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.
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)
Defood OÜ acquires UAB “Delano” from UAB “Vilniaus prekyba”
PSA OÜ acquired Pärnu Sadam from AS Transcom
BaltCap invests in FitekIN and ONEA software platforms
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 BaltCap on acquiring a stake in Weekend shoe store
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