Sorainen Belarus in cooperation with Sorainen Estonia acted as legal counsel for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on the extension of a EUR 10 million loan to Vitebsk Sawmill Unitary Enterprise (Vitebsk Sawmill). The loan agreement was signed on 13 December 2016 to support the company’s strategic growth, double its manufacturing capacity, introduce […]
The Latvian Supreme Court (SC/Court) has decided to partially satisfy a complaint by SIA Bauskas Dzîve (Bauskas Dzīve), publisher of the newspaper Bauskas Dzīve against a decision of the Administrative District Court, which had refused to initiate a case on the basis of Bauskas Dzīve’s application against the conduct of the Council of Iecava Region, publisher […]
Deals & Cases
Sorainen is advising Orkla Care and Orkla Health, among the biggest food supplement producers in the Nordic countries, on intellectual property matters. Sorainen’s work with Orkla Health includes sending cease and desist letters regarding the trademarks CuraMed and HUSK plus drafting notification to the Consumer Rights Protection Authority related to illegal use of the Nutriless […]
News
Recently a Ministry of Energy official announced, in the course of a discussion held at the lower chamber of the Belarus’s parliament, that in the nearest future SPA Belenergo (state-run energy monopolist in Belarus) would not be able to purchase energy produced from the renewable energy sources (RES) at the increased rates. Taking into account […]
Sorainen advised Danish Agro group company DAVA Agravis Machinery Holding on its acquisition of 45% of the share capital in Konekesko Lietuva from Finnish company Konekesko. DAVA Agravis Machinery Holding also acquired a minority interest in Konekesko subsidiaries in Latvia and Estonia. The total disclosed value of the transaction in all three Baltic States is […]