Tea Kookmaa

Tea is an associate who is specialised in data protection and IT law, contract law and commercial law. Tea has a broad experience in data protection law. She has helped both private and public sector clients in establishing compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (the GDPR). She is also a renown lecturer who often gives presentations on different legal topics. Tea also has experience in solving legal issues related to new technologies and digital services. Being specialised in commercial law, she has experience in drafting and negotiating different types of contracts for clients in various sectors. She also helps clients with legal issues related to consumer protection. In addition, Tea has experience in solving legal issues related to different regulated sectors, such as gambling and pharmaceuticals.

Tea is also a guest lecturer at Tallinn University of Technology, where she gives lectures as part of the course „Expert-level training for a data protection officer (DPO)“.

Tea speaks Estonian, English, and German.

Presentations and trainings conducted

2019Data Protection Law Training at the Ministry of Defense

2019Review of past practices related to personal data breaches, a morning radio program of Äripäev

2018New Directions for Managing Customer Personal Data – Customer Rights and Customer Relationship,                            Good Service Management Conference 2018

2018Training “Legal Basics of Marketing”, Institute of Marketing

2018“Data Protection Rules in Marketing”, TurundusTreff.ee conference

2018Data Protection Officer Training, Areng.ee

2018Data Protection Specialist In-Service Training, Estonian Training and Conference Center

2017Risks in Using Data in Today’s Business, TK Training Center Information Day “Personal Data Protection                          Regulation – Why and What for?”

Publications

• „Legal Remedies Available to Competitors of Recipients of Unlawful State Aid Under Estonian Law“, co-author. Juridica International 2015, No. 1, pages 98-109

Membership

• Estonian Bar Association

Experience

2019-Assistant attorney, NJORD Law Firm

2017-2019Assistant Attorney, SORAINEN

2017-Visiting Lecturer, Tallinn University of Technology

2016-2017Legal adviser, TRINITI

2016Intern, TRINITI

Education

2016Tartu University, Faculty of Law, LL.M

2015-2016European Law Moot Court, member of the University of Tartu team 

2015-2016Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Faculty of Law, a foreign exchange student in Erasmus+ program

2014-2015Board member of the Estonian division of ELSA

20154th ELSA Vienna Law School on Dispute Resolution

2014University of Tartu, Faculty of Law, LL.B

2011Tallinn English College

Languages

Estonian, English, and German.