We are proud to announce that IFLR1000 recognises our partner Piret Jesse, a co-head of our Corporate and M&A practice in Estonia and Eva Berlaus, the country managing partner of our Latvian office and head of our Corporate and M&A practice group in Latvia, as leading practitioners in its Women Leaders Guide for 2020.
Highlighting the quality of advice
The IFLR1000 Women Leaders Guide, an elite ranking of the 300 leading female transactional experts in local markets globally, recognises female practitioners who have led on some of the most significant and complex transactions in their practice areas, and are consistently recommended by clients and peers. It aims to celebrate the leaders driving this cultural shift in business law globally.
Both Piret and Eva are among the most experienced M&A practitioners active in their markets. In addition to being experts in the M&A field, Piret and Eva have notable expertise in other areas, including real estate transactions for Piret and corporate governance for Eva.
Advising landmark cases
Having over 20 years of experience in these fields, they have participated as leaders in numerous landmark mergers and acquisitions.
The most recent high profile cases for Piret and Eva include, eg:
- Milrem Robotics raises 5.5 million euros from investors
- Autolux takes over Hertz franchise operations in the Baltics
- KPMG Sweden to acquire KPMG member firms in Latvia and Lithuania
- Japanese investor Marubeni acquires shares in Conexus from Marguerite Fund
We thank IFLR1000 for the recognition and their continuous work on emphasizing the importance of gender equality.
The guide is available for free here.
