Marko Kairjak, LL.M.
Senior Associate, Attorney-at-Law
Marko Kairjak specialises in banking and securities. He has experience in advising banks and investment funds on questions related to securities markets and redistribution of equity (including advising on public offerings). He also has expertise in private equity matters, having advised clients linked with share buy-backs and buyouts. Marko Kairjak is also our in-house expert on white-collar crime, including matters concerning corporate criminal liability, tax and competition crimes.
Marko Kairjak is a criminal law lecturer at the University of Tartu.
He obtained his LL.M. degree at Cambridge University in 2010, with an emphasis on capital markets, and since 2008 is also pursuing his PhD at the University of Tartu.
Career2011 to date Senior Associate, Attorney-at-Law, Law Firm VARUL
2009-2011 Associate, Varul Vilgerts Smaliukas
2005-2009 Associate, Advokaadibüroo Paul Varul
Education2008 to date University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, pursuing Ph.D.
2010 Cambridge University, Faculty of Law, LL.M.
2007 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, Faculty of Law (exchange student)
2007 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, M.A. (cum laude)
2005 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, B.A.
MembershipsEstonian Bar Association since 2008
Estonian Legal Science Society since 2007
LanguagesEstonian
English
German
Russian
Publications