Sven
Papp
Partner
Head of M&A and Corporate Advisory practice group
Contact
E. sven dot papp at rln dot ee
T. +372 6407 170
Sven Papp is one of the leading and most experienced corporate and M&A lawyers in Estonia. He has unique and broad international experience both as an attorney and as a general counsel having worked at White & Case in New York and in its Stockholm offices, the Swedish-French consulting company SIAR-Bossard in Stockholm and in Swedish Match East Europe in Stockholm. Sven has an unrival track record having over the past 20 years acted as lead legal adviser for a large number of landmark local and international M&A transactions across the Baltic and Nordic region.
Areas of Expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Corporate Advisory
IT and Telecoms
Labour Law
JOINED THE FIRM
1994
Partner since
1994
Education
1991 LL.M, Stockholm University, Sweden
1986 BA in Law / officially equivalent to MA, University of Tartu, Estonia
Participation in legislative drafting
Commercial Code
Telecommunication Act and Law on Electronic Communication
Privatisation Act
Law on Investment Funds
Tobacco Act
Railways Act
Energy Act
Package Act
Development Fund Act
Memberships
Member of the Expert Council of Independent Legal Profession and Insolvency Law at the Ministry of Justice
Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Since 2002 member of the Listing and Supervisory Committee of Tallinn Stock Exchange
Since 1987 member of the Estonian Bar Association
Languages
Estonian, English, Finnish, Russian
A selection of deals and cases
- Advising Maag Lihatööstus AS in the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Poutty OY
- Advising Reitan Servicehandel AS in the acquisition of over 1000 R-Kiosk convenience stores operating in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania
- Advising UKRSELHOSPROM PCF LLC in the acquisition of majority shares in MARFIN PANK EESTI AS
- Advising Hamilton Advokatbyrå, the bankruptcy receiver of electronics chain ONOFF, in the sale of AKTSIASELTS ONOFF EESTI to a local electronics dealer
- Advising Texas Instruments Estonia OÜ in the acquisition of National Semiconductor Estonia OÜ
- Advising CW Travel Holdings N.V. in the acquisition of Aktsiaselts Kaleva Travel
- Advising Orkla ASA in the acquisition of Aktsiaselts Kalev Chocolate Factory
- Advising a consortium of investors in the acquisition of Loksa Laevatehase AS
- Advising TeliaSonera AB in the acquisition of Aktsiaselts Eesti Telekom
- Advising piimandusühistu E-Piim, one of the largest dairy co-operatives in Estonia, in restructuring its current operations and preparing for the merger with TERE aktsiaselts
- Advising Carlsberg Breweries A/S in the acquisition of Saku Õlletehase AS
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