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Silvia Urgas

Silvia Urgas

TGS Baltic, Estonia

Work Department

Intellectual Property / Dispute Resolution / Arbitration, Mediation & ADR / Restructuring & Insolvency

Position

Silvia has represented and assisted clients in several voluminous civil matters, including in proceedings concerning the recognition and entry into force of foreign judgments, arbitration proceedings and also enforcement proceedings. Silvia has advised clients on various disputes and issues related to intellectual property and the IT sector. She is also experienced in the field of insolvency, including in proceedings for the release from obligations and reorganisation proceedings of debtors.

In 2017, Silvia defended her Master's degree (cum laude) at the University of Tartu, where she studied copyright problems associated with music sampling for the first time in Estonia. As a guest lecturer, Silvia has teached intellectual property law to master’s degree students of Estonian Business School’s and Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre’s joint curriculum for cultural management.

Silvia’s debut poetry book Siht/koht won the Betti Alver Literary Award in 2016.

Career

Since 2024 Counsel at law firm TGS Baltic Since 2021 Senior Associate, law firm TGS Baltic 2017–2021 Associate, law firm TGS Baltic (formerly Varul) 2016–2017 Lawyer, law firm Varul 2016 Advisor, Student law Office, University of Tartu 2015 Intern, law firm Varul 2014 Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs 2013 Intern, law firm Sorainen

Languages

Estonian, English, French, Russian

Memberships

2017 Estonian Bar Association

Education

2017 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, MA (cum laude) 2015 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, BA 2013–2014 University of Zagreb (Student Exchange Programme)

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