Criminal case trends in 2025: what shaped the year and what continues into 2026

For our Risk management, corporate crime investigations, and defence team, 2025 was intense and full of complex cases. The year demonstrated how sensitive today’s business environment is to geopolitical tensions and how rapidly corporate risk is evolving under increasingly stringent regulation. We handled a wide range of criminal, administrative, and regulatory offense cases, covering both […]

Tallinn launches major city‑wide EV charging infrastructure tender

We advised the city of Tallinn on the structuring and implementation of a large-scale public procurement for the development of new public electric‑vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across the city. A public procurement contract with an estimated total value of more than EUR 170 million has been issued to seek developers and service providers for public […]

Challenge to procurement terms proves bidders can successfully secure amendments via dispute

We successfully represented the bus transport service provider SEBE in a dispute with Pärnumaa Ühistranspordikeskus over the lawfulness of the public procurement terms used to select a public transport service provider for the city of Pärnu. The dispute involved a challenge to 15 different terms of procurement, of which eight were successfully amended by agreement […]

Conference | Financial corrections and the path of EU Public procurement law: is a change of direction needed?

Škoda secures contract award for BEMU train tender in Latvia

Sorainen provided legal support to the Škoda Transportation and Škoda Vagonka consortium in a tender for the first delivery of BEMU trains in Latvia. About the case On 9 October 2025, the state-owned company Autotransporta direkcija decided to award the contract to the Škoda consortium, confirming that its offer met all tender requirements. The proposed […]