Last year was a record one in terms of activity for all leading deal advisors on the Baltic market – this is evidenced in the fact that, according to Mergermarket, by deal count three Baltic law firms were at the top of the league tables for CEE advisors. Considering how small the Baltic region is […]
As part of an assignment for an international private equity player seeking to acquire a target in Latvia, in addition to the standard legal due diligence process usually conducted prior to M&A transactions, we also conducted a compliance review, focusing on the corruption risks, AML risks, anti-trust risks and corporate governance risks of the target […]
Deals & Cases / Jane Eespõld, Monika Tomberg, Rūdolfs Eņģelis, Paul Künnap, Dr Kaido Künnapas, Piibe Lehtsaar, Robin Teever, Britta Retel, Kaspar Endrikson, Private: Mirjam Metsik, Liisa Maria Kuuskmaa, Private: Jelizaveta Lazonen, Roberta Mark, Santa Rubīna, Aija Lasmane, Private: Karl Joonas Kendla
Acting as local counsel in Estonia and Latvia through international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, we advised funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, in connection with a bond issuing comprising of EUR 250 million Floating Rate Sustainability-Linked Senior Secured Notes due 2026 and EUR 380 million 4.625% Sustainability-Linked Senior Secured […]
We advised Aurelia, a financial automation platform, on raising USD 3 million in seed funding led by Blossom Capital. IFTTT for finance Founded in April by a team of engineers and developers formerly of Wise and JP Morgan, Aurelia has been designed to help relieve the financial admin burden faced by small businesses across Europe. […]
In Q1 of 2021, the Baltic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market shattered the record for the number of deals in a quarter, formerly held by Q1 of 2018. The value of announced deals in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania set another record, totalling EUR 925 million according to the Mergermarket’s “Global & Regional M&A Report 1Q21”. […]