SETTING A COURSE FOR YOUR SUCCESS

TALLINN

Riga

VILNIUS

AARHUS

Copenhagen

SILKEBORG

Bio

Liisi Jürgen, Attorney-at-Law, is a partner and the head of IT law practice at NJORD Law Firm. She is also a visiting lecturer at Estonia’s oldest and most established university – University of Tartu. Her main subject is E-Commerce and IT Contracts. Liisi Jürgen is specialized in legal issues regarding IT law, data protection, e-commerce, electronic signatures (incl. legal issues arising from authentication and e-ID), consumer protection, and product development. Liisi advises clients on healthtech matters. She has developed a so-called new generation e-government, smart city, e-healthcare, personal medicine, metaverse, and proactive services in every field concept for different clients. Liisi advises both private and public sector clients daily on the development of a legal framework that supports innovation projects, e-services, and digital infrastructure. Liisi also advises on artificial intelligence compliance projects. In 2015-2016 Liisi was a member of a workgroup responsible for the development of the electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions act, set up by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. In 2015, Liisi Jürgen finalized her second Master’s degree in law at the University of Münster in Germany. The topic of her thesis was Electronic Signatures according to EU law. She has a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s Degree in law from University of Tartu.

What does Liisi think

The Digital Debt Affects Us All

Legislative Changes in the Digital Sphere Will Make Life Easier for Consumer and Add Obligations to Businesses

Artificial intelligence as part of the court proceedings – is it possible and necessary?

Intellectual Property in Business: How to Increase Company Value Through Careful Strategic Planning?

Inspiration vs. Infringement: how to protect your creative work and understand “fair use” policies in copyright law?

7 tips for your business’s cyber security

Data Protection in the Crypto and Fintech World

101 on cyber hygiene – from the perspective of mothers, fathers and employers

Handwritten signatures vs. e-signatures

Tolerating Criticism – A New Challenge for Leaders?

Areas of law

  • IT and telecoms
  • Data Protection
  • Intellectual Property
  • European Union and competition
  • Life science

Experience

  • 2019 -

    Partner, Attoreny-at-Law, NJORD Law Firm

  • 2018 -

    Attorney-at-Law, NJORD Law Firm

  • 2017 - 2018

    Attorney, law firm Teder

  • 2013 - 2014

    Chief Legal Officer, SignWise

  • 2011 - 2012

    Lawyer, law firm Glikman and Partners

  • 2010 - 2011

    Lawyer, law firm Glikman and Partners

Educational Journey

  • 2012 - 2015

    University of Münster, Master degree in German Law (LL.M)

  • 2008 - 2010

    University of Tartu, Master's Degree in Law (MA)

  • 2005 - 2008

    University of Tartu, Bachelor's Degree in Law (BA)

Languages

  • Estonian
  • German
  • English

Publications

Selection of DELIVERED SEMINARS AND TRAININGS

2015 — Guest Lecturer, IT Law Programme, University of Tartu (Teaching e-commerce and IT contract law in an LLM programme held in English)

2023 — Artificial Intelligence Trends in Justice (University of Tartu)

2021 — Open Data Forum 2021. Panel Discussion: Where is the limit of open data? What is open data?

2021 — DIFC Academy in collaboration with NJORD Law Firm and 36 Commercial Seminar: Next Gen Government Services Powered by Blockchain — Estonia. Personalised Medicine.

2021 — Training days of the Chamber of Bailiffs and Bankruptcy Trustees and the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu: Cryptocurrency and its risks

2020 — Lecture series “Technology and Law”: On the development of open data in Estonia and thoughts on the PSI Directive

2020 — Webinar: Data protection and employment issues (Deutsch-Baltische Handelskammer)

2020 — Webinar: Concerns and joys of IT contracts — how to agree on the object of IT contracts and what to prepare for negotiations (Deutsch-Baltische Handelskammer)

2019 — Open Data Workshop: Personal Data (Avaandmete töötuba – isikuandmetest), in cooperation with OKEE

2019 — How artificial intelligence affects your future? — ELSA Estonia

2018 — Training on GDPR: “Data is leaking from your company!?” (RMP)

2015 — Presentation on e-signatures and e-transactions: Trust Services, Electronic Transactions, and Electronic Signatures (ITECHLAW, San Diego)

2015 — Training: How to draft secure e-commerce or e-service Terms & Conditions

2015 — Webinar: What a company needs to know about the legal issues of a digital signature

2014 — Preparation of a study of the potential use of open data

2014 — What an entrepreneur needs to know about the legal issues of digital and electronic signatures

2014 — Presentation on the legal meaning of e-signatures: Legal aspects of electronic signature in the EU, Vilnius

2014 — Presentation on the international meaning and use of e-signatures: Cross-border use of electronic signatures (FOC 2014 Tallinn)

2014 — Presentation on the legal meaning of e-signatures: Legal meaning of electronic signature (Comex 2014 Oman)

2012 — Liability of a member of the management board: Contract of a board member and employment contract

2012 — Issues regarding data protection and employment relationships

Memberships

  • Estonian Bar Association since 2011
  • Member of the Commission on Intellectual Property and IT Law of the Estonian Bar Association