Our client Allianz SE, Europe’s largest insurer, has agreed to acquire life and non-life insurance operations, as well as the pension and asset management business, in Poland and Lithuania from Aviva Group (which includes its Lithuanian subsidiary Aviva Lithuania). The total value of the transaction is EUR 2.7 billion. Allianz is set to become number […]
We successfully represented Elektrilevi, the largest network operator in Estonia covering 93% of the country with their network, as a victim in criminal proceedings. Harmed the company’s interests in return for the bribe The criminal proceedings were a result of the actions of Taavo Randna, a former member of the management board of Elektrilevi. Randna […]
Project YIT, one of the leading construction companies and urban environment developers in Northern Europe, plans to develop a property at Zemaišu iela 3, Riga. Recently, YIT received a building permit to carry out the first construction – a high-rise residential building. The construction intention will result in the development and improvement of a previously […]
The Court upheld an appeal by our client 15min – one of the largest news websites in Lithuania – against a warning issued by the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority (SCRPA) regarding a violation of the Law on Advertising. The warning was issued on 28 August 2020 for using the name and surname of Prime […]
About the dispute We advised an e-commerce company in their dispute with the Latvian State Data Inspectorate (the Latvian data protection authority) concerning non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The instance of non-compliance in question was unintentional; however, it was a potentially serious GDPR breach that could have resulted in a penalty of […]
