Dr Carri Ginter > Sorainen > Tallinn, Estonia > Lawyer Profile
Sorainen Offices
Rotermanni 6,
10111
Estonia
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Dr Carri Ginter
Work Department
Competition & Regulatory, Dispute Resolution & Risk Management, Intellectual Property, Insolvency & Restructuring
Position
Partner, head of the firm’s Dispute Resolution & Risk Management practice in the Baltics and Belarus
Career
Carri Ginter is head of the firm’s Dispute Resolution & Risk Management practice in the Baltics and Belarus. He has litigated hundreds of matters in the interests of clients. Carri believes in endorsing young talent and speaking up on important matters that influence society.
Expert on EU law. Carri served as an expert witness in a historic hearing before the Estonian Supreme Court regarding the constitutionality of the European Stability Mechanism. He has also represented a client in a dispute against the City of Tallinn over a sales tax imposed in the City between 2010-2011. The European Court of Justice delivered a judgment that found the sales tax to be a violation of EU law and the excise duty directive, obligating the City to return illegally collected tax to companies. As a recognition to his experience in the field of EU law, Carri has been appointed avocat conseil (legal adviser) to the French Embassy in Estonia.
IP advice. As an IP litigator Carri had the privilege of representing a major Estonian food manufacturer in a ground-breaking trademark infringement case in which the court ordered ‒ and the Supreme Court upheld ‒ that the infringing party pay all of its gross profits to the client. This represented a change in Estonian IP law and in trademark infringement cases.
Fighting corruption. In 2015 the supervisory board of the Estonian state-owned company Port of Tallinn appointed Carri as a member of their management board. The Port of Tallinn, the eighth most profitable company in the country, had accepted the resignation of two board members who were arrested as part of a bribery investigation.
State issues. Carri has defended Estonian government ministries and the City of Tallinn in court and also won the largest civil damages claim in history against the Republic of Estonia. Also, he has successfully represented retired judges in constitutional review proceedings challenging new legal amendments adopted by the Parliament of Estonia (Riigikogu) introducing a new indexing system for judges’ pensions.
Academic at heart. Carri is an associate professor of EU law at the University of Tartu, where he has twice been named Lecturer of the Year. He publishes internationally in the field of EU law. With Sorainen, he mentors the Sorainen Academy and Thinktank, initiatives that seek to advance young people.
Languages
Estonian, English, French, German, Russian
Memberships
- Estonian Bar Association
- Founding member of FIDE Estonia (International Federation of European Law)
- Estonian Lawyers’ Union
- Estonian Moot Court Society
- Swedish Institute Management Network
- Domain Disputes Committee of Estonian Internet Foundation
Education
- University of Tartu, Estonia (PhD in Law)
- Stockholm University, Sweden (LLM)
- Concordia International University, Estonia (BA in Law)
- Swedish Institute Management Programme, Sweden
- University of Munich, Germany (training programme in German and European Law)
- Hague Academy of International Law, The Netherlands (Private International Law)
Lawyer Rankings
Estonia > Dispute resolution
(Hall of Fame)Sorainen continued to expand its litigation offering in 2022 and 2023, introducing a sanctions compliance practice, as well as assistance in defamation and reputation protection matters. Carri Ginter, who ‘has managed to form an excellent team of like-minded and ambitious legal professionals mirroring the professionalism of their team leader‘, leads the group alongside Allar Jõks, Norman Aas and Maria Pihlak. Triin Toom is a go-to name in the team for corporate and financial disputes.
Estonia > Shipping and transport
(Leading partners)Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution Estonia
- Hall of Fame Estonia > Dispute resolution
- Leading partners Estonia > Shipping and transport
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- IP, IT and telecoms
- Real estate and construction
- Shipping and transport
- Tax