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Jesse Kivisaari and Lembit Tedder Join Cobalt Partnership Ranks

Jesse Kivisaari and Lembit Tedder Join Cobalt Partnership Ranks

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Former Managing Associates Jesse Kivisaari and Lembit Tedder have been promoted to Partner at Cobalt Estonia.

According to the firm, Kivisaari will continue to work in the M&A team as the Head of the Finnish Desk, while Tedder will continue to work in the dispute resolution team as the Co-Head of the White-Collar practice group.

Kivisaari has been with the firm for 13 years, joining as a Trainee in 2011. He was promoted to Junior Associate that same year, Associate in 2013, and Specialist Counsel in 2016. He became a Managing Associate in 2022.

Tedder has been with Cobalt for nine years, joining in 2015 as an Associate. Earlier, he spent almost four years with Lawin, between 2011 and 2014.

Cobalt at a Glance

COBALT is a closely integrated alliance of top-tier law offices across the Baltics, uniting more than 250 attorneys and support staff. During 25 years of experience, we have become a strategic partner to our clients in handling both daily matters and complex large–scale transactions and disputes.

The firm’s broad spectrum of expertise and established position as the market leader gives a comprehensive basis for providing full-service business law advice.

Top international and regional businesses, financial institutions, state and local governments, and the region’s most promising start-ups are among our clients. We offer leading-edge solutions in key industry sectors: Consumer Products, Trade & Distribution, Real Estate & Construction, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Communications, Media & Technologies, Financial Services, Transport & Logistics.

COBALT has been named Baltic Law Firm of the Year 7 times receiving Chambers Europe, IFLR, The Lawyer and Mergermarket awards, and we are regularly listed amongst the top-performing M&A legal advisors in the Bloomberg, Refinitiv and Mergermarket deal tables. Recognized as the No.1 Lithuanian law firm in the Prospera Law Firm Review 2021 and No. 1 law firm in Latvia in 2022, 2020, 2019, and 2018 client satisfaction surveys. We were recognized as a Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year at the 2022 Chambers Europe Awards ceremony and named the Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year and Pro Bono Firm of the Year at the annual ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021 ceremony. 

More information on COBALT can be found at www.cobalt.legal.