Sorainen advised Nordea, the largest financial services group in northern Europe, on combining operations with DNB in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to create the leading main bank in the Baltics with strong Nordic roots. “Combining knowledge of the Baltic market, close cooperation with our customers and developments in digital banking, Nordea has over the years […]
Sorainen Latvia has drafted anti-money laundering (AML) policies and procedures for several non-banking institutional clients. This required extensive analysis of the clients’ business to ensure that AML law requirements are properly complied with and that, from the client’s commercial point of view, the requirements for AML do not materially affect the clients’ business (for instance, […]
Sorainen Latvia is representing foreign creditors from different jurisdictions (EU and non-EU) in the liquidation of Trasta Komercbanka, a credit institution (bank) registered in Latvia. Our work is related to advising creditors on the liquidation proceedings, drafting and filing creditors’ claims, liaising with the liquidator, resolving issues related to payout within the deposit guarantee scheme […]
SORAINEN advised major Lithuanian credit union Mano Unija on structuring the financing of business loans already issued by Mano Unija through Latvian peer-to-peer lending marketplace Mintos. Mano Unija will place on the Mintos platform its business loans secured by mortgage and borrower guarantees. Business loans will be from EUR 10,000 to EUR 100,000, with repayment […]
Sorainen has advised Nordea, the largest financial services group in northern Europe, on the transfer of its Baltic banking business, operated by Nordea Bank Finland in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to its Swedish parent company Nordea Bank. This was the first transfer of a pan-Baltic credit institution business as a going concern of such scale […]
