University of Stockholm, Degree of Master of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration Law (Juris magisterexamen i internationell kommersiell skiljemannar\u00e4tt) (LL.M.)<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2002","studies":"
University of Tartu, Faculty of Law (BA)<\/p>\n"},{"year":"1999 - 2000","studies":"
West Virginia University, the College of Law (USA; exchange student)<\/p>\n"}],"job_experience":[{"year":"2008 \u2013 \u2026","description":"
LEADELL Pilv Law Office, Partner (since 2012)<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2019 - ...","description":"
Vice-Chairman of the Council of the Court of Arbitration of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2009 \u2013 2010","description":"
University of Tartu, Lecturer of \u201cPractical course on arbitration and other ADR methods\u201d<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2002 \u2013 2008","description":"
Law Office Raidla & Partnerid (Law Office Raidla Leijins Norcous; RoschierRaidla), Attorney (since 2008)<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2007","description":"
Roschier, Attorneys Ltd (Finland), on secondment (1,5 months)<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2006 \u2013 2007","description":"
University of Tartu, Lecturer of Private International Law (arbitration and international civil court proceedings)<\/p>\n"}],"recognitions":[{"year":"The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa","recognition":"
The international publication on overviews of the legal market \u201cThe Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa\u201c has highly recognised Pirkka-Marja P\u00f5ldvere primarily in the areas of dispute resolution, corporate law and M&A. \"Pirkka-Marja P\u00f5ldvere is an attorney with impeccable reputation, characterised by professional competence and excellent negotiation skills, being fair and reasonable.\"<\/p>\n"},{"year":"Chambers & Partners","recognition":"
The publication \u201eChambers Global\u201c of the database for the world's leading law firms \"Chambers & Partners\" has ranked Pirkka-Marja P\u00f5ldvere as a skillful lawyer and leading expert in dispute resolution (litigation and arbitration). \"Pirkka-Marja P\u00f5ldvere receives praise for her very thorough and constructive analysis and business-oriented approach. She is particularly recognised for the expertise in arbitration and also advice on a range of civil disputes.\"<\/p>\n"},{"year":"Outstanding Alumni Award 2018","recognition":"
ICAL Alumni Association Outstanding Alumni Award (2018). Since 2014 the Alumni Association of International Commercial Arbitration Law (ICAL) Masters Programme at the Stockholm University is annually awarding the \"Outstanding ICAL Alumni Award\" to a member of the ICAL alumni community to recognise the achievements in the field of law.<\/p>\n"},{"year":"Best Lawyers","recognition":"
The international publication \u201cBest Lawyers\u201d has repeatedly (2012 - 2018) recognised Pirkka-Marja P\u00f5ldvere as one of the best experts in Estonia in the areas of corporate law, M&A, litigation and arbitration.<\/p>\n"},{"year":"Global Law Experts","recognition":"
Global Law Experts has recognised Pirkka-Marja P\u00f5ldvere as the best Alternative Dispute Resolution Lawyer in Estonia in 2019, and the best Arbitration Lawyer in Estonia in 2014 and 2015.<\/p>\n"}],"publications":[{"publication":"
Chapter \u201eDoes a Party Save Costs When Turning to International Arbitration over Litigation?\u201c (co-author L. N\u00fcmann) in a book \"Finances in International Arbitration. Liber Amicorum Patricia Shaughnessy\u201c (ed. by S. Tung, F. Fortese, C. Baltag; Kluwer Law International, 2019)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Book \"Code of Civil Procedure. III. Annotated Edition\", written commentaries on ca 2\/3 of the paragraphs on arbitration, as well as on paragraphs on mediation (with I. Nurmela; Juura 2018)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cAttorney advising: the obligation to submit data on actual beneficiaries to the commercial register is right around the corner for everyone\u201d (news portal Delfi, 2018)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Book \"Code of Civil Procedure. I. Annotated Edition\", written commentaries on paragraphs on mediation (with I. Nurmela; Juura 2017)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cCan private limited company reclaim the fee paid to member of management board?\u201d (news portal Postimees.ee, online portals rup.ee and RMP.ee, 2017)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201eThe Estonian Supreme Court specified the limits of liability of board members\u201c (news portal Delfi, Delov\u00f5je Vedomosti, 2017)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cNegotiations are not a sign of weakness but wisdom\u201d (\u00c4rip\u00e4ev, Delov\u00f5je Vedomosti, 2017)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
\u201cAttorney-at-law on arbitration: Business Activities Should Not Be Over-regulated in the Interest of Consumer Protection\u201d (business news portal Delfi \u00c4rileht, 2015)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cPrivate Limited Company'ing\u201d, sense of responsibility and stupidity\u201c (newspaper Postimees, 2015)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article about preliminary injunctions in Estonia with Tambet Laasik (online portal juris.de, 2015)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201eThe Potjomkin\u2019s Village of Administration of Justice?\u201c (online version of daily Eesti P\u00e4evaleht, 2015)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201eCommercial Code Will Make Private Limited Companies Suitable for Start-Ups\u201d with Karin Ploom (online portal Raamatupidaja.ee, 2015)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201eCourt-Proof Decisions of General Meetings\u201c (online portal Raamatupidaja.ee, 2015)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cWhat\u2019s New Regarding the Recently Enforced Economic Activities Code Act?\u201d with A. Aab (newspaper \u00c4rip\u00e4ev, 2014)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Academic article \u201eEfficiency of Mediation in Commercial Disputes with Emphasis on Estonia\u201c in international journal \u201eSlovenian Arbitration Review\u201c with I. Nurmela (2014)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Academic articles \u201cEight Years of the Model Law: Does Arbitration in Estonia Comply with the Model?\u201d and (with I. Nurmela) \u201cEffective Alternative Dispute Resolution\u201d and editor\u2019s page (in the ADR special issue of Juridica, 2014\/1)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Chapters \u201eRecognition of Documents Issued Overseas\u201c (Ch 6) and \u201eInternational Arbitration\u201c (Ch 7) in national monograph \u201cEstonia. In International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Private International Law\u201d (Kluwer Law International; 2014, co-authors of the monograph K. Sein, M. Torga, I. Nurmela, I. Mahhov and B. Punison)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Chapter on Estonian arbitration in the Spanish and English book \u201cArbitraje comercial internacional en Europa: aspectos actuales y reg\u00edmenes jur\u00eddicos\u201d, Volume 22 of the \u201cBiblioteca de Arbitraje\u201d (directed by Jorge Luis Collantes and Anne-Carole Cremades; coordinated by Marco de Benito; Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre, Lima, 2013)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Chapters in international publication \u201cGlobal Legal Insights: Litigation & Dispute Resolution\u201d (Global Legal Group Ltd, London, 2012 \u2013 2013)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Articles in international publication \u201cThe International Comparative Legal Guide to: International Arbitration\u201d (Global Legal Group Ltd, London, 2008 \u2013 2013)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Articles in international publication \u201cThe International Comparative Legal Guide to: Litigation & Dispute Resolution\u201d (Global Legal Group Ltd, London, 2009 \u2013 2013)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cThe Valuation Method of a Non-Monetary Contribution was Simplified\u201d (legal blog of business daily \u00c4rip\u00e4ev, 2011)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cSuspending the Payment of Guarantee Amount \u2013 Possible but Exceptional\u201d (legal blog of business daily \u00c4rip\u00e4ev, 2010)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cMisleading of Lease Holders\u201d (newspaper \u00c4rip\u00e4ev, 2010)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cCreditor May Sustain Losses\u201d (newspaper \u00c4rip\u00e4ev, 2009)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Article \u201cGuaranteeing of Deposits \u2013 Deliberate Misleading of the Public?\u201d (newspaper \u00c4rip\u00e4ev, 2008)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Substantial amendment of Chapter 14 \u201cArbitration\u201d in a book \u201cPrivate International Law\u201d, 3rd amended edition (Juura, 2008; I. Nurmela, L. Almann, B. Punison, P.-M. P\u00f5ldvere, V. Tuulas, M. Vainomaa)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Academic article \u201cEstonia Has Taken New Step in (International) Commercial Arbitration\u201d (Stockholm International Arbitration Review, 2\/2005)<\/p>\n"},{"publication":"
Academic article \"The Necessity for Distinguishing Public and Private International Law Considering the Doctrine of Constrained Immunity of the State\u201d (Juridica, 5\/2002)<\/p>\n"}],"membership":[{"year":"2022","member":"
Head of Estonian Delegation to the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR <\/p>\n"},{"year":"2022","member":"
Member of SCC Arbitrators' Council <\/p>\n"},{"year":"2015","member":"
Young Arbitration Club Finland (YACF)<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2005","member":"
Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG)<\/p>\n"},{"year":"2003","member":"
Estonian Bar Association<\/p>\n"}],"estonian_bar":[{"year":"2017 - ...","activity":"Estonian Bar Association, member of corporate law committee"}],"city":"Tallinn","other_professional_activities":[{"activity":"Participation in panel discussion at the SCC East-West Forum: International arbitration and the war in Ukraine (29.11.2022)"},{"activity":"Lecture to the \u201eWhat is arbitration and why is it important for the entrepreneur\u201c at ICC Estonia's morning webinar (18.03.2022)"},{"activity":"Lecture to the members of the Estonian Bar Association at the seminar \u201eManagement board member liability and liability Insurance\u201c, organised for attonreys by the Estonian Bar Association (10.03.2022)"},{"activity":"Pirkka-Marja P\u00f5ldvere is one of the best arbitration specialists in Estonia, participating in arbitrations both as counsel and as arbitrator. She has been appointed as an arbitrator in the proceedings of EKTK, SCC, FAI and Danish Arbitration Institute. She is regularly lecturing and writing articles on arbitration and participating in the arbitration-related legislative process. She has also often published and lectured on corporate law issues, being, i.a., a member of the corporate law committee of the Estonian Bar Association"},{"activity":"Designated by the Republic of Estonia to serve on the Panel of Arbitrators maintained by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes - ICSID (2017-2023)"},{"activity":"Lecture to the members of the Estonian Bar Association \u201cDifferences between Arbitration and Litigation. Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators. Supreme Court Practice\u201d (2018)"},{"activity":"Visiting lecture at the School of Law of University of Tartu \u201cDifferences between Arbitration and Litigation. Impartiality and Independence of Arbitrators. Supreme Court Practice\u201d (2018)"},{"activity":"Lecture at the conference FinantsTreff 2017 \u201cTransactions of Management Board Members with Themselves \u2013 What is Allowed and What Not?\u201d (2017)"},{"activity":"Lecture on latest Supreme Court Practice on management board member liability and fees at a seminar organised in cooperation of Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Estonia, British-Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Swedbank (2017)"},{"activity":"Filing a statement (05.11.2015) and counselling the Estonian Ministry of Justice regarding the ministry\u2019s plans to develop amendments to the laws regulating arbitration (30.09.2015). The respective development plan included references to P.-M. P\u00f5ldvere\u00b4s comparative analysis of the regulation of arbitration procedure ordered by Ministry of Justice and submitted through LEADELL Pilv Law Office (Aivar Pilv Law Office; 09.04.2015)"},{"activity":"Lecturer at international conference \u201cIndependence and Impartiality of Arbitrators in Small Countries\u201d organised by Young Arbitration Club Finland (2015)"},{"activity":"Participation as arbitrator in annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2009-2018)"},{"activity":"Participation as Estonian reporter in the arbitration research by the Brunel Law School (Survey on the Law and Practice of Arbitration Commissioned by the European Parliament) (2014)"},{"activity":"Lecture on the cooperation of attorneys and in-house lawyers at international conference \u201ePosition of the Company Lawyer in the European Union\u201c (2014)"},{"activity":"Organiser of workshop \u201cWhat is Conciliation?\u201c with I.-E. Aavakivi, I. Nurmela and Estonian Association of Lawyers (2014)"},{"activity":"Lectures at Rocca al Mare School within the programme \u201eFoundation for Law\u201c (2012-2013)"},{"activity":"Lecture \u201cArbitration. UNCITRAL Model Law and Current Developments in Estonia\u201d at the Anniversary Conference of the Arbitration Court of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce on \u201c20 Years of Arbitration in Estonia and Arbitration in Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, Finland and Sweden\u201d (2012)"},{"activity":"Participation as a representative of the Baltic States in panel discussion on shipping and commodities trade at the conference \u201cBaltic Arbitration Days 2012\u201d (2012)"},{"activity":"Lecture \u201cIntroductory Overview About the Shareholders Right for Information\u201d at the Estonian Board of Auditors schooling \u201cPartners and Shareholders Right for Information and Special Audit\u201d (2012)"},{"activity":"Lecture on dispute resolution at the German-Baltic Chamber of Commerce seminar \u201cCross-Border Business between Estonia and Germany \u2013 Dispute Resolution Mechanisms in Contracts between Estonian and German Companies\u201d (2010)"},{"activity":"Lecture on extrajudicial resolution of international disputes at the Preismann Koolitus O\u00dc seminar \u201cPractical Problems in Private International Law\u201d (2010)"},{"activity":"Lecture on conciliation at the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry seminar \u201cConciliation (Mediation) \u2013 Effective Way to Resolve Disputes\u201d (2010)"},{"activity":"Lecture \u201cLegal Remedies Stemming from Leasing Contracts\u201d at the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry seminar (2009)"},{"activity":"Lecture \u201cLegal Remedies Used with Authorization Agreement\u201d at various seminars (2009-2010)"},{"activity":"Presentation \u201cWho benefits from the Board Member Contracts?\u201d at the \u00c4rip\u00e4ev seminar \u201cWhat a Board Member Liable for?\u201d (2009)"},{"activity":"Lecture \u201cMergers and Acquisitions \u2013 Why, When, How?\u201d at the Tallinn Conferences seminar \u201cHow to Successfully Implement Mergers and Acquisitions?\u201d (2008)"}]},"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n