Sorainen is advising the Estonian Development Fund, a public institution established by the Estonian Parliament to support improvements in the Estonian economy through investment in knowledge- and technology-intensive Estonian business in the start-up phase, and SmartCap, a venture capital fund management company established by the Estonian Development Fund to manage venture capital Early Fund II, […]
Sorainen is advising Lenndy – one of the first crowdfunding platforms in Lithuania. The Lenndy platform is based on a sharing economy and allows investors to acquire rights of claim emerging from business loan agreements already concluded. Lenndy operates under the hybrid crowdfunding method, adapted to the Lithuanian regulatory environment and marketing trends. Comments Donatas […]
Sorainen advised Nordea, the largest financial services group in northern Europe, on combining operations with DNB in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to create the leading main bank in the Baltics with strong Nordic roots. “Combining knowledge of the Baltic market, close cooperation with our customers and developments in digital banking, Nordea has over the years […]
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On 7 September, SORAINEN Lithuania associate Artûras Asakavièius will be representing Lithuania at a European Commission Workshop on “Crowdfunding Opportunities and Best Practices in the EU”, where his role will be to inform the other participants about recent developments and likely trends. The Directorate-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) strongly supports crowdfunding […]
Sorainen Latvia has drafted anti-money laundering (AML) policies and procedures for several non-banking institutional clients. This required extensive analysis of the clients’ business to ensure that AML law requirements are properly complied with and that, from the client’s commercial point of view, the requirements for AML do not materially affect the clients’ business (for instance, […]