Elo Tamm is the Head of EU and Competition practice in COBALT Estonia, heading Healthcare practice and co-heading the Energy. She is one of the most recognised professionals in Estonia in her practice areas. She has represented leading local and international companies in front of Estonian Competition Authority in cartel and abuse of dominant position proceedings. Elo regularly assists companies in getting their transactions cleared by the Estonian Competition Authority to enable the mergers to go ahead. In State aid, Elo advises client on how to get State aid, what the conditions attached to State aid are, and whether State aid is lawful. Elo has successfully represented clients in Estonian and EU courts and administrative bodies. EU law is very familiar to Elo. She also excels in Estonian and EU energy law, healthcare and waste regulations. Elo advises clients on climate change. Elo contributes to the development of her specialisation areas by participating in the work of the Competition Law Committee of the Estonian Bar Association and acting as a Chairwoman of the Healthcare Committee of American Chamber of Commerce in Estonia. She is a regular speaker at the conferences and seminars.
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Estonian Parliament has adopted the Unfair Trading Practices in the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Prevention Act. This is the first time that the Estonian state intervenes in business–to–business trading practices to address imbalance of bargaining power. The Act entered into force on 1 (...)
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Estonia: paradigm shift in public enforcement Estonia is on the verge of potentially seismic changes in competition enforcement. So far, penalties for competition law infringements could be imposed only in criminal or misdemeanour proceedings. Cartels could be sanctioned only by criminal (...)
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Estonia is on the verge of potentially seismic changes in competition enforcement. So far, penalties for competition law infringements could be imposed only in criminal or misdemeanour proceedings. Cartels could be sanctioned only by criminal courts. While criminal proceedings gave the (...)
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Estonian incumbent state-owned energy mining company Enefit Kaevandused AS (“Enefit Mines”) was ordered to pay to VKG Oil AS (“VKG”) for the abuse of dominant position by imposing excessive prices on oil shale supply. The final award was made by Tartu District Court on 21 May 2021, following (...)
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The Estonian Competition Authority prohibits a merger on grounds of customer choice The Estonian Competition Authority (Authority) has prohibited a merger between two travel agencies due to worries that the merger would have resulted in the creation of a dominant position. The authority (...)
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Directive (EU) 2019/633 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on unfair trading practices in business–to–business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain ( ENG / LAT / EST / LIT) seeks to protect farmers and other weaker suppliers of agricultural and (...)
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The Estonian Competition Authority (Konkurentsiamet) was recently granted new powers to enforce competition law against public sector actors. It has been a well–established understanding under Estonian competition law that state and municipal undertakings are subject to competition rules when (...)
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Recently the Estonian Competition Authority took a decision that further outlined its approach at handling abuse of dominance cases. The case shows the preference of the Authority to accept behavioural commitments aimed at preventing potential abuses of dominance rather than penalise past (...)
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Recently the Estonian Competition Authority took a decision that further outlined its approach at handling abuse of dominance cases. The case shows the preference of the Authority to issue injunctions aimed at preventing potential abuses of dominance rather than penalise past infringements. (...)
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The Estonian Competition Authority accepts supplements to the earlier G4S commitments concerning cash transportation In December 2014, the Estonian Competition Authority (Authority) terminated the supervisory proceedings against the provider of cash transportation and processing services G4S (...)
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Estonian competition authority has cleared the acquisition of various enterprises of Nordic Partners Food Limited (NPF) by Orkla ASA. Both merging parties are suppliers of branded food products in the Baltics and enjoy high market shares. The Estonian authority took this opportunity to prove (...)
