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Estonia

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Provided by Sven Papp

Europe

Practice Areas

Labor law and immigration

Termination and restructuring of the business relationship

M&A

Capital Markets

Private Equity

Commercial Transactions

Corporate Governance & Advisory

Employment, Benefits & Pensions

Foreign Direct Investment

Tax & Structuring

Wealth Management & Private Clients

Food, Beverages & Cosmetics

Tax Advisory

Technologies, Media and Telecommunications

Customs & Trade

Professional Memberships

2002 Nasdaq CSD Tallinn Stock Exchange, Chairman of the Listing and Supervisory Committee

2014 Estonian Bar Association, Member of Business Law Committee

2014 Ministry of Justice, Member of the Committee of Review of the Estonian Commercial Code

2014 European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

2014 Estonian Service Industry Association, Member of the Board

1987 Estonian Bar Association

Experience

Sven has unique and broad international experience both as an attorney and as a General Counsel, having worked at White & Case law firm in New York (1989-1990) and in Stockholm (1991-1992), the Swedish-French strategic management consulting firm SIAR-Bossard in Stockholm (1992-1994) and as General Counsel of Swedish Match East Europe in Stockholm (1994-1998). Sven has an unrivalled track record having over the past 25 years acted as lead counsel for more than 1,500 high-value landmark local and international M&A transactions across the Baltic and Nordic region.

Sven is widely renowned expert in corporate governance, he has been serving as Board member and/or corporate secretary to several major companies, e.g. Eesti Energia, Swedish Match, Eesti Telecom (currently Telia Eesti), Estonian Recycling Company, Tere/Farmi (Estonian leading dairy industries), Eesti Post/Omniva, Estonian Development Fund, Elcogen AS, Meeat Foodtech Oy, Estonian Festival Orchestra (symphony orchestra of world-famous Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi), etc.

Education

Stockholm University, Sweden

Master of Laws (LL.M.)

1991

University of Tartu, Estonia

Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), officially equivalent to MA

1986

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Chambers European Guide

Corporate/Commercial - Estonia

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Sven Papp is highly praised by market participants for his work on large M&A transactions. He regularly teams up with large international law firms to assist with cross-border mandates.

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