Vadim Filimonov, M.Jur.

Senior Associate

Vadim Filimonov specialises in corporate finance, insolvency, environmental law and shipping & transport. His experience includes advising a publicly listed company on the issues of corporate finance, advising an international motor vehicle distributor on setting up a distribution network in Estonia, and consultation services on a major takeover in the environmental sector. Vadim Filimonov is also a valued expert in the field of gambling regulation and he has been involved in all the firm’s major cases in that area. He has a successful litigation record in several landmark cases in the areas of insolvency, construction and urban planning law and has experience of acting as an arbitrator.

Vadim Filimonov lectures on corporate and contract law and is the author of over 30 publications, mainly on corporate law, financial law and the law of insolvency. He has contributed regular reports on Estonian financial law to international editions, including the ‘IFLR 1000’.
Career

2009 to date Senior Associate, Varul Vilgerts Smaliukas
2007-2009 Senior Associate, Advokaadibüroo Paul Varul
2006-2007 Research Assistant, University of Oxford, Faculty of Law
2005-2007 Associate, Advokaadibüroo Paul Varul
2002-2005 Lawyer, Law Office Teder, Glikman & Partnerid
2001-2002 Intern, Administrative Chamber, Supreme Court of Estonia
2001-2005 Lawyer, Tartu City Government

Education

2007 Oxford University, Faculty of Law, Magister Juris
2002 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, B.A.
2000 Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany, Faculty of Law
1999 St.-Petersburg State University, Moscow State University, Russia, Faculty of Law

Memberships

Estonian Bar Association since 2003

Languages

Estonian
English
Russian
German
French

Publications