Wihuri, a Finnish company operating in technical trading, sold its Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian subsidiaries to Avesco. The transaction was complicated due to the fact that it involved resolving a series of technical pre-closing arrangements and simultaneous closing in three jurisdictions. The Sorainen pan-Baltic team led by partner Pekka Puolakka also included, among others, senior […]
Livonia Partners, the pan-Baltic private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Hortes, the leading retail brand for home and gardening products in Estonia. Livonia will support the company in realising its strong regional growth potential. “Retail is one of the strongest industries in Estonia, consistently outperforming GDP, and Hortes is one of Estonia’s most successful […]
Sorainen Lithuania advised DNB Bank ASA (Norway), the largest financial services group in Norway, on the grant of a loan to Norwegian real estate development group Schage for development of the Quadrum business centre in Vilnius. Quadrum is the first business centre in Lithuania designed and built according to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment […]
A subsidiary of Lords LB Special Fund I, a fund belonging to investment management company Lords LB Asset Management, has concluded a hotel management contract with operator Carlson Rezidor regarding hotel opening and further activity in Vilnius marked under the Radisson RED name. The hotel, to be opened in 2020 in the developing k18b complex […]
Deals & Cases
Sorainen represented Lytagra in a dispute regarding an inspection report prepared by Kaunas Territorial Customs office and revoking the decision of the Customs Department. The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court annulled a Court of First Instance and Customs Department ruling according to which Lytagra had to pay more than EUR 570 000 in definitive anti-dumping duties, […]
