Triin Kaurov

Practice Areas

Infrastructure & PPP / ESG / Energy / Environment / Dispute Resolution / Competition / Arbitration, Mediation & ADR / Public Procurement / Employment / Public Sector & Constitutional Law

Triin Kaurov has long-term and significant experience in advising clients on administrative and civil matters and representing them in related disputes. Her expertise is highly regarded among clients both in matters related to daily business activities as well as in making strategically important decisions. Triin has excellent experience and knowledge of how various sectors function, having advised and represented both entrepreneurs and public authorities in the field of public administration. She has given legal advice in many complex and multi-faceted legislative matters regarding permits, licensing requirements and enforcement issues.

Triin has represented clients in special regulative fields, such as electronic communications, electricity, postal services and water regulation, and waste management. She also has considerable experience in providing legal advice in the field of public procurement.

Triin has drafted several legal analyses, including an analysis of the draft amendments to the law, the relevance and appropriateness of the transposition of the provisions of the European Commission Directive into Estonian legislation and the constitutionality of the Administrative Reform Act. She represented 24 Estonian municipalities in the Supreme Court in the constitutional review of the Administrative Reform Act, and nine municipalities in challenging the forced merger decisions made by the Government of Estonia.

Triin also has broad experience in employment law. She has worked as a HR lawyer and knows what human resources managers deal with and how to legally resolve or prevent risks associated with personnel. Triin has extensive experience in drafting employment and management contracts, confidentiality and non-competition agreements and representing clients in related disputes. She has advised on matters relating to temporary agency work, secondment to a foreign country, collective agreements, as well as advised and represented clients in complex occupational health and safety disputes.

Career

Since 2022 Partner, law firm TGS Baltic

2020-2022 Associate Partner, law firm TGS Baltic

2017-2020 Senior Associate, law firm TGS Baltic (formerly Varul)

2016–2017 Senior Associate, law firm Varul

2008–2016 Senior Associate, law firm Glimstedt (formerly Glimstedt Straus & Partnerid)

2007–2008 Associate, law firm Glimstedt Straus & Partnerid

2005–2007 Associate, law firm Bachmann & Partnerid

2005 Lawyer, law firm Bachmann & Partnerid

1999–2005 Human Resources Lawyer, University of Tartu

Professional Memberships

2017 Administrative Law Commission of Estonian Bar Association

2005 Estonian Bar Association