Toomas Vaher

Toomas Vaher

Toomas Vaher

Born
12 October 1974

Position
Partner

Expertise
civil and administrative court procedure, international arbitration & amicable dispute resolution (ADR), insolvency, administrative law, reorganisation

Joined Firm
1996

Career
1998 Trainee, Mannheimer Swartling, Stockholm
1994-1995 Assistant District Attorney of Rapla

Education
1996 Law degree, cum laude, University of Tartu, Estonia

Languages
Estonian, English

Memberships
since 2010 Chairman of the Estonian Bar Association
since 2010 Member of the the Council for Administration of Courts
2006-2010 Member of the Council of Anti Money Laundering Advisory Committee of Market Participants
since 2005 Member of the International Association of Young Lawyers
since 2004 Board member of the Estonian Bar Association
2003-2004 Member of the Ethics and Methodology Commission of Estonian Bar Association
since 1997 Member of the Estonian Bar Association

Participation in legislative drafting

• Law of Maritime Property Act
• Law of Ship Flag and Registers of Ships Act
• Bankruptcy Act
• Bar Association Act
• Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Prevention Act

Publications

• Kristi Reinson, Sven Papp, Toomas Vaher. Implementation of New Electronic Communications Framework in Estonia. Juura, 2005, 256 pages (in Estonian);
• Practical Observations Regarding Civil Processing. - Juridica, 2005, No 3, pages 167-169 (in Estonian).

Other
Toomas Vaher has spoken on several domestic and international conferences on issues related to litigation and arbitration.