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Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year Estonia

Firm Profile

Concordia Attorneys at Law has been assisting clients in Estonian law starting from 1992.

We provide legal assistance in all essential areas of private and public law with litigation as our core practice area. Concordia Attorneys at Law is able to provide solutions meeting the clients’ needs, taking into account the complexity of the modern legal system in all respects. Our clients expect us to provide the legal service in accordance with the highest international standards, never forgetting that each client’s needs and possibilities are individual.

The clientele of Concordia Attorneys at Law has been varied both geographically as well as in character – our services are used by individuals, local small enterprises, listed

Helen Haal

element after Estonia joined the European Union in 2004 and predicts that the trend will continue in the years to come.

Helen leads the highly regarded private client and family law team of Concordia Attorneys at Law. The team has extensive experience in assisting clients in the resolution of important legal problems in their personal lives, such as preparation of marital property contracts and disputes about the division of joint property and custody of children.

Our partner Helen Hääl represents clients in court proceedings and gives advice in the areas of family and succession law. She has been representing clients in some of the most high profile family law cases in Estonia both in court proceedings and confidential settlement negotiations. She has witnessed the growth of cases involving cross-border

In the last years Helen has been also involved in several pro bono programs giving advice on family law. Helen joined Concordia Attorneys at Law in 2003. She graduated from the Institute of Law of the University of Tartu in 2001 and has been a member of the Estonian Bar Association since 2004. Helen is a member of the Estonian Reserve Officers Association and Estonian Defense League. In addition to Estonian, Helen also consults clients in English, Russian and Finnish.

companies, state and municipal entities and international corporations. We regard all the problems of our clients as our own and resolve them with equal commitment, concern and conscientiousness.

We find it important to retain the traditional ties of our staff with academic education in law and legislative drafting in the Republic of Estonia. Our clients may be assured that the legal solutions offered to them are contemporary and take the most recent changes in Estonian and European Union law into account.

We are members of the European Law Firm, a European Economic Interest Grouping, through which we are represented and able to service our clients in all the Member States of the European Union.

Areas of Expertise • Appeals

• Arbitration

• Child custody, residence, visitation, contact

• Child support • Child abduction • Parental rights • Paternity • Divorce • Property division • Domestic abuse • Cohabitation • Prenuptial agreements

Contact:

Helen Hääl Attorney, Partner Concordia Attorneys-at-Law Lennuki 22, 10145 Tallinn Estonia

Tel: +372 626 2062 Fax: +372 62 62 061 Email: helen.haal@concordia.ee Website: www.concordia.ee

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Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2012