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Tark & Co recruits Kilvar Kessler

06.06.2006

Former board member of Estonian Financial Supervision Authority Kilvar Kessler joins Tark & Co team.

In June, a former board member of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority Kilvar Kessler joined Tark & Co team. Kessler, an expert in the field of finance and corporate law, is back from the U.S. now after a successful year of studies at Boston University and professional affiliation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
"Kilvar's legal expertise and skills equip our clients with the confidence needed to find the right direction also in paths yet to be trodden in Estonia. We use Kilvar's international experience in developing the organisation and services of Tark & Co," head of the law office Aare Tark commented.

Kilvar Kessler has studied law at Georgetown University and at the University of Tartu. As a board member of the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority, he was responsible for the legal environment in general and securities market supervision. Before that, Kessler practised for years as an attorney at Tark & Co, providing legal advice on mergers of banks and acquisitions of publicly traded companies, helping arrange IPOs, and taking part in legislative drafting. Kilvar Kessler is a member of the Council of Arbitral Tribunal of Tallinn Stock Exchange and gives lectures on securities law at the Institute of Law, University of Tartu.

Tark & Co, which specialises in assisting corporate clients, is one of Estonia's oldest and largest law firms. The firm has advised on a number of major transactions in Estonia over the past few years, including the takeover of Hansapank, IPOs of Tallink, Tallinna Vesi and Starman, establishment of the joint venture of Rimi and Kesko in the Baltics, and financing of Kunda pulp mill and Galvex. Among Tark & Co's clients, there are international financial institutions, multinationals and leading Estonian companies active in various fields of business. The firm employs 27 attorneys and lawyers.

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