Valter specializes in advising the start-up sector, fundraising transactions, private equity and venture capital transactions and M&A. Valter is a highly valued expert in the start-up sector advising founders, start-ups and investors in variety of matters ranging from general topics like shareholders’ agreements, option programs, etc to complex fundraising transactions, restructuring and exits.
Valter also advises private equity and venture capital deals, including setting up investment vehicles, and merger and acquisition transactions.
His experience includes:
Advising the shareholders of Envoice on the sale to Scoro
Advising SmartCap in Starship’s USD 50M financing round
Advising Patchstack in raising USD 5M
Advising ÄIO in raising EUR 6,1M
Advising RecruitLab in raising EUR 1,9M
Advising Fractory Solutions in acquiring a EUR 4M venture debt
Advising Fractory Solutions in raising USD 9M
Advising GetID in its acquisition by Checkin.com Group for EUR 8,1M
Advising Admiral Markets Group in acquiring 100% shareholding in Moneyzen
Advising Fyma in raising EUR 1,55M
Advising Vincent Group p.l.c (Coolbet) in being acquired by GAN Limited for EUR 149.1M
Advising Cachet in raising EUR 5,5M
Advising L99 in raising USD 2,3M
Advising Bolt (formerly Taxify) in acquiring investment from Didi Chuxing
Advising VIVITA in corporate matters related to commencing operations and opening creativity accelerators in Estonia, Singapore, Lithuania, Korea, the Philippines, and the United States of America.
Valter is also a member of the Startup Estonia legal committee and the Estonian Business Angels Network.
2021 – … Senior Associate at TRINITI in Tallinn, Estonia
2015 – 2021 Partner / Attorney-at-Law at Law firm Hedman Partners
2011 – 2015 Associate at Law Firm Hedman Partners
2009 – 2011 Lawyer at Law Firm Hedman Partners
2007 – 2009 Lawyer at Law Firm Tamme & Otsmann
Education
2007 – 2009 Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu, MA.
2006 – University of Salzburg Faculty of Law, Summer School “European Private Law”.
2004 – 2007 Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu, BA.
Professional memberships
Estonian Business Angels Network (MTÜ Eesti Äriinglite Assotsiatsioon).
Member of the Startup Estonia’s Model Documents Working Group.