Corporate Overview

Corporate is one of the key practices within the firm, providing outstanding professionalism in corporate law. As the only integrated law firm in the Baltics and Belarus, SORAINEN boasts the largest integrated Corporate Practice in the region with more than 40 lawyers, many of them internationally recognised as leading specialists in their field.

As a result, the firm offers optimal capacity to assist in cross-border corporate transactions: lawyers from the SORAINEN Corporate Practice regularly advise on the majority of large transactions in the Baltic States and Belarus. In response to changes in the business environment, the Corporate Practice has become the overwhelming leader in the biggest and most innovative transactions, such as cross-border mergers and business restructuring. Full regional practice integration leads to optimisation of time and other resources: particularly appreciated in long and complex cross-border projects.

SORAINEN is recommended for its Corporate Practice by international directories such as The Legal 500, IFLR1000, Chambers Europe (commended for “its impressive work rate and resources”) and Chambers Global.

SORAINEN offers expertise in all key corporate areas in the Baltic States and Belarus, including:

• general corporate issues; 
• formation of companies, branches and representative offices; 
• cross-border mergers and local reorganisations; 
• joint ventures and partnerships;
• share and asset deals, company (group) restructuring;
• corporate governance, rights and liability of managing bodies, management agreements and disputes;
• shareholder rights, shareholder agreements and disputes;
• liquidation.