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Conexus Baltic Grid prepares up to EUR 80 million bond programme
We acted as transaction counsel in the up to EUR 80 million bond programme for Conexus Baltic Grid, a unified natural gas transmission and storage operator in Latvia. The Bond programme was arranged by Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB Helsinki Branch. For the time being Conexus Baltic Grid has decided to postpone its inaugural first issue. […]
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Spanish-based IT & telecommunications group entity recovers EUR 1 million
We assisted the client, a business established in Hong Kong belonging to a group of Spanish-based IT and telecommunications entities, in recovering funds (approx. EUR 1 million) that were arrested in Latvia as part of criminal proceedings. The client’s funds were considered to possibly be suspicious and relating to money-laundering activities. In the past couple […]
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Certares enters into strategic partnership with Avia Solutions Group
Certares, a US-based investment specialist dedicated to the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors, acquired a stake in Avia Solutions Group (ASG). Certares will provide a EUR 300 million structured equity investment to ASG. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and approvals and is expected to close in Q4 2021. Our pan-Baltic team conducted legal due […]
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Primekss group to receive financing from Altum
We are advising Primekss, the Latvian company active worldwide in the fibre reinforced concrete business, in securing financing from Altum (EUR 8 million) and the OP Corporate Bank plc Latvian branch to promote the further growth of Primekss. Supporting development Primekss owner Jānis Ošlejs says, “The funding from Altum equity fund for our development is vitally […]
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Luminor takes over a portfolio of Latvian clients of Danske Bank Lietuva
Sorainen Latvia advised Luminor on taking over a client portfolio in Latvia from Danske Bank’s branch in Lithuania. About the transaction Rūdolfs Eņģelis, head of the firm’s Finance & Insurance practice group, commented, “It is encouraging to observe that the number of complex transactions is gradually increasing in the Latvian financial market, thus confirming the […]