Sorainen

Competition & Regulatory, Dispute Resolution & Risk Management, Intellectual Property, Insolvency & Restructuring

Partner, head of the firm’s Dispute Resolution & Risk Management practice in the Baltics and Belarus

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.

Estonian, English, French, German, Russian

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

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)