Mart Parind

Attorney-at-law, Associated Partner
Head of Public Procurement and Sports Law

+372 610 8018
+372 5620 3289
mart.parind@nove.ee

Expertise
European Law
Public Procurement
Dispute Resolution
Relations with State, Policy Development, Research
Intellectual Property
Sports Law

 

Mart Parind’s speciality is state matters: he advises and represents clients primarily in public procurement and other public law matters, including constitutional and European Union law cases. Mart also specialises in sports law, assisting both athletes and sports organisations.

Mart is one of Estonia’s leading experts in public procurement law. Before joining NOVE, Mart worked for five years as a member of the Public Procurement Review Committee, administering justice in the first instance in hundreds of public procurement disputes. Being also a lecturer in public procurement law at Tallinn University, he has gathered a unique set of knowledge and experience in this field in Estonia. Under his co-leadership, the commented version of the Estonian Public Procurement Act has been published.

Mart has in-depth expertise in EU law. He has published a comprehensive work “European Union law. Estonian perspective” (UKU 2022), the first Estonian-language book of the kind.

Combining his passion for law with his second passion – sports – Mart also focuses on sports law, and is one of the most renowned experts in this field in Estonia. Mart has his own podcast, Tippvorm, a series of sports-themed interviews.

Mart’s professional and educational experiences allow him to be useful to clients also in matters of intellectual property. He has advised numerous clients on both trademark and copyright matters.

Mart is a valued and frequent speaker at training sessions, seminars and conferences, sharing his knowledge, experience and ideas on a broad selection of legal topics.

Work experience

2024–... Law office NOVE, Attorney-at-law
2023–2024 Law office NOVE, Attorney
2022 Law office NOVE, Legal Counsel
2022–... Tallinn University, Lecturer of public procurement law
2017–2022 Official representative of Estonia in European Commission Expert Group "Network of First Instance Review Bodies on Public Procurement”
2017–2022 Member of the Estonian Public Procurement Review Committee
2016–2017 Law office Jesse & Kalaus, Lawyer, Attorney
2014–2016 Law office COBALT, Lawyer

Education

2014–2016 Tallinn University, Law, MA (cum laude)
2011–2014 Tallinn University, Law, BA (cum laude)

Membership

Estonian Bar Association
Estonian Council on Foreign Relations

Recognition

  • Legal 500 EU and competition practice area 2025:
    “Mart Parind’s knowledge of EU law and local public procurement law is very great, which is why it was possible to buy his services. He also contributes to the legal literature.”

Portfolio

  • Daily counseling of a club belonging to the Estonian Basketball Championship (relations with the governing body of that sport and local government, drafting contracts related to sports activities) and representation in disputes with a competing club both out of court and in the honorary court of the governing body (2024)
  • Representation of Handball Club Tallinn in two disciplinary disputes in the Estonian Handball Association’s court of arbitration (2024)
  • Advising and representing an Estonian Olympic athlete in the negotiation of a financial support agreement with the governing body of that sport (2024)
  • Successful representation of the Olympic athlete Karl Robert Saluri in two court instances in a debt dispute arising from the coach-athlete relationship with a Chinese athlete formerly trained by the client (2022–2024)

Scientific publications

Publications

Languages

Estonian, English, German