Jaanus Ikla is a counsel and former General Counsel to the Port of Tallinn and the national energy company Eesti Energia. Jaanus is widely regarded as one of the country’s leading experts on matters pertaining to legal regulation of the energy and real estate sectors.
He has extensive experience with a wide range of projects such as the purchase, sale and expansion of hotels, shopping centres, windmill parks, Estonian-Finnish submarine cable, power stations, and port terminals. He is one of the main authors of the Electricity Market Act and has been actively involved in drafting a number of other laws including the Law of Obligations Act and the Public Procurement Act.
Skeleton Technologies closed a €108M funding round
Deals & cases
Eneco and PKO VC invest in green tech company Fusebox
Deals & cases
Initial public offering of Enefit Green shares
Deals & cases
Prime Label acquires LabelPrint
Deals & cases
Graanul Invest to be acquired by Apollo Funds
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Kindred acquires Relax Gaming
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UnifiedPost Group acquires Fitek Holding
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1994
University of Tartu, Estonia
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), officially equivalent to MA, cum laude
2005
Ministry of Justice
Member of the Expert Council of Free Legal Profession and Insolvency Law
2004
Estonian Bar Association
2019
The European Energy Handbook 2019–2020
European Energy Handbook 2019/2020 edition – A survey of the legal framework and current issues in the European energy sector. Herbert Smith Freehills, p. 125–132 (the Estonian Chapter)
2017
The European Energy Handbook 2017
European Energy Handbook 2017 - A survey of the legal framework and current issues in the European energy sector. Herbert Smith Freehills, 151-158 (Estonian chapter)
2015
The European Energy Handbook 2015
Newbery, M., Goldberg, S. (Ed.). (2015). The European Energy Handbook 2015. Herbert Smith Freehills, 73-75 (Estonian chapter)
2014
The European Energy Handbook 2014
Newbery, M., Goldberg, S. (Ed.). (2014). The European Energy Handbook 2014. Herbert Smith Freehills, 132-139 (Estonian chapter)
2013
The European Energy Handbook 2013
Newbery, M., Goldberg, S. (Ed.). (2013). The European Energy Handbook 2013. Herbert Smith Freehills, 108-113 (Estonian chapter)
2012
ERR – the European Energy Handbook 2012
Newbery, M., Goldberg, S. (Ed.). (2012). ERR – the European Energy Handbook 2012. Herbert Smith, 118-126 (Estonian chapter)
2011
ERR – the European Energy Handbook 2011
Newbery, M., Goldberg, S. (Ed.). (2011). ERR – the European Energy Handbook 2011. Herbert Smith, 99-107 (Estonian chapter)
2010
European Energy Review 2010. Special edition on the EU Third Energy and Climate Change Packages, Estonian Chapter
Herbert Smith, 39-42 2010
2008
European Energy Review 2008, Estonian Chapter
Herbert Smith, 89-99 2008
2007
European Energy Review 2007, Estonian Chapter
Herbert Smith, 84-93 2007
