Ellex

Financial Regulatory, Criminal Compliance, Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

Partner

Marko Kairjak, PhD., LL.M is a partner and financial regulatory and criminal compliance expert. He has extensive experience in criminal defence, internal investigations and compliance assessments having been involved in all the major and largest white-collar cases in Estonia in recent history.

Marko Kairjak has also advised numerous financing transactions and regulatory matters within the alternative financing and fintech sector. He has been involved in setting up most of the regions’ crowdfunding platforms, and has also advised fintech companies in landmark financing transactions and provided regulatory and compliance support during licensing and post-licensing.

Marko Kairjak is the author of many academic books and articles and has been involved in university teaching since 2007. He has been a visiting scholar at various European universities and is considered the main academic expert on criminal compliance and AML.

2022 International Bar Association, IBA

2018 EAÕS

2015 European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL)

2013 European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA)

2008 Estonian Bar Association

2007 Estonian Legal Science Society

2015 University of Tartu, Estonia Faculty of Law, PhD

2010 Cambridge University, United Kingdom Faculty of Law, LLM

2007 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany Faculty of Law, Student Exchange Program

2007 University of Tartu, Estonia Faculty of Law, MA (cum laude)