Risto Agur, a leading expert with\nextensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, and finance, has joined NOVE as\nPartner and Head of Corporate\/M&A and Banking & Finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Risto Agur has worked in Estonia\u2019s\nleading law firms for more than 20 years. For 13 years he worked at SORAINEN,\none of the largest law firms in the Baltic region, where he practiced Banking\n& Finance and led the Corporate Advisory, Employment and Restructuring\n& Insolvency practice areas. After that, he was the Founder and Managing\nPartner of Advokaadib\u00fcroo KPMG Law, where he grew the firm to be one of the 15\nlargest law firms in Estonia within five years, and where he initially led the\nM&A, Construction & Real Estate and Banking & Finance practice\nareas and thereafter Data Protection, Intellectual Property and Information Technology\nand Commercial Contracts. Risto Agur has provided advice on a number of large\nand complex M&A and B&F transactions and projects in Estonia and the\nBaltic region, acting on behalf of local and international strategic investors,\ninvestment banks, private equity firms and other financial institutions. He has\nalso provided advice on the establishment, restructuring and liquidation of\nseveral credit institutions, credit providers and payment institutions, and to\na number of insurance undertakings, fund management companies, investment\nfirms, listed companies, telecom companies and other large corporates on local\nand cross-border transactions and regulatory issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Risto Agur holds a degree from the\nUniversity of Tartu and a Master\u2019s degree from Georgetown University where he\nstudied as a Fulbright scholar specialising in Securities and Financial\nRegulation. He is a member of the Estonian Bar Association, the Association of\nUS Alumni in Estonia, the Fulbright Alumni Association and the Georgetown\nUniversity Alumni Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are convinced that the\nnew practice areas and the extensive work experience in transactions which\nRisto brings with him will create synergy with NOVE\u2019s current team and benefit\nall our current and future clients,\u201d commented Kristjan Tamm, NOVE\u2019s co-founder\nand partner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am very happy to join\nthe partnership of one of the strongest legal teams and highly regarded law\nfirms in Estonia! We share many common values, such as excellence of service,\nexpert experience, uncompromisingly client-focused approach to service, and\nefficiency. I also value the great mutual trust and respect which we developed\nwith the team through long and fruitful cooperation in one of the leading law\nfirms in the Baltic region, and the fact that all the partners and associates\nof NOVE, with no exception, are top experts in their fields. I am joining NOVE\nbecause of the wonderful people in the firm and because I see great potential\nfor synergy: while NOVE is currently primarily specialised in Dispute Resolution,\nConstruction and Real Estate, Insurance, as well as Data Protection, Competition,\nMedical and Public Procurement, I will complement the value offered by the firm\nwith my considerable expertise and extensive experience especially in the area\nof Mergers & Acquisitions and Banking & Finance. In addition, having 15\nyears of experience in the business development and management of law firms, I\nwill be able to enhance NOVE\u2019s capacity and synergy between its practice areas\nacross the region. There is a very good energy in NOVE that attracts both\nclients and colleagues. I am sure that our cooperation will make it even\nstronger,\u201d added Risto Agur, commenting on his decision to join NOVE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Over the years, Risto Agur has been\nrecognised by a number of international guides to law firms, such as The Legal\n500, Chambers, and IFLR. The clients have pointed out the following about him: <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founded in 2016, NOVE is a\nfast-growing new generation law firm which has expanded in the practice areas\nof M&A, real estate, corporate law, data protection, medical law and\ncompetition law, in addition to its original focus on litigation. Our attorneys\nare experienced and widely recognised top experts who are dedicated, through\ntheir personal approach and focused efforts, to resolving even the most complex\ndisputes and completing smoothly even the most complicated transactions. Other\npartners at NOVE include Urmas Volens, Andrus Kattel, Veikko Puolakainen, Arsi\nPavelts, Mari Matjus and Kristjan Tamm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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