The Boris and Inâra Teterev Foundation together with the ABLV Charitable Foundation have engaged internationally renowned architect Sir David Adjaye to develop a design for the building to house the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art. Given the experience and reputation of the architect, it is safe to say that this engagement is significant not […]
Deals & Cases
Sorainen Estonia advised OpusCapita – a Finnish company focusing on automating and digitalizing customer procurement, invoicing and payment – on divestment of its Finance and Accounting Outsourcing business (FAO) to Longship, a Norwegian private equity investor. The divestment was announced on 4 May 2017. The value of the transaction is undisclosed. In total, 800 employees […]
Deals & Cases
Žurnalų leidybos grupė (ŽLG), publisher of the popular Lithuanian magazines “Žmonės”, “Laima”, “Ji” and “Edita” and operator of the portals Žmonės.lt, Ji24.lt, Elaima.lt and Shopspy.lt, intends to transfer its business to Media bitės. Media bitės is managed by Tomas Balžekas, former manager of news portal 15min.lt and news agency Baltic News Service (BNS). The parties […]
Deals & Cases / Agris Repšs, Valts Nerets
Sorainen provided legal advice to Regional Investment Bank – a credit institution in Latvia established in 2001 – as a mortgage creditor in a complex situation where the bailiff had initiated a forced sale of m/v Falcon by auction based on a maritime lien and a ship repair company had used its rights of retention […]
Sorainen defended the interests of Eurocash1 in a legal process concerning a prohibited vertical agreement, a process which continued for more than eight years. An agreement was made among G4S and the three biggest banks in Lithuania. According to the agreement, the banks were obliged to buy cash-handling services exclusively from G4S. A complaint about […]