Sven Papp is one of the leading and most experienced corporate and M&A lawyers in Estonia. He has unique and broad international experience both as an attorney and as a General Counsel, having worked at White & Case in New York (1998-1990) and in Stockholm (1991-1992), the Swedish-French strategic management consulting firm SIAR-Bossard in Stockholm (1992-1994) and as General Counsel of Swedish Match East Europe in Stockholm (1994-1998). Sven has an unrivalled track record having over the past 25 years acted as lead counsel for more than 2,000 landmark local and international M&A transactions across the Baltic and Nordic region.
Sven is one renowned expert in corporate governance, he has been serving as Board member and/or corporate secretary to several major companies, e.g. Eesti Energia, Eesti Post, Swedish Match, Estonian Telecom (currently Telia Eesti), Estonian Recycling Company, Tere/Farmi (Estonian leading dairy industries), Meeat Food Tech Oy, Elcogen AS, New Standard Oil OÜ, Estonian Development Fund, Estonian Festival Orchestra (symphony orchestra of world-famous Estonian conductor Paavo Järvi), etc. Sven a regular lecturer at Baltic Institute of Corporate Governance of various corporate governance topics and member of the Estonian Bar Association Business Law Committee.
Sven has been a long-term member of the Listing and Supervisory Committee of Nasdaq Tallinn Stock Exchange, serving as a Chairman of the Committee for the past 5 years.
His recent highlights include advising Printful, Latvia’s first unicorn, on its merger with Printify, privatisation of AS Operail and ERGO International AG on the acquisition of a majority shareholding in ADB Gjensidige. The latter deal earned Ellex the Mergermarket Baltic Legal Adviser of the Year award in 2024.
Sven Papp is highly praised by market participants for his work on large M&A transactions. He regularly teams up with large international law firms to assist with cross-border mandates.
Advising the privatisation of Operail’s business
Printful merges with Printify
Initial public offering of Enefit Green shares
Prime Label acquires LabelPrint
Kindred acquires Relax Gaming
Advising ISS Group on the divestment of ISS Eesti AS
Advising Maag Grupp on the acquisition of Tere AS
UnifiedPost Group acquires Fitek Holding
Enefit Green acquires Nelja Energia
1991
Stockholm University, Sweden
1986
University of Tartu, Estonia
2002
Nasdaq CSD Tallinn Stock Exchange
2014
Estonian Bar Association
2014
Ministry of Justice
2014
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
2014
Estonian Service Industry Association
1987
Estonian Bar Association
2017
E-Residency - tool to access EU market
2016
Directors Liability: A Worldwide Review
2016
Doing Business in Europe
2015
The Mergers & Acquisitions Review
2014
The Mergers & Acquisitions
2014
Treasury Shares Guide
2014
Capital Directive in Europe. The Rule on Incorporation and Capital of Limited Liability Companies
2014
The Mergers & Acquisitions
2013
The Corporate Governance Review
2011
Global Business and Human Rights
2011
Immigration, An International Handbook
2011
Secondments to and within Europe
2011
Compensation & Benefits, Reference Guide
2011
Individual Dismissals Across Europe
2010
The Littler Mendelson Guide to International Employment and Labor Law
2010
Cross-Border Mergers in Europe
2009
Immigration Across Europe, A Practical Handbook
2009
Employment Law Across Eastern Europe
2008
Individual Dismissals Across Europe
2008
Baltics – the Overheated Miracle. Guide to the World’s Leading Mergers and Acquisitions Lawyers UK: Legal Media Group
2008
Takeover Regulation in Europe
2008
Hiring the Best Qualified and Most Talented Employees: Handbook on Global Recruiting, Screening, testing and Interviewing Criteria
2008
Common Legal Framework for Takeover Bids in Europe
2008
Handbook On Takeover Bids for the Nordic-Baltic Region
2007
Juridica Abstract, 2007, 3, 173-179
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