Europe
Practice Areas
Real estate leases and lending
M&A
Commercial Transactions
Construction
Employment, Benefits & Pensions
Insurance Transactions
Energy & Infrastructure
General Commercial & Compliance
Transport & Aviation
Professional Memberships
2012 Estonian Bar Association
2005 Ministry of Justice, Member of the Expert Committee of Free Legal Profession and Insolvency Law
Experience
Dr. iur. Martin Käerdi is a partner and one of Estonia’s leading academics and practitioners handling issues related to civil and commercial law. As the Head of the Division of Private Law in the Ministry of Justice of Estonia, he was responsible for the drafting of a large number of the Estonian civil and commercial laws and implementing relevant EU legislation during the time that Estonia was preparing to join the EU. He is one of the principal authors of most of the core Estonian laws in the areas of civil and commercial law including the Commercial Code, Property Law, Law of Obligations Act (the Estonian Civil Code), and the Bankruptcy Act and Restructuring Act. Martin is also an Associate Professor of civil law at the University of Tartu.
Education
University of Freiburg, Germany
Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.)
2005
University of Tartu, Estonia
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
2002
University of Tartu, Estonia
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), officially equivalent to MA
2000