Bio

Martin Kaerdi is a partner and one of Estonia’s leading academics and practitioners handling issues related to civil and commercial law. As the Head of the Division of Private Law in the Ministry of Justice of Estonia, he was responsible for the drafting of a large number of the Estonian civil and commercial laws and implementing relevant EU legislation during the time that Estonia was preparing to join the EU. He is one of the principal authors of most of the core Estonian laws in the areas of civil and commercial law including the Commercial Code, Property Law, Law of Obligations Act (the Estonian Civil Code), and the Bankruptcy Act and Restructuring Act. Martin is also an Associate Professor of civil law at the University of Tartu.