Risto Vahimets is a partner and one of Estonia’s most experienced and renowned M&A practitioners, focusing mainly on M&A and strategic advisory, as well as on restructuring and distressed advisory. He also has an excellent understanding of finance and company valuation. Thanks to his long-term experience, Risto has an excellent eye for detecting what is valuable and what is not in a company to be acquired.
Risto has worked in the Baltic M&A scene for over 20 years. Historically, he has served (including as chairman) on the boards of various companies, from the financial sector to wholesale and medicine. Today he is a member of the Supervisory Board of Fifaa, Sportland International Group, Pontos Baltic and is a member of the Management Board of R8Tech Strategy Committee and Leden Group Oy.
He has often started working with companies on some acquisition or restructuring cases, and from there the advice has expanded to more complex strategic decisions.
Risto has closed hundreds of deals in various sectors, such as financial services, energy, logistics, infrastructure, electronics, agriculture, real estate, telecoms, and retail.
German based Toi Toi & Dixi to acquire Kemmerling OÜ
Lintgen acquires T1 Mall of Tallinn for 55 million euros
Legrand acquires Ensto Building Systems
Institutional infrastructure investors to acquire Adven
1997
The University of Connecticut School of Law
1996
University of Tartu, Estonia
2000
International Bar Association (IBA)
2000
Academy of American and International Law
1996
Estonian Bar Association
1997
