Sorainen Belarus advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on equity investments (acquisition of a 25.5% stake) in Commercial and Industrial Group West-Ost Union, the largest children’s goods retail chain in Belarus consisting of 11 supermarkets located in the biggest Belarusian cities (the chain is operated under the “Buslik” trademark). EBRD investments will […]
Sorainen Belarus advised David Samuel Properties (DS Properties) on financing matters with regard to acquisition of a construction company holding permission to reconstruct one of the city markets in Bobruisk, Belarus, into a shopping complex. Sorainen Belarus also provided legal advice in connection with acquisition by DS Properties of uncompleted real property objects in Brest […]
Sorainen Belarus advised Hudson Capital, a US-based international development and investment company, in its acquisition of a construction company in Gomel, licensed to operate as a general contractor in Belarus and Russia and with permission to develop a residential block in Minsk. The value of the target’s development portfolio amounts to approx EUR 20 million. […]
Sorainen Belarus advised Euro Estates with regard to acquisition of a complex of buildings from several owners in Vitebsk for reconstruction into a hypermarket. Transaction value amounted to EUR 3.5 million; the value of the project amounted to approx EUR 25 million. The client was advised by Sorainen partner Kiryl Apanasevich.
Sorainen Lithuania and Belarus in cooperation with Clifford Chance advised Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, a leading global marketer of over-the-counter (OTC) medications and nutritional supplements, in its acquisition of Sagmel Inc, a US pharmaceutical company involved in developing, manufacturing and marketing of OTC drugs and nutritional supplements in the Baltics and Belarus. Bayer HealthCare has also acquired Sagmel in […]
