Sorainen

Dispute Resolution & Risk Management, Sanctions Compliance

Partner, head of the firm’s Risk Management, Corporate Crime Investigations & Defence practice in Estonia.

As head of the firm’s Risk Management, Corporate Crime Investigations & Defence practice in Estonia, Norman Aas has helped many clients to get out of trouble, and has been involved in dealing with hundreds of major economic and corruption crimes during his legal career.

Expert on criminal law and criminal proceedings. Working as a prosecutor for 17 years, he was involved in hundreds of criminal cases. As Prosecutor General from 2005 to 2014, he was responsible for prosecuting the most significant and high-profile crimes in Estonia, including cases of political corruption.

Making national anti-corruption policy. As Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice in 2014-2017, Norman was responsible for coordinating national legal policy and know the policy making and rulemaking processes in detail. Among other things, he was responsible for coordinating and implementing our anti-corruption policies and strategies at national level.

Problem solver. Norman has helped several large international companies conduct internal investigations, identify crimes involving dishonest management, and helps restore normal business in the company. He has cooperated effectively with law enforcement agencies to protect the rights of companies that has suffered fraud and corruption, and has helped implement anti-corruption strategies for companies and public authorities, including large hospitals and municipalities.

Academic character. Norman Aas is a lecturer on criminal law and criminal proceedings at Tallinn University and co-author of commentaries on several laws. He is a member of the supervisory board of the foundation which issues the most important Estonian legal magazine: Juridica.

Medals of Merit. In 2003 Norman was voted Prosecutor of the Year and has been awarded Medals of Merit from the Central Criminal Police, the Tax and Customs Board, the Internal Security Service, the Estonian Forensic Science Institute and the Police and Border Guard Board. In 2014 the Minster of the Interior presented him with an engraved Walther P99 pistol.

Estonian, English, German

Estonian Bar Association State Real Estate (RKAS) (board member) Juridicum (board member)

University of Greifswald, Germany (Master’s degree in Law (summa cum laude)) University of Tartu, Estonia (BA in Law)