Toomas Vaher

Practice Areas

Arbitration

Litigation

Mediation and ADR

Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments

Corporate Crimes and Investigations

Commercial and Transactional Disputes

Constitutional and Administrative Proceedings

Construction and Real Estate Disputes

Directors and Officers Liability

Foreign Investment Protection

Insolvency and Restructuring

Insurance Disputes

Professional Liability

Shareholder Conflicts

Professional Memberships

2017 ICSID Panel of Arbitrators

2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration, Member of the Court

2004-2013, 2016 Estonian Bar Association, Member of the Board

2010-2013 Estonian Bar Association, Chairman

2006-2010, 2016 Council of Anti Money Laundering Advisory Committee of Market Participants, Member

2013-2021 The Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board

2013 International Bar Association (IBA)

2010-2013, 2022 Council of the Administration of Courts, Member

2003-2004, 2013-2016 Estonian Bar Association, Ethics and Methodology Board of the Estonian Bar Association

1997 Estonian Bar Association

Experience

Toomas Vaher is a partner and one of the most highly regarded experts on dispute resolution in Estonia, plus a long-standing board member and the former president of the Estonian Bar Association (2010–2013). Since 2013, he has served as an international board member of the Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI).

Over the years, Toomas has advised clients in a number of large and complex litigation and arbitration matters, mainly in the field of commercial law. He also acts as an arbitrator, both in domestic as well as in international arbitration proceedings. As a recognised expert and adviser in alternative dispute resolution, he was appointed by Estonia as a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 and designated as a member of the ICSID Panels in 2017.

Toomas also serves on several commissions dealing with AML and sanction screening issues and has been involved in the drafting of relevant legal acts as well as regulations of the Bar Association.

Education