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Katri Paas defended PhD thesis on competition law related topic at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu
Katri Paas, an attorney and a leading lawyer of competition law practice group of Lepik & Luhaäär LAWIN, defended PhD thesis on “Implications of Smallness of an Economy on Merger Control” at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu on 25 August. Katri Paas’ PhD thesis is the first and thus far the only doctoral thesis defended in the field of competition law in Estonia. The thesis studied the problems that smallness of economy may cause in the context of merger control and analysed whether such problems call for special design of merger control regulation. The study concluded that small economies do not require a system that differs profoundly from the system in large economies. However, implications of smallness should be taken into consideration particularly in jurisdictional and enforcement questions, especially as regards the range of transactions subjected to control and the choice of notification system. Katri Paas has specialised on competition and EU law. She has advised Estonian and international clients in various competition law matters and has been involved in numerous merger notification procedures with the Estonian Competition Authority. In addition to competition law matters, she has significant experience in M&A and general corporate and commercial matters, as well as in regulatory issues. Besides her experience in Lepik & Luhaäär LAWIN, Katri Paas has practiced competition law as a trainee in the Estonian Competition Authority, in the Competition Team of the European Commission Legal Service and in Allen & Overy in Brussels office. She teaches competition law at the University of Tartu and is also a regular contributor to various competition law related publications and journals.
Katri Paas holds LL.B degree from University of the Tartu and LL.M degrees from the University of Helsinki, National University of Singapore and New York University from earlier studies.
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