Tambet is a Partner in our Tallinn office.
Partner Tambet Toomela leads the data protection, labour law, intellectual property, and IT law practices of the Law Firm.
Tambet has over 20 years of experience in counselling and representing clients. Tambet has experience in all aspects of labour law disputes and related proceedings. He coordinates establishment of different staff regulations and collective bargaining situations by the employment law team. He is a well-known lecturer on employment law and among other trainings has also given a full day training to the lawyers’ team of the Estonian Employment Inspectorate (2019). Tambet is a regular contributor to several editorials on employment law.
He also has extensive experience in preparing various special-purpose contracts (incl. advising major industrial and development projects), in advising clients on consumer protection and advertising matters, as well as in arranging residence and work permits.
Tambet also consults clients on various intellectual property related matters, such as acquisition, registration, licensing and protection, trade mark disputes, and assists them in handling matters concerning IT solutions, products, and services. He serves as the data protection officer (DPO) for many key-clients of the firm. He is also a member of the AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property) Estonian National Group and a member of the IP/IT law commission at the Estonian Bar Association.
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Tambet’s comprehensive and high-level competence has been highly recognized by independent international publications:
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Chambers Europe 2025 in Employment and Intellectual Property
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Legal 500 EMEA 2025 Hall of Fame in IP, IT and telecoms, and Leading Partner in Employment
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Chambers 2025 and Legal 500 2025
Tambet Toomela is well regarded for his experience in employment matters, including complex disputes.
Tambet Toomela has a wide-ranging IP practice, which includes advising on portfolio management and disputes. He is also well versed in handling data protection, licensing and IT-related matters.
Clients enthuse that "He is very responsive and answers emails very quickly.", and "Tambet Toomela offers a very good cooperation.". He is also described as "Tambet Toomela is a very helpful, fast and high-performance lawyer. I was impressed by the quality of his service.", and also "Tambet Toomela, the team leader, was incredibly helpful. He took the time to explain everything clearly and offered us the best possible solutions for our needs. I’m really grateful for what they’ve done for us."
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Estonian Bar Association IP-IT Commission
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Estonian Lawyers Association
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Estonian Young Lawyers Association
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International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- 2005 University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, cum laude