Dr. iur. Jüri Raidla is the founder and counsel of Ellex in Estonia. He is one of the most widely recognised legal practitioners in Estonia. Jüri served as the first Minister of Justice of Estonia (from 1990 to 1992) as well as the Chairman of the expert committee that drafted the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia in 1992. He was also the first Chairman of the Estonian Banking Association established in 1992.
1992
Lund University, Sweden
Post-Doctorate Program
1987
University of St. Petersburg, Russia
University of St. Petersburg, Russia Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
1980
University of Tartu
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), officially equivalent to MA, cum laude
2016
SA Iuridicum
Chairman of Advisory Board
2001-2011
University of Tartu
Chairman of Advisory Board
1998
International Bar Association (IBA)
1994
Estonian Bar Association
2017
Juridica Abstract, 2, 71-81Jüri Raidla, Toomas vaher, Kristel Urke (2017). Member of a Management Body of a State Company: an Official or a Business Manager? Juridica, pp. 71-81.
2013
Juridica Abstract, 8, 539-545
The Constitution and Estonian National Interests vs. European Federalism.
2011
Ames, J. (2011)
A strong constitution, interview with Jüri Raidla by Jonathan Ames European Lawyer, 105, 39-42 2011
2007
Estonia: Europe`s Delaware?, co-author
The European Lawyer, 71, 46-47 2007
2006
Juridica Abstract,.4, 227-233
Entrepreneurial Law. Action Plan for Improving the International Competitiveness of the Corporate Legal Environment.
