Ellex

M&A, Real Estate Transactions & Leases, Foreign Direct Investment, Private Equity

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Risto Vahimets is one of Estonia’s most experienced and renowned M&A practitioners, focusing mainly on M&A and strategic advisory, as well as on restructuring and distressed advisory. He also has an excellent understanding of finance and company valuation. Thanks to his long-term experience, Risto has an excellent eye for detecting what is valuable and what is not in a company to be acquired.

Risto has worked in the Baltic M&A scene for over 20 years. Historically, he has served (including as chairman) on the boards of various companies, from the financial sector to wholesale and medicine. Today he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Fifaa, Sportland International Group, Pontos Baltic and is a member of the Management Board of R8Tech Strategy Committee and Leden Group Oy.

He has often started working with companies on some acquisition or restructuring cases, and from there the advice has expanded to more complex strategic decisions.

Risto has closed hundreds of deals in various sectors, such as financial services, energy, logistics, infrastructure, electronics, agriculture, real estate, telecoms, and retail.

2000 International Bar Association (IBA)

2000 Academy of American and International Law

1996 Estonian Bar Association

1997 The University of Connecticut School of Law, Master of Laws (LL.M.)

1996 University of Tartu, Estonia, Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), cum laude