Arsi Pavelts
Attorney-at-law, Partner
Head of Business Dispute Resolution and Enforcement, Reorganisation & Bankruptcy Proceedings
+372 610 8015
+372 5561 6888
arsi.pavelts@nove.ee
Expertise
Dispute Resolution
Enforcement, Reorganisation and Bankruptcy Proceedings
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Corporate Law
General Contract Law
Sports Law
Intellectual Property
Attorney-at-law Arsi Pavelts specializes in dispute resolution, representing clients both in judicial and extrajudicial proceedings. His main areas of activities include complex litigations concerning civil, commercial, bankruptcy and execution proceedings. He also has extensive experience in solving conflicts related to corporate, construction, transport law and intellectual property rights.
Protecting the interests of clients, he has participated in several court cases which have resulted as precedent cases in the Estonian legal field, representing large corporations, medium-sized companies as well as foreign clients.
Since 2005, Arsi has lectured at the University of Tartu Faculty of Law on the subjects of civil law, contract law and property law, he is also tutoring the graduating students in theses writing.
Work experience
| 2016–... | Law Office NOVE, Attorney-at-law, Partner |
| 2008-2016 | Law Office VARUL, Attorney, Attorney-at-law |
Education
| 2010-2017 | University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, PhD |
| 2014-2015 | research work within the framework of doctoral studies, University of Bayreuth, Germany |
| 2012-2013 | research work within the framework of doctoral studies, University of Konstanz, Germany |
| 2008 | University of Tartu, Estonia, MA in Law (cum laude) |
| 2005 | University of Tartu, Estonia, BA in Law |
Membership
| Estonian Bar Association |
Recognition
Legal 500 Leading Individual in IP, IT and telecoms practice area 2024, 2023
Legal 500 commercial, corporate and M&A practice area 2024:
“Arsi Pavelts is one of the leading attorneys in Estonia in commercial and corporate law. High competence, very strong involvement and sense of responsibility, ability and drive to work even in the most complex disputes. A strategist and defender of your interests that you want to have on your side.”
Portfolio
- NOVE advises University of Tartu in relation with the Estonian Biobank 24.11.2022
- NOVE successfully represented client in the Supreme Court in a litigation related to the purchase of shares 25.06.2019
- NOVE successful in Supreme Court: Leaving the contractual penalty notice under the windshield wiper of a car is a reasonable way to report a penalty 6.06.2019
- NOVE successfully represented a client at Supreme Court in a court action concerning acknowledgement of obligation 6.04.2017
Scientific publications
- Commentary on Law of Obligations Act III. Juura. Tallinn 2021. Co-author
- Commentary on Code of Civil Procedure III. Juura. Tallinn 2018. Co-author
- Pavelts, A. In Place of the Performance of a Claim for the Compensation of Damage: Delimitations and Prerequisites. Juridica 2017 , No 9, pp 595–608
- Commentary on Code of Civil Procedure II. Juura. Tallinn 2017. Co-author
- Pavelts, A. A claim for damages in lieu of performance based on the example of the buyer’s rights. Dissertation. Tartu, 2016
- Commentary on Law of Obligations Act I. Juura. Tallinn 2016. Co-author
- Pavelts, A., Sein, K. The Buyer’s Right to Require Reimbursement for Repair Costs of Defective Goods under the CISG, the CESL, and Estonian Law. Juridica International 2014, No 21, pp 147-158
- Pavelts, A. Fundamental Bases of Abstract Acknowledgements of Obligation. Juridica 2009, No 5, pp 276–287
Publications
- Arsi Pavelts osales Riigikohtu Menetlusõiguse 2023 konverentsi Tsiviilkohtumenetluse paneeldiskussioonis, 23.10.2023
- Participation in the work of the expert working group on the review of corporate law
- Projekteerija vastutus – kas tähtajatu kirves pea kohal? Ehitusuudised, 09.04.2020
- Lecturer of “Personal Warranties, its System and Implementation Problems”. Preismann Koolitus, 18.02.2020
- Lecturer of “Personal Warranties”. Eesti Juristide Liit, 23.10.2019
- Lecturer of “Lease Agreement”. Eesti Juristide Liit, 11.09.2019
- Lecturer of “Employment Contract”. Eesti Juristide Liit, 05.06.2019
- Lecturer of “Sales Agreement”. Eesti Juristide Liit, 20.03.2019
- Participation in the work of the expert working group on the review of corporate law (2016–2020)
- Participation in the work of the Committee for the Codification of Industrial Property
- Röövellike viivisetasudega on Eestis lõpp. Äripäev, 24.05.2016
- Arsi Pavelts korteriomandi ostja õigustest. Postimees, 28.05.2015
- Muutuste tuuled ehk Ehitusgarantii hääletu surm. Ehitusuudised, 09.03.2015
- Nõue juhatuse liikme vastu aegub viie aastaga. MaksuMaksja, August 2013
- Põhiseadusvastaselt enamtasutud riigilõivu tagastamise piirangust — kas õigluse tupiktee? MaksuMaksja, May 2013
- Põhiseadusvastaselt enamtasutud riigilõivu tagastamise piirangust – kas otstarbekusega õigluse vastu? Postimees 23.04.2013
- Äripäeva lepinguõiguse käsiraamat: Commentary on the contract of settlement 2011
- Äripäeva lepinguõiguse käsiraamatu author of various model contracts and explanations of legal issues 2009–…
Languages
Estonian, English