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Inter IKEA Group acquire forest holding companies in Lithuania and Latvia
Sorainen advised IKEA Forestry Investment AB, an Inter IKEA Group company, on the acquisition of forest holding companies in Lithuania and Latvia. Our involvement Sorainen acted as the local legal advisor throughout the transaction. Our team Sorainen key team consisted of partners Jānis Līkops, Kęstutis Adamonis and Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė, as well as senior associates Rūta […]
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Largest Baltic deal of this decade: Salling Group completes acquisition of Rimi Baltic
We advised Salling Group, Denmark’s largest retail group, throughout its EUR 1.3 billion acquisition of the Rimi Baltic retail chain in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The acquisition was announced on 5 March 2025 and completed on 2 June 2025 after receiving the clearance from the European Commission and the FDI clearance in Lithuania. This is […]
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Largest Baltic deal of this decade: Salling Group agrees to acquire Rimi Baltic
Salling Group, the largest retailing group in Denmark, agreed to acquire Rimi Baltic which operates retail chains in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. With a valuation of EUR 1.3 billion, this marks the largest Baltic transaction during this decade. Sorainen partner Laimonas Skibarka comments: “This will be one of the largest investments in the Baltics to […]
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Inter IKEA Group completes acquisition of the IKEA retail business in the Baltics
We advised Inter IKEA Group on its acquisition of the IKEA retail business in the Baltics. The purchase included three full-size IKEA stores, five additional smaller customer meeting points, the business’s e-commerce platform, and the Digital Retail Development company. Currently, the IKEA retail operations in the Baltics employ 1,450 co-workers, and 6.6 million people visited IKEA stores […]
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Vastint Latvia concludes this year’s largest office rental deal in Latvia
We helped property developer Vastint Latvia to conclude a lease with IT company Atea Global Services for the lease of all available office space in an office building still under construction at Antonijas Street 17, Riga, located in Magdalēnas kvartāls. About the transaction This becomes not only the largest office rental transaction in the history […]