makes your employees legally happy

About Us

At SmartLegal, we pride ourselves on providing comprehensive legal support through our “legal service desk” designed specifically for your employees. Our dedicated team of experts is here to address a wide range of legal matters, ensuring your workforce has the guidance they need.

Meet Our team

Sofia Vender

Founder, Legal and Compliance

Sofia is the visionary behind SmartLegal. With years of experience in the legal industry, she leads our team with a commitment to excellence and a passion for making legal services accessible to all employees.

Monika Mina

Chief Executive Officer

Monika oversees all our operations, driving the strategic direction and ensuring the highest standards of service. Her extensive background in leadership and legal expertise ensures our company remains at the forefront of the industry.

Andrey Nikulin

CFO

Andrey manages our financial strategy, ensuring the stability and sustainability of our operations. His financial acumen supports our mission to provide top-notch legal services while maintaining fiscal responsibility

Alina Andrejeva

Business Development Executive

Alina drives our growth initiatives, leveraging her expertise to expand our reach and enhance our service offerings. Her focus on building strong client relationships ensures that our legal solutions meet the evolving needs of businesses.

Vlad Kaljuznõj

CTO

Vlad is the technical genius behind our innovative legal service platform. His expertise in technology ensures that our systems are secure, efficient, and user-friendly, enabling seamless access to legal support for employees

Jekaterina Orlova

Business Advisor

Jekaterina leverages over 20 years of experience in digital transformation, business strategy, and operations to drive early-stage tech companies toward success. She is providing strategic guidance and insights into investors relationships within Smart legal.

makes your employees legally happy

  1. I have received a letter from the court and do not understand what they want and how to respond to it.
  2. What is the difference between a booking agreement with a broker and a notary?
  3. I feel that I have been treated unfairly, but I do not understand to whom and with the demand of what size I can apply.
  4. What should be paid attention to in a notarially authenticated agreement?
  5. If you receive a message from a bailiff (enforcement agent), what should you do?
  6. What subsidies are there for starting a business?
  1. Quick loans — is the interest rate correct, and penalties?
  2. Flight delay/cancellation, what can be demanded and from whom?
  3. I do not agree with the amount of compensation from the insurance company, how to dispute it?
  4. Under what conditions is housing loan payment insurance provided?
  5. How to challenge an unfounded reverse claim for compensation from an insurance company?
  6. What should be considered when concluding a dwelling lease contract?
  7. Can a fixed-term dwelling lease contract be terminated?
  8. Collection claims a debt for which the statute of limitations has expired, what should I do?
  9. Hidden defects when buying a home (noisy neighbors)?
  10. Poorly rendered service, where to turn to and how?
  11. The debtor is not in Estonia, how can the debt be claimed from him?
  12. Poor quality product and the seller refuses to accept return and refund, what to do?
  13. Phone does not work as it should and the store refuses to accept return and refund, what should I do?
  1. Divorce issues, division of property, alimony, divorce, child custody?
  2. If there is no place for a child in a municipal kindergarten, what can I request, where to turn to and how?
  3. How to open your own company, start your own business?
  4. What to do if a person does not return a debt?
  5. A relative has died, how to start succession proceedings?
  6. When selling/buying an apartment, what needs to be done and how to execute the transaction properly in order to avoid mistakes and claims from the buyer/seller?
  7. How to make a power of attorney for a child to another parent/grandparent?
  8. What is taken into account when calculating a pension?
  9. What types of residence permits are there and what are the conditions for obtaining them?
  10. On what grounds can I stay in Estonia?
  11. How to issue an invitation to Estonia?
  1. Confidentiality terms, what is considered as confidential information for the enterprise and what is not?
  2. Actions of restriction on competition during the term of the employment contract and after the expiry of the employment contract – differences, conditions?
  3. Obligation to keep commercial secrets during the term of the employment contract and after its expiry?
  4. What are the conditions of and requirements for the employee during the probationary period?
  5. If an employee has not passed the probationary period, can he/she receive unemployment insurance?
  6. How is vacation pay calculated, are bonus payments taken into account?
  7. What is proprietary liability and under what conditions is it valid?
  8. What are share options, what should I pay attention to, what do I get, if the employer offers me share options?
  9. What is summarized working time and how is it calculated?
  10. What are the grounds for termination of an employment contract?
  11. Upon expiry of an employment contract, when am I entitled to unemployment insurance compensation?
  12. What types of vacation are there?
  13. How to join the unemployment insurance fund?
  14. What types of compensation from the employer and the state do I get in case of a lay-off?
  15. How are travel allowances paid?

Our advantages:

  1. We ease the burden of HR (release or replace the work), by explaining the conditions to the employee, duties based on the law and the interests of the employer.
  2. The employee is busy with their work, instead of thinking about their personal problems and getting distracted by searching for a solution, and the problem can be solved with the help of a SmartLegal lawyer.
  3. By educating the employee and explaining his/her obligations, the consequences of their violation, we discipline the employee so that he respects the confidentiality, loyalty, and data protection of the employer.
  4. Package on the expiry of the employment contract (exit package). After the end of the employment relationship, we explain to the employee his next steps, the unemployment insurance fund, the possibilities to use insurance, if any, conversion of a visa (change visa type), if there was a work visa.
  5. We do not abandon the employee if he/she wants a service outside the package, and we provide it at a reduced price. We can represent clients in out-of-court and court proceedings, draw up contracts, applications and other draft documents for clients, as well as prepare court claims. We represent our clients in state institutions, local authorities and courts.

 

Terms:

  1. If the allocated time limit in the package is not used within a month, the limit resets and is not carried over to the next month.
  2. The service also covers questions from family members.
  3. We can draw up quarterly statistics on the use of services (time used and who from employees used it).
  4. Employees’ questions are strictly confidential.
    We answer the employee’s email through the e-mail address he/she chooses to communicate by.