We acted as Latvian law advisers for Joint Lead Managers J.P. Morgan and SEB bankas on the issue by Air Baltic Corporation of EUR 200,000,000 5-year bonds. So far this is the largest corporate bond issue originating from Latvia. More information on the project available here. The matter was handled by partner Rūdolfs Eņģelis, senior […]
The Sorainen cross-border team advised Nordea and DNB as Lenders on changes to the funding to Luminor Group in relation to the sale of 60% shares of Luminor Group to a consortium led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone. According to the Nordea press release, “in addition to the upfront sale and forward sale […]
Deals & Cases / Reimo Hammerberg, Jane Eespõld, Rūdolfs Eņģelis, Mārtiņš Rudzītis, Edvīns Draba, Tits Gulbis, Tomas Kontautas, Augustas Klezys, Laura Matukaitytė, Kiryl Apanasevich, Viktoryia Mikhnevich, Artem Melnikovich
Sorainen advised one of the largest financial institutions in the region on a financing transaction involving Food Union Group companies. The value of the financing is approx EUR 145 million. Food Union is one of the largest dairy and ice cream producing companies in Europe. It unites companies in 10 countries including Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, […]
Deals & Cases / Tomas Kontautas, Rūdolfs Eņģelis, Jane Eespõld, Santa Rubīna, Jurgita Nikita, Inga Macijauskaitė, Urtė Armonaitė, Inese Heinacka, Zane Paeglīte, Jānis Bite, Andris Tauriņš, Aija Lasmane, Andis Burkevics, Edvīns Draba, Natālija Ešenberga, Marika Grunte, Mārtiņš Rudzītis, Alīna Kalviša, Reimo Hammerberg, Kaupo Lepasepp, Piibe Lehtsaar, Piret Lappert, Isabella Barbara Tisenhusen, Dr Kaido Künnapas, Anneli Krunks, Cathriin Torop, Olivia Kranich, Hanna Pahk, Oliver Ämarik, Augustas Klezys, Mantas Petkevičius, Stasys Drazdauskas, Evaldas Dūdonis, Lina Ragainytė-Mezenė, Kätlin Krisak
On 1 October 2017 the largest transaction of combination of operations in the history of the Baltic financial markets was successfully completed – Luminor launched its operations. Nordea, the largest financial services group in northern Europe, and DNB, Norway’s largest financial services group, completed the combination of their banking, leasing and pensions businesses in Estonia, […]
Deals & Cases / Rūdolfs Eņģelis, Zane Paeglīte, Mārtiņš Rudzītis, Andis Burkevics, Algirdas Pekšys, Reimo Hammerberg, Evaldas Dūdonis, Jane Eespõld, Isabella Barbara Tisenhusen, Tomas Kontautas, Augustas Klezys, Laura Matukaitytė, Aurelija Daubaraitė, Kätlin Krisak
Nasdaq has successfully completed the merger of the central securities depositories of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia into the Latvian entity Nasdaq CSD SE and obtained a licence for it to operate under the new EU regime introduced by the Central Securities Depositories Regulation No. 909/2014. This allows Nasdaq CSD SE to continue to operate as […]