Senior Partner

Aare Tark

+372 611 0900 aare.tark@tark.legal

About

Selection of projects

Has represented the Government of the Republic of Estonia in several civil disputes both as a representative and as an arbitrator in arbitration proceedings.

Has participated in ICSID arbitration (International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes) proceedings as a representative of the Central Bank of Estonia.

Representing and advising the Central Bank of Estonia, the Embassy of the United States, and leading Estonian publicity listed companies on day-to-day issues, representing and advising major Estonian transit and telecom companies.

Professional career

Since 2020 senior partner at Law Office TARK
2016 – 2020 managing partner at Law Office TARK
2015 – 2016 senior partner at TARK GRUNTE SUTKIENE
2010 – 2015 managing partner in Estonia and in the Baltics at TARK GRUNTE SUTKIENE
1994 – 2010 managing partner at Tark & Co
1991 – 1994 managing partner at Law Office Aare Tark
1990 – 1991 attorney at Law Office HETA
1983 – 1989 attorney at Second Law Office of Tallinn
1994, 1995, 1998 elected as the President of the Estonian Bar Association

Membership

2015 Chairman of Supervisory Board of Port of Tallinn
2004 – 2010 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Tartu University Foundation
Since 2003 member of the Legal Ethics and Practice Committee of the Estonian Bar Association
2000-2001 representative of the Estonian Bar Association in the Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Union (CCBE)
2000 the Fellow of the American Bar Foundation
1998-2000 member of the Council and Professional Ethics Committee of the International Bar Association
1995-2001 member of the board of the Estonian Law Centre
1992 International Bar Association
1992 Estonian Academic Law Society
1983 Estonian Bar Association

Education

1995, 1996, 1997 audited course on European integration developments at Fr. Naumann Foundation (Bonn, Brussels)
1994 scholarship of the Law Society of Scotland for practicing as a temporary associate in Scottish law firms
1992 three-year sponsorship of International Bar Association
1991 audited courses at Indiana Vocational Technical College, USA
1983 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, Estonia (mag. iur.)

Awards

2015 Golden honorary decoration of the Estonian Bar Association
2004 Order of the Estonian Bar Association
2001 Third Level Order of the White Star of the Republic of Estonia

Recognitions

Corporate and commercial – Eminent practitioner, Chambers and Partners 2020
Dispute resolution – Leading individual, Legal500 2018
Shipping and transport – recommended lawyer, Legal500 2018
Arbitration and mediation, corporate and M&A, litigation – Best Lawyers 2017-2018

Languages

Estonian, English, Finnish, Russian