Born on 25 July 1974 in Tartu, Estonia

• Studies in law, University of Hamburg, Germany, 1994-1995
• EU law expert, Ministry of Justice of Estonia, 1996-1999
• Traineeship at the European Commission’s Legal Service, 1997
• B.A. in law, University of Tartu, 1997
• LL.M. in law, University of Münster, Germany, 1998
• Lecturer in European law, Law Institute of Tallinn, later University of Tartu 1999-2006
• Head of EU law Division, then EU Law and Foreign Relations Division, Ministry of Justice of Estonia, 1999-2002
• Member of the board of the Centre for Policy Studies (PRAXIS), 2000-2004
• Deputy Secretary General on Legislative Drafting, Ministry of Justice of Estonia, 2002-2004
• Studies in law, European University Institute of Florence, Italy, 2002
• Doctor iuris of law, University of Tartu, 2003
• Justice at the Supreme Court of Estonia (member of administrative law and constitutional law chambers), 2004-2010
• Member of the Consultative Council of European Judges (CCJE) of the Council of Europe, since 2004, Vice-President then President, 2006-2010
• Traineeship at Federal Administrative Court of Germany, 2005
• Judge ad hoc at the European Court of Human Rights, 2006
• Associated professor and consequently Professor of European law, University of Tartu, 2006-2011
• Traineeship at the Council of State, France, 2007
• Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, since 2010
• President of Estonian Association for European Law since 2004, President of International Federation for European Law (FIDE), 2010
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 4 January 2011 to 3 January 2020
• Elected “2013 European of the Year” in Estonia by the European Movement Estonia, 2013
• Vice-President of Section from 3 November 2015 to 2 November 2018.