SORAINEN Estonia is assisting Betoonimeister, an Estonian company involved in manufacturing articles from concrete, cement and plaster, in its acquisition of TM Betoon, a ready-mix concrete provider based in Tartu, Estonia, as a going concern asset transaction. SORAINEN is advising the client throughout the process, from drafting transaction documents, conducting negotiations, obtaining merger clearance to […]
SORAINEN is assisting Rexel in selling its activities in the Baltics. With this divestment, along with simultaneous divestment of operations in Poland and Slovakia, announced on 20 January 2016, Rexel is continuing its disposal programme. Completion of the transaction remains subject to approval by the competition authorities. SORAINEN assisted in the Baltic tax structuring of […]
On 7 March 2016, after evaluating reports prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Lithuanian Competition Council (“Council”) confirmed that Polish insurance company PZU, which acquired 100 % of the shares in Lietuvos draudimas, had timely and properly fulfilled the merger conditions and obligations set by the Council on 9 March, 2014 when issuing a clearance decision for […]
Deals & Cases / Raivo Raudzeps
Our Latvian team advised the client on regulatory requirements in Latvia regarding commercial activities with military goods and dual-use items, as well as other goods of strategic importance, such as on aspects related to shareholding structure, licences and requirements for premises. The client was planning to start the repair and maintenance of heavy military vehicles […]
Publication / Dr Kadri Härginen, Karin Madisson, Mari Vahtrus, Edvīns Draba, Zanda Frišfelde, Zane Paeglīte, Agnietė Venckienė, Aurelija Daubaraitė, Algirdas Pekšys, Jonas Kiauleikis, Vytautas Sabalys, Žygimantas Pacevičius, Alexey Anischenko, Marina Golovnitskaya
“Doing Business 2016: Measuring Regulatory Quality and Efficiency” is the 13th in a series of annual reports investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulation and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 189 economies—from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. This […]