Raino Paron

Born
4 July 1965

Position
Partner

Expertise
banking & finance, capital markets, venture capital projects, competition law, EU law, infrastructure, M&A

Joined
Firm 1995

Career
1996           Visiting lawyer, Linklaters & Paines, London, UK
1994-1996   Legal consultant, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development ( the World Bank), Washington D.C., USA
1993-1994   Legal consultant, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., USA
1990-1992   In-house counsel, Commercial Fishery “Pärnu Kalur”
1990-1992   Assistant director (part-time position), Pärnu City Government, Economic Department

Education
1993           LL.M, with distinction, Georgetown University, USA
1990           Law degree, cum laude, University of Tartu

Languages
Estonian, English, Russian

Participation in legislative drafting
Financial Supervisory Authority Act
Law on Credit Institutions Act
Investment Funds Act
Securities Markets Act
Central Registry of Securities Act
Commercial Code
Foreign Borrowing by the Republic of Estonia and State Guarantees for Foreign Loan Agreements Act
Bankruptcy Act
Rules of the Tallinn Stock Exchange

Memberships
since 1996    Chairman of the Council of the Arbitration Court of the Tallinn Stock Exchange
since 1996    Member of the Estonian Bar Association
2004            Member of the organising committee of IBA Nordic and Baltic Regional Conference, Stockholm

Publications

• Close out Netting in Estonian Bankruptcy Proceedings: Some Unanswered Questions. - Journal of International Financial Markets, Sweet & Maxwell, 2000;
• Overview of Regulation of Financial Services in Estonia. - Special Issue of Journal of International Financial Markets, Sweet & Maxwell, 1999 and 2000;
• Issuing of Debt Securities and Legal Documents Related to Issues of Debt Securities. - Juridica, 1996, No 10, pages 529-545 (in Estonian);
• Repurchases of Securities and Securities’ Lending. - Juridica, 1996, No 10, pages 545-548 (in Estonian);
• Derivatives: their Use and Associated Risks. - Juridica, 1996, No 10, pages 548-551 (in Estonian);
• Raising Loan and Equity Capital from Investors. - Juridica, 1996, No10, pages 525-528 (in Estonian).
• Contributed news on Estonian legal developments to the Journal of International Financial Markets and to the Journal of International Banking Law, Sweet & Maxwell;
• Corporate Insolvency Proceedings. Estonian chapter. - Allen & Overy, 2004;
• A Practitioner's Guide to Takeovers and Mergers in the EU. Estonian chapter. - City & Financial, 2004;
• European Corporate Law. Estonian chapter. Nomos Verlag, 2006.
• Mergers & Acquisitions 2007.- Getting the Deal Through.- Law Business Research Ltd. Estonian chapter by Raino Paron, Kai Liiva.
• Dominance 2007. Global Competition Review.- Law Business Research Ltd. 2007. Estonian chapter by Raino Paron, Tanel Kalaus.
• Restructuring & Insolvency 2008.- Getting the Deal Through.- Law Business Research Ltd. 2008. Estonian chapter by Raino Paron and Heili Haabu.

Raino Paron has also contributed a substantial number of articles, overviews and reports on various topics of Estonian law to different professional organisations (such as ABA, IBA, AIJA) and to commercial publishers (such as Euromoney, Getting the Deal Trhough, Global Counsel, the European Lawyer).

Other
Raino Paron has spoken on several domestic and international conferences on issues related to Estonian banking and financial laws, company laws and corporate governance.