Sorainen represented a client operating in the field of passenger carriage by road in preparing a complaint to the Competition Council. Initiatives are now under way in respect of acts and omissions by the Ministry of Transport and Communications and the State Road Transport Inspectorate which have effectively closed the market in long-distance passenger transport. […]
Deals & Cases
Sorainen regularly advises leading global game developer Game Insight on trademark-related matters in Lithuania and the EU. Recent work includes drafting a letter on potential opposition to the Cloud Raiders trademark and registering the Cloud Raiders, Guns of Boom and GEOTWIST trademarks. The Sorainen team includes partner Renata Beržanskienė and associate Ignas Motiejūnas.
On 5 October 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) initiated case No. 56997/17 SIA Bauskas Dzīve vs Latvia based on a complaint by a regional newspaper publisher against action taken by Latvia allowing municipalities to issue their own newspapers that imitate the independent press. The complaint is based on Article 10 of the European Convention […]
News
On 4 October, the winners of the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Awards were announced as part of the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum. The most prominent deals of the year were awarded in three categories. Baltic M&A deal of the year 2017 – Nordea and DNB transaction of combination of operations in the […]
News
“The Baltic countries offer many investment opportunities. We should be doing more there”, said Tomasz Czechowicz, founder of Poland’s leading private equity group, MCI Capital, at last week’s Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum in Vilnius. MCI keeps their eyes open to find good investment targets and can help firms, he added. Czechowicz, who today […]