Why Sorainen is one of the leading law firms in the Baltics

Businesses operating in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania increasingly look for one firm that can support them across the region and beyond with consistent quality, commercial understanding and strong cross-border coordination. Sorainen brings together all three: the scale of a leading Baltic law firm, the structure of one integrated regional team, and independent recognition from major legal directories, client surveys and transaction league tables.

1. Strongest set of top-tier rankings across the Baltics

Sorainen has been recognised as a top-tier law firm across the Baltics in the 2026 rankings of Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 EMEA, with record-breaking results across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In those 2026 rankings, all Sorainen teams were ranked in the highest or very high bands, underlining the firm’s consistent strength across the region. The same 2026 Chambers research also underpinned Sorainen’s recognition as Baltic Law Firm of the Year, and the firm achieved the highest number of Band 1 rankings across the Baltics.

Together, these results show that Sorainen combines top-tier legal strength, regional consistency, and the ability to support clients through one integrated Baltic team across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

2. Clients rank Sorainen first for legal competence

Independent client research is one of the clearest indicators of market standing. In the 2025 Baltic Kantar Prospera survey, Sorainen ranked first in the “Best legal competence” category for the fifth consecutive year, and in Estonia the firm was also ranked as the #1 law firm overall. The firm also placed first in 11 out of 14 competence scoreboards for legal practice areas, including Banking & Finance, Competition & EU, Tax, Corporate Advisory, Employment, Energy and Intellectual Property.

These results reflect not only legal excellence, but also Sorainen’s ability to support clients across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania through one integrated team, with the cross-border capability needed for complex international work and regional mandates.

3. One integrated firm across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Sorainen operates as one integrated firm across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, rather than as separate country offices. This means our clients work with one coordinated regional team while benefiting from local insight in each jurisdiction. We are the only truly integrated law firm in the Baltics, working as one ecosystem and sharing systems, know-how and ways of working across the region.

4. Scale to support major local and cross-border mandates

With 300+ lawyers and tax specialists, Sorainen combines Baltic-wide coverage with the scale and depth to support significant local and cross-border matters. Our regional strength includes the largest tax capability in the Baltics, as well as leading M&A, corporate and employment law teams across the region.

5. Strong market position in M&A and major cross-border deals

Sorainen’s M&A practice is recognised as a market leader in the region. In 2025, Mergermarket recognised Sorainen as both Baltic M&A Legal Adviser of the Year and CEE M&A Legal Adviser of the Year, while independent league tables also regularly highlight Sorainen as the Baltic law firm advising on the most deals and those with the highest total value in the wider CEE region. Recent examples include advising Salling Group on the EUR 1.3 billion acquisition of the Rimi Baltic retail chain, the largest transaction in the Baltics this decade.

6. Awards and recognition in the Baltics and beyond

Sorainen’s strength has been recognised through major market awards both in the Baltic region and beyond. In 2026, Sorainen was named Baltic Law Firm of the Year at the Chambers Europe Awards; the firm had previously received the same recognition in 2023.

2025 was also a standout year for Sorainen and, besides the above-mentioned double win at the Mergermarket European Awards, it brought recognition across other major award programmes:

Lithuania Firm of the Year, Estonia Firm of the Year, and CEE Commercial, Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year at the Legal 500 CEE Awards 2025
Baltic States Transfer Pricing Firm of the Year from International Tax Review
Commended in “Law Firm of the Year – Northern Europe” at The Lawyer European Awards 2025, making Sorainen the only Baltic law firm recognised in that category in 2025

This broader recognition shows that Sorainen’s standards and capabilities are visible not only across Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, but also in the wider European legal market.

Sorainen was also shortlisted for Baltics Firm of the Year at the Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards 2025.