Cobalt

Real Estate & Construction

Aivar Taro is a Partner at COBALT and Head of the fields of Real Estate, Construction and Energy.

Aivar has long-term experience in large-scale real estate transactions with both domestic and international companies, including the acquisition and sale of commercial, industrial and other types of real estate as well as development projects. He also has extensive experience in advising real estate developments, which renders him able to offer valuable counsel to clients during the entire course of the development process, including the planning procedure, construction process, matters pertaining to lease, financing, and the completion of the project. Aivar has participated in advising numerous lease transactions, including sale and leaseback transactions, leasing build to suit lease objects and managing the lease portfolios of shopping centres. He additionally has impressive experience in the energy sector, including advising renewable energy projects, acquisition transactions of energy companies and projects for creating new generation capacity.

Estonian, English, German, Russian

Member of Estonian Bar Association (since 2004)

Master`s degree, cum laude, University of Tartu, Estonia, (2002); Erasmus exchange programme, University of Konstanz, Germany, (2001-2002)