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We are advising Klaasimeister, a leading glass processor in the Baltic Sea region, on the merger with Polar Glass. Big players According to the agreement, the current owner of Klaasimeister, Baltic private equity fund Livonia Partners, will become the majority shareholder while the current owner of Polar Glass, Barrus, continues as the minority shareholder. The […]
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Last night, the most outstanding transactions carried out in the Baltics during the period 1 January 2021 – 31 March 2022 were awarded at the annual Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum in Tallinn. The award winners are Livonia selling Santa Monica Networks and acquiring CSUB, Wise’s debut on London Stock Exchange, Bolt’s impressive fundraising […]
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This February, Nauris Grigals joins the Sorainen partnership. As a result, the total number of Sorainen Latvian office partners reaches eight. Nauris will take on the role of co-head of the Corporate and M&A practice group of the Latvian office, together with the country managing partner of the Latvian office, Eva Berlaus. The Corporate and […]
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Although the total value of the largest published transactions has not been that huge in Latvia in 2021, the volume of the deal activity has still been impressive, keeping M&A advisors very busy, notes Eva Berlaus, head of our Corporate and M&A practice group in Latvia. Large multi-nationals looking for manufacturing targets in Latvia An […]
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Mergers and acquisitions activity in 2021 not only easily surpassed the pre-pandemic level, but also hit the all-time record by a considerable margin (the previous deal count record was exceeded by more than 50%). There were a number of factors that contributed to such an extraordinary rise. Due to the pandemic, some deals from 2020 […]