Mergers & Acquisitions Experience

• Advising Fortum, a leading energy company focusing on the Nordic countries, Russia and the Baltic Rim area, on the sale of Fortum Energiaratkaisut and Fortum Termest in Finland and Estonia at a value of EUR 200 million.

  Advising PKN Orlen, a major Central European crude oil refiner, on its two-stage privatisation of Mažeikių Nafta for EUR 1.929 billion. Read more

  Advising Latvian Mortgage and Land Bank and the Latvian state on the Parex banka bailout with a transaction value of EUR 2.815 billion. Read more

  Advising Šiaulių Bankas, a Lithuania-based bank, on its acquisition of Ūkio Bankas subsidiaries and assets with a transaction value of approx EUR 782 million.

  Advising Sanoma Corporation, a strong European media group, on divestment of its kiosk and press distribution operations for an enterprise value of EUR 130.7 million.

  Advising Baltic Cruises, a CVCI fund, on its acquisition of 15.73% shareholding in Tallink-Silja Group for EUR 116.6 million.

  Assisting International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group which provides investments and advisory services to build the private sector in developing countries, in its acquisition of a 19.99% stake in Belarusky Narodny Bank for approx EUR 5.9 million.

  Assisting Nordzucker, a leading European sugar producer, in acquisition of Danisco Sugar for a total value of over EUR 750 million. Read more

  Advising Eesti Energia (Enefit), the state owned Estonian energy company, on its divestment of Televõrgu.

  Advising Citycon, the Finnish listed property investment company, on its acquisition of four leading Baltic shopping centres.

  Advising Chevron, the second largest energy company in the US and the third largest in the world, on its acquisition of 50% shareholding in LL investicijos.

  Advising Unilever, a multinational consumer goods company, on its acquisition of Ingman Ice Cream.

  Advising Unimilk, the leading Russian dairy company, on its merger of business with Danone's Fresh Dairy Product business.

  Advising Olympic Entertainment Group, the largest provider of casino entertainment in the region of Baltic States, Poland, Slovakia and Belarus, on entering into a joint venture for medium-sized VLT slot casinos in Italy.

  Advising Akropolis Group, the largest shopping centre developer and operator in Lithuania, on its sale of 100% shareholding in Kaunas Akropolis Shopping Centre.

  Advising Mercuria Energy Asset Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Group, on its sale of 50% equity interest in Vesta Terminals.

  Advising shareholders in Semetron, one of the leading companies in the field of sales and servicing of medical equipment and healthcare products, on the sale of their shares in the company.

  Advising APM Terminals Management, the Netherlands-based owner and operator of container terminals, and part of A.P. Moller-Maersk, on its acquisition of 37.5% shareholding in Global Ports Investments.

  Advising Coopernic Alliance, an alliance of Europe's major independent retailers - REWE Group, E.Leclerc, Colruyt, Conad and Coop, on its acquisition of Palink, operator of retail chains IKI, Ikiukas and Cento.

  Advising Stena Line, a Swedish marine operator and one of the world's largest passenger and freight ferry companies, on its acquisition of service centre and five short-sea routes in the Baltic Sea.

  Assisting Russian entrepreneur Andrey Beskhelnitskiy in acquisition of majority shares in Rīgas piena kombināts, the largest milk-processing enterprise in Latvia and one of the leading industrial enterprises in the Baltics.

  Advising Modesat Communications, a high performance wireless backhaul solutions provider with industry leading capabilities and roadmap, on its sale of wireless backhaul solutions business.

  Advising Rosbank, a part of Société Générale Group, on its sale of shares in Belrosbank to Alfa-Bank.

  Advising Balto Link, a private Lithuanian insurance brokerage company, its Latvian subsidiary and A Dzīvība in the merger of the two Latvian companies.

  Advising Nordic Choice Hotels, the largest hotel chain in the Nordic region with over 170 hotels, on its acquisition of Hotel Valdemars in Riga, Latvia.

• PRIVATE EQUITY INVESTMENTS AND BUYOUTS

  Advising Modesat Communications, a high performance wireless backhaul solutions provider with industry leading capabilities and roadmap, in the sale of business to NASDAQ-listed Xilinx.