for his availability and is often called upon by clients for commercial and regulatory matters in the shipping industry. Practice head Kaupo Lepasepp is a veteran when it comes to transport matters, having worked on projects in the railway and port sectors in particular.

TGS Baltic assists clients with a range of transport matters, from aviation to shipping, utilising its ‘comprehensive knowledge of maritime law‘ and international contacts to assist foreign transport companies. Practice head Martti Peetsalu is integral to the group’s work and is a well-known litigator with a history of representing clients in the Supreme Court in transport matters. Triin Kaurov‘s multidisciplinary approach is also instrumental to the team’s success in a range of mandates.

Eversheds Sutherland Ots & Co is able to lean on the firm’s network of global offices to represent a range of Estonian transport clients and large waste management entities. The team is led by Toomas Pikamäe, Maivi Ots and Dmitri Zdobnõh and has experience in contentious and non-contentious matters. Pikamäe counts the Estonian Transport Administration among his varied client base in Estonia.

RASK Attorneys-at-Law‘s aviation and shipping practice forms part of the ‘solid and very efficient law firm‘ and works for the majority of Estonia’s airlines. Practice head Timo Kullerkupp has a strong track record in both the aviation and shipping sectors. The group acts in a range of transactions and litigation in key industries, including the logistics sector, on infrastructure and employment issues.

Triniti has a long history of assisting clients in the shipping and aviation sectors. Standout matters from 2023 include infrastructure construction projects throughout the Baltic region. The practice is jointly led by M&A and project finance expert Tõnis Tamme and Ain Kalme, a go-to practitioner for infrastructure-related transport matters. Ergo Blumfeldt is a name to note for transactional work.