Tallinn Arbitration Day 2026

Tallinn Arbitration Day 2024 - Advancing Dispute Resolution in Estonia

Tallinn Arbitration Day 2024

Üritused

Counsel, Queritius

Alicja Zielińska-Eisen

Partner, Squire Patton Boggs

Eveli Lume

Head of Renewable Energy Products and M&A, Sunly

Kristjan Endrikson

Independent counsel and arbitrator

Aija Lejniece

Partner, Cobalt

Annika Peetsalu

English solicitor and Senior Counsel, Wärtsilä Energy

Tim Williams

Tim Williams is an English solicitor and Senior Counsel at Wärtsilä Energy in Helsinki, Finland: Wärtsilä designs, engineers, installs and operates power generation and energy storage projects around the world on an equipment supply or EPC basis to utilities, IPPs and industrials. Tim is global lead for conflict prevention and dispute resolution with a particular focus on large scale disputes, which are typically resolved by ADR - such as mediation, adjudication and determination - or international commercial arbitration. Tim holds an LLB from the University of Southampton, an MBA from the Helsinki School of Economics, and he is an accredited mediator with CEDR London.

Partner, LEADELL

Pirkka-Marja Põldvere

Undersecretary for Legal and Consular Affairs at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia

Kerli Veski

Kerli Veski is Undersecretary for Legal and Consular affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.

Ms Veski has been in Estonian foreign service since 2000. She has over 20 years of experience in diplomacy and international relations and extensive knowledge in public international law, including state responsibility, accountability for international crimes and international law in cyberspace, consular and diplomatic law.

Ms Veski is vice-chair of the Committee of Legal Advisers on Public International Law (CAHDI) at the Council of Europe and the state agent for the International Court of Justice.

Legal Advisor, State Chancellery of Latvia 

Dainis Pudelis

Dainis works for the State Chancellery of the Republic of Latvia as a lawyer tasked with organizing state representation in investor-state dispute. He holds an LLM in Investment Treaty Arbitration from the Uppsala University in Sweden and a Master Degree in Law from the University of Latvia. Previously he has lectured on EU law and ISDS issues at universities in Latvia. Outside of his official functions, he likes exploring this planet on motorized and human-powered two wheeled vehicles.

Anastasiya Ugale

Partner, Motieka & Audzevičius

Denis Parchajev

Independent arbitration practitioner 

Dr. Greg Lourie

Counsel, Ellex

Maria Teder

Arbitration Co-Head, Tegos

Anet Jaks

Senior Associate, Sorainen

Raul Kartsep

Senior Counsel, Global Litigation, Hitachi Energy

Leena Kujansuu-Tikkanen

Partner, Sorainen

Maria Pihlak

Head of Legal, Elering

Karin Täär

Karin Täär is the head of legal at Elering (the Estonian transmission system operator for electricity and gas). She is the inhouse team lead for all international arbitral proceedings. In everyday work Karin deals with construction, renewable energy, and procurement related issues. Karin holds two Master´s degrees from Tartu University – Law and IT Law.

Partner, Norburg & Scherp Advokatbyrå AB

Anina Liebkind

José Feris

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Stefan Marc Kuuskne

Mr. Stefan Marc Kuuskne, Q.Arb, is a dual qualified (New York/Ontario) international arbitration specialist practicing investor-state arbitration and international commercial arbitration on behalf of the Government of Canada. He represents the State in international arbitral and court proceedings and has sat as the appointed Co-Chair of the Private Commercial Disputes Committee under the Canada-United States-Mexico Free Trade Agreement. He also advises the government on the negotiation of multilateral and bilateral investment protection and trade agreements. Prior to his work for Canada, Mr. Kuuskne was a Legal Officer at the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs in New York, where he worked with the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, including on the negotiation of the recently concluded High Seas Treaty. He is a former associate of Shearman & Sterling LLP (New York/Paris) and holds a Master’s degree from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland. He has Estonian heritage and speaks Estonian.

Arbitrator in independent practice, Rižnik Disputes

Peter Rižnik

Partner, Tegos

Chirag Mody

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DIS&DIS40@Tallinn

2nd of October

[Register here](https://forms.gle/217KoAzLZpwMTWecA) & [Learn More (PDF)](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/wfoe74ac/production/c7e9f9554298485a43cfd228337d903e1ed8a510-1772x1181.png?w=2000&fit=max&auto=format&dpr=2)

Swedish Arbitration Association (SAA) breakfast

Registration & Coffee

Panel II. Catch Me If You Can: Default arbitration and other dilatory tactics

Panel I. Arbitration à la Baltics: What’s on the menu?

Coffee break

Welcoming words

Lunch

Coffee Break

Panel III. It’s Getting Hot in Here: An in-house perspective on energy transition

Panel IV. Uncharted Justice: Public international law tools in uncertain times

Followed by free time in Telliskivi Creative City and Fotografiska visit (separate charge).

Closing Remarks with Cake and Drinks

Drinks & Dinner

New Rules of the Arbitration Court of the Estonian Chamber of Commerce and Industry

3rd of October

Held at Sorainen 

[Registration & more information](https://www.youngicca.org/save-date-young-icca-workshop-cross-examination-tallinn-edition)

Young ICCA workshop

4th of October