Cobalt as a firm is reputed for its strong grasp of competition law. Its expertise extends to a broad range of competition and antitrust areas, covering horizontal practices, public enforcement and merger control. Experienced competition lawyer and group head Elo Tamm is an important practitioner in this regard, regularly assisting clients in complex transactions that need to be cleared by the Estonian Competition Authority in order to proceed. Special counsel Mart Blöndal is another key contact in the department, and is highlighted for having ‘a hands-on approach to find any solution'.
Testimonials
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‘I believe it is the teams' total strength and capability to find the right lawyers based on the needs.’
‘Mart Blöndal is very professional and always has a hands-on approach to find any solution. Solution oriented with great enthusiasm for matters involved.'
Key clients
- Alexela Varahalduse
- Balti Gaas
- Schwenk Latvia
- HKScan Oyj
- BaltCap
- Huawei Technologies Oy (Finland) Co. Ltd.
- Kapten Grant
- Porto Franco
- Viru Keemia Group and group company VKG Oil
- Neo Performance Materials Inc
- Star Cloud
- Ekspress Group
- Mirrow Institute
- Port of Tallinn
- G4S Estonia
- Ragn-Sells AS
- Apollo Kino
- Energiasalv Pakri
Work highlights
- Representing Prenton in supervision proceedings and court proceedings.
- Advising HKScan on the sale of its Baltic business to a close competitor (AS Maag Grupp) in cooperation with DLA Piper (Finland).
- Assisted Schwenk Eesti (a sister company of Schwenk Latvia) with structuring and obtaining merger clearance regarding the acquisition of Betoonimeister.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Elo Tamm