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July and August are usually a quiet time and a vacation period in Belarus ‒ but not in 2020. From one standpoint, we observe a gradual decrease of the COVID-19 pandemic, but from another we are seeing the final stage of the presidential elections due to take place on 9th August. These two circumstances will […]
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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 […]
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From 1 January 2021 amendments to the laws on Investment, the Legal Status of Foreigners, Zoning & Planning, Land, and Employment will enter into force in Lithuania. These amendments are incentives to local and foreign investments in large projects developed in the fields of processing manufacturing, data processing or hosting services. A large project is […]
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According to the recently released Chambers and Partners legal rankings, our firm is ranked in Band 1 in the Private Wealth Law area in Lithuania. The legal directory states: “Sorainen’s private wealth expertise is drawn from across this pan-Baltic firm’s departments, including its highly regarded tax, corporate and disputes teams.” Researched in Lithuania for the […]
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Deals & Cases / Saulė Dagilytė, Mantas Petkevičius, Tomas Kontautas, Eva Berlaus, Rūdolfs Eņģelis, Karin Madisson, Agnė Sovaitė, Inga Macijauskaitė, Rasa Mikutienė, Zane Paeglīte, Santa Rubīna, Aija Lasmane, Isabella Barbara Tisenhusen, Nele Suurmets, Monika Tomberg, Tanel Molok, Irma Kunickė, Aurelija Daubaraitė
We advised Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) – one of the biggest international insurers in Central and Eastern Europe – on consolidating the business of its group non-life insurance companies Compensa and Seesam in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. This is potentially the biggest cross-border merger in the Baltics in 2020. Optimising group structure As a result […]
