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Welcome to our latest newsletter, where we explore key legal developments shaping the Baltic region and beyond. This edition covers significant changes in EU design law, offering businesses stronger protection for digital and industrial designs. In Latvia, intellectual property challenges arise as the success of the Oscar-winning animated film Straume fuels piracy concerns, while a […]
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We acted as transaction counsel in the acquisition of six Airbus A220 aircraft by a joint venture led by Reverence Capital Partners (hereinafter – “Reverence”) and their simultaneous leasing to airBaltic. Our involvement Our assistance included local law advice in relation to the sale of the aircraft and matters related to the leaseback arrangement, financing […]
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We acted as Latvian legal counsel to the lenders – NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank, Nordic Investment Bank, and Luminor Bank – in the EUR 75 million financing of a 148-MWp photovoltaic (PV) plant in Latvia, developed by Stelo Orienta SIA. This project, supported by the European Union under the InvestEU Fund, is sponsored by European Energy […]
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We advised Metsäliitto Cooperative, a Finnish forest industry sector player, on selling its subsidiary Metsa Forest Latvia SIA to ACA Timber SIA. About transaction The arrangement aims further to increase the flexibility of Metsä Group’s wood supply. The divestment of the Latvian wood supply operations will not have a material financial impact on Metsä Group’s […]
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Salling Group, the largest retailing group in Denmark, agreed to acquire Rimi Baltic which operates retail chains in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. With a valuation of EUR 1.3 billion, this marks the largest Baltic transaction during this decade. Sorainen partner Laimonas Skibarka comments: “This will be one of the largest investments in the Baltics to […]
