We assisted Turkey Wealth Fund (TWF) in obtaining approval from the Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade of the Republic of Belarus for the acquisition of control over Belarusian Telecommunications Network CJSC (BeST), one of three Belarusian mobile network operators and a member of Turkcell group. Approval was requested in the context of the acquisition […]
Our pan-Baltic team as local counsel working with DLA Piper as lead counsel assisted Polhem Infra on its acquisition of Telia Carrier, a world-leading provider in backbone connectivity for data traffic. With this acquisition, Polhem Infra, through Telia Carrier, will own and operate more than 74,000 km of fibre network with 320 connection points globally. […]
We represented a well-known telecommunications company in a trademark opposition matter in Latvia. Our role and client team We prepared an opposition application against the registration of the opponent’s trademark and represented the client at a hearing of the Appellate Board of the Latvian Patent Office. The Appellate Board upheld the opposition by invalidating the […]
We assisted Bitė Group, controlled by international asset management company Providence Equity Partners, as Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian law counsel in a refinancing transaction. Total disclosed value of the transaction is EUR 700 million. Largest bond issue by a private Baltic company to date The transaction covers two parts: A bond issue by PLT VII […]
We advised telecommunications company Bitė on signing an agreement with the Lithuanian Radio and Television Centre (Telecentras) on the acquisition of Telecentras‘ internet, data transmission and IPTV business under the Mezon brand. The transaction, valued over EUR 20 million, has to be approved by the Competition Council and regulatory authorities. Mezon internet used by 97,000 […]