Bio

Ermo Kosk is a partner and one of the most recognised new generation transaction attorneys in Estonia. He advises clients on acquisitions and takeovers, complex financing and real estate transactions as well as everyday business issues. His experience in transactions covers different industries, from classical M&A transactions of manufacturing and service companies to sophisticated IT, start-up and fintech capital raising. Ermo has advised hundreds of deals both in Estonia and abroad, on purchase as well as sales, from the perspective of strategic buyers and financial and private equity investors. He has extensive experience in cross-border M&A transactions in various European countries as well as North America, Asia and South America. Several transactions advised by Ermo have received pan-Baltic or international recognition (including the Baltic M&A transaction of the year 2015). In the area of financing, he focuses on syndicated loans, mezzanine-type financing, LMA-based lending and various types of debt instruments (including subordinated, guaranteed and unsecured bonds). Ermo has experience in advising major real estate transactions from the buyer’s and seller’s side, primarily commercial real estate transactions (shopping malls, logistics parks and commercial buildings), as well as advising developers and financiers on housing development. He also advises real estate managers and owners on everyday real estate development, administration and management. He has been highly recognised internationally (Legal500, IFLR1000, Chambers Europe and Chambers Global) in all his areas of work (M&A, banking and real estate). Ermo has been involved as a legal advisor in the work of managing bodies (including at supervisory and management board level).