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Legal 500 highly recommends Glimstedt2008.05.31
The latest edition of the Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa, a leading independent international guide which annually reviews and highlights the most recognized commercial law firms in countries around the world, announces Glimstedt Straus & Partners as a recommended Estonian law firm in all our major practice areas already a several years in a row.
Legal 500 2008 recommends Glimstedt Straus & Partners as one of the leading law firms in Estonia in the following areas of practice:
· Banking & Finance. Legal 500 comments: „Glimstedt Straus & Partners Law Firm also acts for Sampo Bank in Estonia, one of the largest banks operating there. Name partner Ilmar Straus is an experienced lawyer and clients are ‘happy with the service provided.’ The firm advised Codan Insurance on the regulatory issues of establishing a branch in Estonia”.
· Corporate/M&A. Legal 500 comments: “Ilmar Straus at Law Firm Glimstedt Straus & Partners is popular with clients who note he is ‘very professional and personable’. As a member of the Glimstedt network the firm handles enviable Baltic-wide deals, such as acting for Shell Group on the sale of its Baltic subsidiaries to OÜ Pisipehme”.
· IP/IT & Telecoms. Legal 500 comments: “Glimstedt Straus & Partners Law Firm is noted for IP expertise, largely due to Heiki Pisuke. The firm successfully advised Baltic meat processor AS Rakvere Lihakombinaat in a landmark and complex trade mark case, while telecoms work includes representing the Estonian National Communications Board in judicial proceedings concerning telecoms disputes”.
· Real Estate & Construction. Legal 500 comments: “Glimstedt Straus & Partners Law Firm advises on a steady flow of mid-market deals and highlights include acting for Eastern Europe Real Estate Investment Trust on industrial acquisitions in Tallinn. Paavo Paas is the main adviser, attracting client comments such as: ‘in Estonia there are about six to seven very good law firms and Law Firm Glimstedt Straus & Partners is one of them’”.
· Shipping & Transport. Legal 500 comments: “A multi-disciplinary team at Law Firm Glimstedt Straus & Partners advises a number of clients in the shipping and transport sectors, and continues to act for Gart-Grupp Ltd, the general ship supplier and forwarding agent in all ports in the Baltic Sea, in various judicial proceedings concerning maritime claims”.
· Tax. Legal 500 comments: “At Law Firm Glimstedt Straus & Partners Priit Lätt runs a busy department with notable skill in tax disputes. ‘The services provided are of high professional standard,’ says a client who was jubilant in the Supreme Court last year. Matters include the high-profile case concerning the taxation of sugar surplus stocks against the Ministry of Agriculture and Estonian Customs and Tax Board, with the firm acting for large food industry companies”.
