Sorainen advised Finland-based Oriola on the sale of its Baltic business to Oribalt Group, controlled by the management of Oriola Baltic subsidiaries. Completion of the transaction went public on 19 October 2017 when Oriola announced that in early August 2017 it had signed an agreement to sell its Baltic businesses. Oriola’s Baltic businesses comprise the […]
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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, […]
Sorainen advised Ringier Axel Springer Media AG on the local law aspects of its acquisition of 100% of the shares in CV Keskus, operator of leading job classified sites cvkeskus.ee in Estonia, cvmarket.lv in Latvia and cvmarket.lt in Lithuania. Established in Estonia in 2000, CV Keskus expanded to Latvia and Lithuania in 2004. CV Keskus has been […]
AMC Theatres (AMC Entertainment Holdings) (‘AMC’) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the largest theatre exhibitor in seven countries in the affluent northern region of Europe, Nordic Cinema Group Holding (‘Nordic’). Nordic operates 68 theatres and has a substantial minority interest (approximately a 50% ownership) in another 50 associated theatres to which Nordic […]
Sorainen Estonia advised The Climate Corporation, a subsidiary of Monsanto Company, in the acquisition of VitalFields, a European farm management software company based in Estonia. The VitalFields team will join The Climate Corporation, strengthening the company’s efforts to deliver industry-leading digital technologies to farmers around the world. Says Mike Stern, chief executive officer of The […]