About

We are a closely integrated alliance of top-tier law offices in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Belarus, making us one of the largest law firms in the Baltic market. Our history in Estonia dates back to 1990, in Latvia to 1994, in Lithuania to 2001 and in Belarus to 2008.
COBALT Estonia is the exclusive member for Estonia of Lex Mundi - the world’s leading network of independent law firms.
Our legal team is highly educated, and we have an industry leading number of PhD and LL.M degrees. We can communicate with our clients in 10 languages: English, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish, Swedish, French, German, Italian and Russian.
We advise top international and regional businesses, financial institutions, state and local governments, and the region’s most promising start-ups. We offer leading-edge solutions in all key areas of business law. Our dispute resolution team is capable of handling sophisticated cross-disciplinary matters.
COBALT has been named Baltic Law Firm of the Year 6 times. We have received awards from the Chambers Europe, IFLR, The Lawyer and Mergermarket and we are regularly listed amongst the top performing M&A legal advisors in the Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and Mergermarket deal tables.

Rankings

Chambers Europe Guide recognizes COBALT for its expertise as a tier 1 law firm in 15 practice areas. The rankings confirm COBALT’s broad, market-leading competence in all key practice areas in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Further information is available at www.chambersandpartners.com.

COBALT is recommended as a top-tier law firm in 21 practice areas by one of the most prestigious legal directories The Legal 500. A total of 19 COBALT lawyers are included in the elite list "Leading lawyers", and 36 lawyers are recommended by the directory.

COBALT was recognized as the Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year 2019 in the Baltics at the IFLR European Awards in London. IFLR – International Financial Law Review.

 

World Trademark Review recommends COBALT as a top IP law firm in Latvia.

Awards

COBALT awarded Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year 2020 by Chambers Europe.

COBALT was recognized as “Baltic Law Firm of the Year 2019” at The Lawyer European Awards. The Lawyer is the Europe’s leading legal magazine.

COBALT wins the CEE Legal Matters Deal of the Year Award for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as the overall Baltic Deal of the Year, at the 2019 CEE Legal Matters Awards. More >>.

COBALT was recognized as the Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year 2019 in the Baltics at the IFLR European Awards in London. IFLR – International Financial Law Review.

 

COBALT was named “Baltic Law Firm of the Year 2016” by International Financial Law Review (IFLR), a publication focusing on the leading law firms in corporate finance worldwide.

COBALT Estonia office was again named “Baltic Law Firm of the Year” in 2015 by International Financial Law Review (IFLR), a publication focusing on the leading law firms for the corporate finance worldwide.

COBALT Latvia and Lithuania offices were again named “Baltic Law Firm of the Year” in 2015 by Chambers Europe, one of the world's leading independent legal analysts.

COBALT was announced as the leading Lithuanian M&A legal counsel by the number of transactions implemented in 2019, according the Lithuanian M&A market analysis performed by the Financial Analysts Association >>.