Banking
Overview
The SORAINEN Baltic and Belarusian Banking Practice, a regional leader, has advised on some of the region's most significant transactions.
The lawyers from our Banking Practice advise a broad range of clients including international and local banks, multilateral financial institutions, issuers, other international and local financial institutions, state and local government, as well as local and international borrowers from every industry. The firm's clients rely on SORAINEN for expertise, a proven track record in the most challenging and innovative banking transactions and an understanding of client needs.
The Banking Practice consists of approx 25 skilled lawyers who work closely across the region. That is why SORAINEN is often the first port of call for advice in not only local but also complex and demanding cross-border banking transactions.
SORAINEN is recommended for its Banking Practice by international directories such as IFLR1000, The Legal 500 ("SORAINEN's tier-one ranking is the result of a client list that reads like a 'who's who' of leading European finance houses") and Chambers Europe.
SORAINEN offers expertise in all key banking areas in the Baltic States and Belarus, including:
- lending (general lending, leveraged buyouts, leasing, asset- and real estate finance and other financing);
- structured finance;
- debt restructuring;
- trade finance;
- banking services;
- banking litigation;
- banking regulation.
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SORAINEN has been awarded the title of "Baltic Law Firm of the Year" at the International Financial Law Review European Awards in three years – 2012, 2010 and 2009 – for advising on the most complex and innovative international transactions in the areas of debt, equity and capital markets, project financing, restructuring and mergers & acquisitions. Read more
The regional head of the SORAINEN Banking Practice is Reimo Hammerberg, whose contacts appear below.
Local heads of the SORAINEN Banking Practice are:
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Estonia
Reimo Hammerberg
Partner
Ph +372 6 400 958
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Latvia
Rūdolfs Eņģelis
Partner
Ph +371 67 686 794
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Lithuania
Tomas Kontautas
Partner
Ph +370 52 649 376
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Belarus
Kiryl Apanasevich
Office Managing Partner
Ph +375 17 306 2102
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