About

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Our attorneys have advised and represented a diverse portfolio of private and public sector clients over many years in all competition law issues, i.e. anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance (including private damages actions), merger control and state aid. We are experienced in handling these issues across all types of proceedings — civil, administrative, misdemeanour and criminal.

The firm’s state aid expertise is particularly distinguished, standing out from competing law firms in both the scale and complexity of mandates.

We have considerable experience in many specific areas such as energy, transportation, infrastructure and electronic communications, real estate, food industry, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and healthcare, retail.

We would like to bring out the following recent highlights:

  • Advising and representing high-profile clients (e.g. Tallinna Vesi) in significant (claims exceed 15 mEUR) and precedent-creating damages actions related to alleged abuses of dominant position;
  • Advising clients in cases related to alleged cartel activity, including the administrative proceedings as well as follow-on damages actions;
  • Advising both the State and local governments as well as private companies on complex state aid issues, e.g. advising several local governments and Tallinna Vesi on state aid matters related to investments;
  • Representing clients in difficult concentration control cases;
  • Carrying out extensive competition law audits for private companies.

Chambers Review

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Competition/Antitrust - Estonia

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

TRINITI frequently acts for clients on merger clearance notifications before the Estonian Competition Authority. The law firm also represents clients in behavioural investigations and damages actions. Team members have further experience in state aid mandates and competition law compliance matters.

Work Highlights

  • TRINITI advised the Estonian Business and Innovation Agency on state aid matters relating to the pre-notification of a loan guarantee scheme for large enterprises to the European Commission.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Tanel Kalaus
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Tanel Kalaus
2
Band 2

Tanel Kalaus regularly assists public sector clients with state aid matters. He has additional experience in behavioural mandates, including abuse of dominance and cartel investigations. He also acts on competition law compliance mandates, particularly those involving distribution strategies.

Tanel Kalaus is a very experienced competition law expert who has deep knowledge and understanding of the national and international practices.

Tanel Kalaus is excellent to work with, keeps his promises and delivers well-prepared views.

He provides clear, option-driven advice with next steps.

He is hands-on, highly responsive and consistently converts complex, cross-border facts into a clear plan.

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Tanel Kalaus
2
Tanel Kalaus
2
Band 2

Members

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Karmen Turk

Mikk Põld

Sandor Elias

Thyle Kelder

Villu Otsmann

Clients

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EISA

Enefit Power

Skeleton Technologies

Tallinna Sadam

Tallinna Vesi

Tamro

Utilitas

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Agriculture

Electronic Communications

Energy

Food Industry

Healthcare

Infrastructure

Pharmaceuticals

Real Estate

Retail

Transport

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