{"id":13038,"date":"2026-04-15T09:52:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/?p=13038"},"modified":"2026-06-05T14:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:45:38","slug":"legal-500-emea-2026-noves-team-stands-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/legal-500-emea-2026-noves-team-stands-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal 500 EMEA 2026: NOVE&#8217;s team stands out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The international independent legal market assessor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/c\/estonia\">Legal 500<\/a> has published its 2026 rankings, which continues to highly recognize NOVE\u2019s attorneys and the firm in the following practice areas: Dispute Resolution; Real Estate and Construction; Commercial, Corporate and M&amp;A; EU and Competition; and IP, IT and Telecoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following attorneys received individual recognition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/team\/veikko-puolakainen\/\">Veikko Puolakainen<\/a> as a \u201eLeading Partner\u201c in Dispute Resolution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/team\/arsi-pavelts\/\">Arsi Pavelts<\/a> as a \u201eLeading Partner\u201c in IP, IT and Telecoms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/team\/mari-past\/\">Mari Past<\/a> as a \u201eLeading Partner\u201c in EU and Competition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attorney-at-law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/team\/laura-raadik\/\">Laura Raadik<\/a> as a \u201eLeading Associate\u201c in Commercial, Corporate and M&amp;A<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Based on interviews with clients and colleagues from other law firms, Legal 500 highlights the following as the strengths of NOVE\u2019s practice areas and attorneys:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dispute resolution<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>At NOVE, the team is well-known for assisting with a broad range of disputes in the public and private sector, as well as advising on civil proceedings. Public procurement disputes form the backbone of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/team\/mart-parind\/\">Mart Parind<\/a>&#8216;s practice, and Arsi Pavelts stands out for his experience in advising on judicial and extrajudicial proceedings. Pavelts co-heads the practice with civil and administrative litigation expert Veikko Puolakainen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clients\u2019 feedback:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;What made this practice stand out to us was the very high level of specialist expertise in public procurement disputes. For a client, the most important factor is the combination of deep knowledge of procurement law and procedure, and excellent preparation.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Mart Parind is punctual, highly skilled in legal writing, and exceptionally knowledgeable in this field, making him one of the top attorneys in this area of expertise.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Commercial, Corporate and M&amp;A<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>NOVE&#8217;s team continues to handle a high volume of corporate and commercial work, including restructurings, transactional matters and shareholder issues. 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Tamm has extensive experience in construction law, and Mugur is well-versed in advising on real estate-related design issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>EU and Competition<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Public sector contracting matters form the pillar of&nbsp;NOVE\u2018s practice, with the team routinely acting as counsel to governmental institutions on mandates. The group is equally strong in assisting with the competition law aspects of large-scale public procurement projects, often for Estonian companies in the IT, healthcare, retail, energy and construction industries. Other key areas of instruction include advising on non-compete obligations in shareholder agreements and competition law aspects relating to share purchase and commercial agreements. EU law expert&nbsp;Mari Past is very experienced in handling merger control cases, and co-heads the team with public law expert Mart Parind.&nbsp;Veikko Puolakainen is a name to note for contentious cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clients\u2019 feedback:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cMart Parind is articulate and demonstrates a collaborative spirit, consistently creating an environment of mutual respect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cNOVE and its attorneys possess outstanding expertise and experience in EU and competition law. Communication and collaboration with the group is seamless and timely.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IP, IT and Telecoms<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>NOVE&#8217;s team &#8216;<em>stands out because of its combination of deep legal expertise and a client-first approach<\/em>&#8216;. The practice draws together the collective strength of the data protection, IT and cybersecurity groups to advise prominent Estonian cybersecurity companies on a wide range of matters, including privacy issues and compliance cases. Practice head&nbsp;Sten Tikerpe&nbsp;is &#8216;<em>a<\/em>&nbsp;<em>seasoned IP and IT law expert<\/em>&#8216;. Arsi Pavelts is very experienced in advising on a wide spectrum of IP and IT disputes, and Mari Past is adept at handling GDPR compliance mandates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Clients\u2019 feedback:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;NOVE has an exceptionally strong and professional team, delivering reliable and effective solutions that stand out.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;NOVE is very well positioned to advise clients on IP, IT and telecoms.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Legal 500 review provides an in-depth analysis of the legal markets in more than 150 jurisdictions, independently identifying the leading law firms and attorneys. The research is based on feedback from customers and colleagues, and the practice area teams providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel are highlighted. More information can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legal500.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The international independent legal market assessor Legal 500 has published its 2026 rankings, which continues to highly recognize NOVE\u2019s attorneys and the firm in the following practice areas: Dispute Resolution; Real Estate and Construction; Commercial,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Legal 500 EMEA 2026: NOVE&#039;s team stands out - Nove Advokaadib\u00fcroo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nove.ee\/en\/legal-500-emea-2026-noves-team-stands-out\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Legal 500 EMEA 2026: NOVE&#039;s team stands out - 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