We advised investment funds led by Livonia Partners on selling the majority stake in Thermory, a producer of thermally modified wood and sauna materials. As a result of the transaction, the Estonian capital-based UG Investeeringud, previously a minority shareholder in the company, became the majority owner. The transaction was approved by the Estonian Competition Authority. […]
We successfully defended the interests of racing organiser National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) in disputes over registration of the NASCAR trademark in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. With the help of our team, the company managed to protect its NASCAR trademark and to invalidate designations of the international registration of an identical trademark […]
We advised venture capital fund Open Circle Capital on investing in marketing startup Billo. In the pre-seed investment round, Billo attracted almost EUR 500,000 investment from Open Circle Capital, 70Ventures and SOSV. Startup offers innovative community marketing solutions The idea behind the Billo platform is that brands post interactive content creation tasks to the user […]
We successfully represented Darment, a Finnish company active in the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) market as a producer and an importer, in an annulment of a decision of the European Commission. Quotas for greenhouse gases in focus In 2017 two Estonian companies wanted to authorise Darment to use their quotas for placing of HFC’s in the EU […]
Deals & Cases / Marina Golovnitskaya, Yauheni Budchanka
Our team advised the leading worldwide manufacturer and seller of velomobiles and trampolines on combating unauthorised trademark registration in Belarus. Sorainen’s assistance covered assessing the chances of a successful outcome and developing a strategy to come out the winner of this battle, as well as preparing and sending a C&D letter to the opponent. As […]
