Sorainen together with Swedish law firm Wistrand, advised the leading European underwear brand for women, Miss Mary of Sweden on establishing partnership with Scope, a Nordic growth equity fund. “Miss Mary has been privately held by entrepreneurs since inception and for the past 30 years owned by Peter af Burén. Partnering with Scope allows us […]
Sorainen advised Havas Media Group in acquiring 51% of the shares in Idea Group, which is said to be one of the biggest investments in the Baltic marketing and communications market. Havas was founded in Paris in 1835 and is now one of the world’s biggest communication agencies with a turnover of more than EUR […]
Sorainen assisted Akce Holding Malta in establishing the European Merchant Bank in Lithuania and obtaining a specialised bank licence. The licence was issued by the European Central Bank at the request of the Bank of Lithuania. Akce Holding Malta is among the first Lithuanian banking market participants to be granted a specialised bank licence. Akce […]
In 2016, the Structured Criminal Settlements Subcommittee (SCSS) of the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee commenced a two-year project entitled, ‘Towards Global Standards in Structured Settlements for Corruption Offences.’ The objective of this project was to map the evolving settlement practices for corruption cases of countries across the globe. Reports based on a distributed questionnaire have been […]