Maris Vutt, PhD

Legal Counsel, Attorney-at-law

+372 610 8034
+372 502 7273
maris.vutt@nove.ee

Expertise
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Corporate Law
Dispute Resolution
Enforcement, Reorganisation & Bankruptcy Proceedings
General Contract Law

 

Maris specializes in the field of corporate law, advising clients on various issues of corporate governance and business operation. She also represents clients in corporate litigation, having long-standing and extensive experience in disputes related to the liability of members of managing bodies, the exercise of shareholders’ rights and challenging shareholder resolutions. Both consulting and litigation provide Maris with an all-inclusive view when advising clients and allow her to consider and regulate potential concerns before disputes arise in order to prevent disputes. Having represented clients in significant disputes that have shaped Estonian case law, Maris also deals with areas related to corporate law, such as insolvency law and contract law.

In addition to her work as a lawyer, Maris has been teaching company law course at the University of Tartu since 2020. Maris obtained a PhD degree from the University of Tartu in 2024 and her research focused on the possibilities of using digital solutions in the exercise of shareholders’ rights.

Maris has been a member of the Estonian Bar Association since 2018 and a member of the Estonian Bar Association’s Commercial Law Committee since 2023. Before joining Law Firm NOVE, Maris worked for a long time in other law firms and at the Supreme Court.

Work experience

2025–... Law Firm NOVE, Counsel, Attorney-at-law
2025–... University of Tartu, Visiting lecturer
2022–2023 University of Tartu, Junior research fellow of private law
2020–2025 University of Tartu, Adjunct lecturer
2020–2025 Law Firm TEGOS (former TGS Baltic), Counsel, Senior Associate
2018–2020 Law Firm LEVIN, Associate
2016–2017 Supreme Court of Estonia, Head Specialist, Analyst

Education

2024 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, PhD
2017 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, MA
2015 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, BA

Membership

Estonian Bar Association

Scientific publications

  • Vutt, M. Electronic Voting in Adopting Resolutions of Limited Companies: The Example of Estonian Law. International Comparative Jurisprudence, 8 (1), lk 91−103, 2022
  • Vutt, M. Digital Opportunities for – and Legal Impediments to – Participation in a General Meeting of Shareholders. Juridica International 2020, nr 29, lk 34−46
  • Vutt, M. Convening the General Meeting of Shareholders of a Limited Company: Estonian Law in a Digital Perspective. International Comparative Jurisprudence, 6 (1), lk 95−107, 2020
  • Vutt, M. Elatise miinimummäära ja täitemenetluses sissenõudmisega seonduvad probleemid Riigikohtu tsiviilkolleegiumi praktikas. Parmas, A., Parrest, N., Lind, S., Jäätma, J., Härmand, K. (Toim.). Kohtute aastaraamat 2017. (149−156). Riigikohus, 2018
  • Saare, K., Vutt, M. Vähemusosaluse omajate võimalused kapitaliühingu huvidele vastava otsuseni jõudmiseks. Kahju hüvitamise näide. Juridica 2017, nr 9, lk 619−634
  • Vutt, M. Osaniku ja aktsionäri hääletamiskohustus kui hääle kohtulahendiga asendamise eeldus. Juridica 2017, nr 6, lk 391−400

Publications

Languages

Estonian, English