Maivi is the Managing Partner in our Tallinn office.
Managing Partner Maivi has more than 25 years of experience advising companies in many different aspects of business. Maivi's long-term clientele comprises both local businesses as well as major international corporations.
In the law office, Maivi leads the corporate law, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) practices. Maivi specializes in complex commercial and financing transactions as well as regulatory issues relating to banking and finance. She is also experienced in insurance law issues.
Maivi has extensive experience in counseling in matters related to mergers and acquisitions. Her experience includes advising on more than 400 international deals. She has advised several top-value transactions, including a number of transactions that lead up to hundreds of millions in value.
She also plays an important role in the firm's real estate department. She is involved in large real estate transactions, and she has lately been elaborating unique financing schemes for real estate transactions.
Since 2017, Maivi is a Certified Adviser of Nasdaq Baltic First North
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Maivi’s comprehensive competence has been recognized by independent international publications:
- Chambers Global 2025 and Chambers Europe 2025 in Corporate/Commercial and Real Estate
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Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Hall of Fame in Commercial, Corporate and M&A, and Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
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Legal Experts EMEA
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CEE Legal Matters, 2019 Deal of the Year - Estonia
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Chambers 2025 and Legal 500 2025
The highly established and widely respected Maivi Ots assists with corporate matters across a range of sectors including healthcare, technology and industrial. Clients enthuse that "Maivi is a natural leader. She is hard-working and always focused on finding solutions.", also "Maivi is trustworthy and efficient, delivering a high-quality legal service." and "She is an extremely sharp and pragmatic lawyer who always delivers exceptional value."
Managing Partner Maivi Ots is described by clients as "very client-orientated." Market commentators highlight her experience in real estate-related M&A work, with one remarking: "Her most valuable asset is her ability to find solutions in tricky areas. We use her for tricky work, she always gives 100% and we know she will.". It is also said that ‘Maivi Ots is the best negotiator I know.’
- Member of the Ethics and Methodology Committee of the Estonian Bar Association
- Member of the International Bar Association
- 2006 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, MA
- 1997 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, BA (cum laude)