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Progress in development of offshore wind farms in Estonia
We advised Edel Offshore Wind regarding opportunities to develop offshore wind farms in Estonia, including participating in the auctions for superficies licences in the Liivi 1 and Liivi 2 sea areas. These were Estonia’s first auctions to initiate superficies licence processes. This licence is required to place electricity production installations on the seabed and to […]
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Lidl Lietuva sells and leases back two new stores
We advised Lidl Lietuva on the sale and long-term leaseback for two newly built stores in Lithuania. 1,979 sq. m store in Jurbarkas and a 2,312 sq. m store in Panevėžys were acquired by Tewox. The acquisition was financed with a EUR 6.7 million loan from Luminor Bank. Tewox acquired the store buildings along with […]
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Lenders back landmark renewable energy project in Latvia
We acted as Latvian legal counsel to the lenders – NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank, Nordic Investment Bank, and Luminor Bank – in the EUR 75 million financing of a 148-MWp photovoltaic (PV) plant in Latvia, developed by Stelo Orienta SIA. This project, supported by the European Union under the InvestEU Fund, is sponsored by European Energy […]
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Challenging unfair compensation at the European Court of Human Rights
We are representing Pärnu real estate developer Parem Kallas against the Estonian state during proceedings at the European Court of Human Rights. The complaint is for compensation for damages caused by expropriation for an unreasonable duration (more than 20 years). Unprecedented legal battle In this unprecedented dispute, the ECHR has, for the second time in […]
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Harju District Court: Prisma cannot be forced to reopen supermarket
We successfully represented Prisma Peremarket in a precedent-setting business dispute that lasted over a year. Harju County Court dismissed all of the claims by the owner of the premises, L95 OÜ. It confirmed Prisma’s position that the chain is not obligated to reopen a supermarket formerly located in the Linnamäe shopping center. Aim of preventing […]