About
Managing Partner Jaanus Mody heads the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency practice areas at COBALT Estonia.
With his long-term experience, Jaanus contributes to resolving complex business disputes, helping to develop a strategy and offering clients forward-looking and out-of-dispute comprehensive solutions. His practice has often been the basis for the development of legislation and has helped to set many precedents for the interpretation of laws.
Jaanus is one of the most recognized insolvency experts in Estonia. He has successfully advised companies on the entire reorganization process and accompanying strategic changes. Jaanus has extensive experience in representing creditors in resolving complex problems related to companies in difficulty. Thus, for example, Jaanus represented Nordea and DNB banks in the reorganization proceedings of the dairy company TERE, during which the banks sold their claims to TERE’s competitor Maag Grupp. In addition to advising on insolvency matters, the case involved advising on complex civil, administrative and criminal proceedings in parallel.
- Dispute Resolution -Eminent Practitioner, Chambers Global and Europe 2025
- Dispute Resolution – Band 1, Chambers & Partners Global Guide 2024
- Dispute Resolution – Hall of Fame, The Legal 500 2025
- Dispute Resolution – Ranked Lawyer, Chambers & Partners 2022
- Dispute Resolution – Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2019
Languages
- Estonian, English, Russian
Membership & education
- Member of the Estonian Bar Association (1995)
- Master of Arts in Law (M.A.), University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, Estonia (1994)
