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Metsä Group to divest its wood supply business in Latvia
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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Booking Group and Chemispec acquire a sizeable office building in Latvia
We are happy to have assisted our clients Booking Group and Chemispec in a transaction for the acquisition of a 10,500 m² office building, located on Meistaru iela, Valdlauči, Ķekavas novads, Latvia, from Laurus Gene UAB. The office building is well-known as the current headquarters of SEB banka in Latvia. Our assistance We assisted our […]
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Antalis acquires Baltic packaging distributor Pakella
We advised Antalis during the acquisition of Pakella, which specialises in the manufacturing and distribution of industrial and food packaging to various business customers. Pakella is a leading packaging distributor in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, with a EUR 15 million turnover in 2023 and 60 employees at its three distribution sites. Antalis is a member […]
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Gren acquires Rīgas Enerģija
With our assistance, the Northern European green energy company Gren has completed a transaction to acquire Rīgas Enerģija, a sustainable energy producer in Riga, adding to its fleet a biomass combined heat and power plant (CHP) that uses a local, renewable energy resource – woodchips – to produce clean and price-competitive heat energy and electricity. […]
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A fair settlement reached for If P&C Insurance
Sorainen’s team of lawyers successfully represented the insurance company If P&C Insurance AS in legal proceedings which involved complicated issues of insurance law, regulation of consumer rights, competition law, and the boundary between civil proceedings in court and supervision by supervisory authorities during administrative proceedings. The proceedings also involved a number of complex procedural issues, […]