TGS Baltic

Mergers & Acquisitions / Healthcare & Life Sciences / Private Equity & Venture Capital / Corporate Law / Real Estate Transactions / Commercial Law / Shareholders Disputes / Personal Data Protection and Privacy

Sander Kärson, Managing Partner and a Co-Head of the M&A practice, is involved in most of the firm’s transactional work, while his special focus is on IT and pharmaceuticals. In addition to transactional work, he often advises both local and foreign investors regarding their cross-border operations.

Sander is a member of the Ministry of Justice’s corporate law audit committee that has been set up to review all legislation regulating the corporate/commercial field. Also, he co-authored the suretyship and guarantee sections’ commentaries on the General Part of the Law of Obligations Act. He teaches contract law, company law and M&A at the University of Tartu, the main legal education provider in Estonia.

Since 2020 Managing Partner (Estonia), law firm TGS Baltic

2018 Partner, law firm TGS Baltic

2017–2018 Associate Partner, law firm TGS Baltic (formerly Varul)

2016–2017 Associate Partner, law firm Varul

2013–2016 Senior Associate, law firm Varul

2011–2012 Associate, law firm Raidla Ellex

2011 Associate, law firm Sorainen

2009–2010 Associate, law firm Glimstedt

2007–2009 Junior Associate, law firm Glimstedt

Since 2007 Supervisor of Seminars, Institute of Private Law, University of Tartu

2006–2007 Advisor, Ministry of Justice, Legislative Policy Department, Private Law Division

2006 Intern, law firm Glimstedt

2006 Intern, Estonian Ministry of Justice

2006 Intern, law firm Glikman, Alvin & Partnerid

Estonian, English, German

2009 Estonian Bar Association

Since 2009 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, pursuing PhD

2010 International Summer University “Summer Course on Mergers & Acquisitions”, School of Tax and Business Law, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Germany)

2008 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, MA

2005 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Erasmus Student Exchange Program)

2004 University of Salzburg, summer program on private international law

2004 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, BA

2001–2002 Estonian Business School, Public Administration