Aku Sorainen is a founder and a senior partner of the leading law firm in the Baltics “Sorainen” that now has more than 50 partners and 400+ staff.

In the podcast we discussed:

* Sorainen law firm just celebrated 30 years’ anniversary - how it all started - the law firm, soon after the Baltic States got back their independence;

* touring with a bigband in Tanzania and chasing green snakes;

* Bruce Springsteen concert and events in the East Berlin in 1988;

* playing trumpet;

* why sometimes lawyers struggle in personal lives;

* work/life balance;

* work is like going to a gym;

* a book to inspire - From Good To Great by Jim Collins;

* comparison of the Baltic law firms with the Western European ones;

* values and purpose as a cornerstone of a law firm;

* 10x growth of the Baltic region economies and expectations for the future;

* unification of defence (legal, tax, etc.) systems in the Baltics;

* for some investors the Baltic States are toxic, because of NATO planes flying here, but for some others it is safe, because of NATO planes flying here;

* comparison of the Baltic tax systems and administration.

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