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Legal 500: “Professional, reliable and effective”.
The LEADELL Pilv Law Office has once again gained the highest evaluation in the field of dispute resolution and tax law from the leading international publication “Legal 500”. Additionally we are recognized in commercial, corporate and M&A and real estate and construction. The publication noted 7 senior associates of the LEADELL Pilv: Aivar Pilv, Urmas Kõrgesaar, Britta Oltjer, Jaak Siim, Pirkka-Marja Põldvere, Anneli Aab, Marko Pilv.
Dispute resolution
At the Leadell Pilv partners Britta Oltjer and Aivar Pilv and senior associates Marko Pilv and Anneli Aab are ‘professional, reliable and effective’. Highlights included defending Karl Liivapuu against a €2.4m claim brought by Transcom concerning a sale and purchase agreement, and representing Surgitech in a civil dispute with a former employee over the fulfilment of a loan contract.
Tax law
Managing partner Aivar Pilv, who has ‘excellent tax knowledge and lots of experience in litigation’, and partner Jaak Siim are the key contacts at the Leadell Pilv. They ‘work day and night for the best results’. Siim advised a former company board member asked to repay the company’s debt, while Pilv is representing Donleon Trading in an extensive tax fraud case.
Commercial, corporate and M&A
The Leadell Pilv’s practice head and partner Pirkka-Marja Põldvere and managing partner Aivar Pilv, who has ‘great knowledge and experience’, advised Saarek on corporate spin-off matters. Partner Britta Oltjer has been advising Chemi-Pharm for almost a decade, assisting with agreements and shareholder procedures. Senior associate Marko Pilv has good ‘attention to detail’.
Real estate and construction
Partner Urmas Kõrgesaar heads Leadell Pilv’s ‘very professional’ real estate practice. Managing partner Aivar Pilv represented Taivo Luik in a dispute over the legality of a flat extension and a related water damages claim. Other clients include Meriton Hotels, Capital Inkasso and Tartu Ehitus.