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One million seeds for Brainbase
Sorainen assisted Los Angeles and Tallinn based technology startup Brainbase in announcing a USD 1 million seed round. The round was led by Tera Ventures, with participation from Sterling Road and several angel investors. Funds obtained will be used to continue developing the company’s debut product, Brainbase Assist, a tool for brands and licensees to […]
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Port of Tallinn IPO
Sorainen together with Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton acted as legal advisor to the international syndicate of banks consisting of Citigroup, Carnegie Investment Bank, Erste Group, Swedbank and LHV in the first IPO of a state-owned entity in Estonia since 1999 and the first Estonian IPO with an international element since 2012. The shares of Port […]
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Completion of largest acquisition in the Baltics in 2017 – Providence Equity Partners takes over Baltic operations of Modern Times Group
MTG Baltics is the leading pan-Baltic media house with free TV and pay TV broadcasting assets together with complementary radio assets and a strong digital presence. Bitė Lietuva acquired the following MTG businesses in the Baltics: three TV channels in Estonia (TV3, TV3+, TV6), five TV channels in Latvia (TV3, TV3+, TV6, Kanals 2, LNT), […]
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Nordea and DNB combine Baltic businesses to create Luminor
On 1 October 2017 the largest transaction of combination of operations in the history of the Baltic financial markets was successfully completed – Luminor launched its operations. Nordea, the largest financial services group in northern Europe, and DNB, Norway’s largest financial services group, completed the combination of their banking, leasing and pensions businesses in Estonia, […]