Martin Mäesalu

Martin Mäesalu is a partner and heads the Estonian practice group for competition and state aid law. As a top specialist he has a wide range of experience in handling competition law and state aid related matters both nationally and on the EU level. This applies to issues that arise in day-to-day activities, transactions as well as in disputes. His experience includes advising clients in different sectors, including financial services, energy, trade, and IT.

In addition to competition and state aid related expertise, Martin also has extensive experience in advising companies on financial and banking regulatory issues.

He is one of the few attorneys in Estonia with international work experience in both law and business management. Martin has worked for an international strategy consultancy advising various technology companies, but has also worked for an international technology company advising their international restructuring activities.

Martin Mäesalu moves up in the rankings after garnering praise for his handling of a wide range of competition law matters, from alleged abuse of dominant position and anti-competitive conduct cases, to regulatory compliance issues. According to a client, “he is able to give very pragmatic advice, gets straight down to business and understands complicated processes quickly. He knows all the areas of competition like the back of his hand.”