Aktuaalsed õigusteemad

New amendments to the Law on Companies allow easier share structure management and clarify employee share allocation procedures. Following numerous major updates to the Law on Companies that came into force from 13 July 2017, further changes are to follow this year. One innovation to be of real practical use and that

New possibilities and new requirements for managers of Estonian companies The new year brings even more options for those interested in doing business in Estonia. An important change in development of the business sector is that management of legal persons registered in Estonia from a foreign country is now an

Following amendments to the law, the Enterprise Register now requires disclosure of company beneficial owners. Under the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, corporate clients of banks regularly have to disclose their actual beneficial owner in order to open a bank account. In light of

Recourse liability along the supply chain will be extended due to implementation of European case law in the area of supplementary performance. At the turn of the year, the case law of the European Court of Justice (C 65/09) comes into force, so that a seller might have to reimburse

From 1 January 2018, legal entities and trust funds must reveal their beneficial owner in a new transparency register. As the EU continues to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, incorporated legal entities and trust funds face new duties. From 1 January 2018, corporations and trust funds must put their beneficial