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Kerli Salu

Senior Associate / Estonia

About

Kerli Salu is a Senior Associate at COBALT Estonia. She mainly specializes in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and corporate law.

Kerli has advised numerous international and domestic M&A transactions, including share and asset deals, financial and strategic investments, and restructurings. She also advises on various corporate matters and shareholder relations.

Before joining COBALT’s team, Kerli has completed legal internships at other law firms, the Ministry of Justice, and the Western District Prosecutor’s Office. In addition, she has been the Director of Seminars and Conferences at the European Law Students’ Association in Estonia.

Practice

CV

Languages

  • Estonian, English

Membership & education

  • Estonian Bar Association (since 2020)
  • Master of Arts in Law (MA), University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, Estonia (2020), with honors
  • University of Vienna, Austria, Erasmus exchange student (2018)
  • University of Mannheim, Germany, Erasmus exchange student (2017)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (BA), law, University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, Estonia (2017)
Experience

Karma Ventures leads Pactum AI’s $20 million Series B round

Helmes AS acquires a majority stake in Trinidad Wiseman OÜ

Citi Ventures makes a strategic investment in Modular Technologies OÜ (TUUM)

YOOK Production raises EUR 13 million to establish the first oat drink factory in the Baltics

Modular Technologies OÜ (TUUM) raises 25 million euros in series B financing

FootonVolt OÜ sold Estonia’s first industrial solar park to KC Energy OÜ

The shareholder of Adfactory Group sells part of the shares to Marahrens

COBALT advised Helmes AS on acquiring TeleSoftas UAB

COBALT advised Modular Technologies on raising 15 million euro additional investment

COBALT advised Hambalaser on the sale of dental clinics to Unimed Clinics

COBALT advised Asteria Group on the acquisition of Nordic Label and Data Print

COBALT advised Royal Unibrew on the acquisition of Tanker Brewery

COBALT advised Elektrum Eesti on acquiring the Imatra Elekter electricity retail sales business

COBALT advised Elektrum Eesti on the acquisition of three energy companies

COBALT advised the sale of Icefire to Checkout.com

COBALT advised Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on acquiring Creditinfo

COBALT advised Modularbank on raising €4 million funding

COBALT advised the selling of MCF Group Estonia OÜ

COBALT advises Flügger on gaining the majority stake in Eskaro group

COBALT advised AS Helmes on acquiring the shares of T2T

COBALT advised Fortumo on selling its business to Boku

COBALT advised Algeco on the acquisition of Wexus

COBALT advises BaltCap on selling Fitek