Sorainen advised Lords LB Baltic Fund IV in the acquisition of an office building in central Tallinn known as EU House. The transaction posed some unique challenges due to the fact that the property is structured as a building title and parts of the building remained under reconstruction during the transaction. Additionally, the transaction involved […]
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 […]
Livonia Partners, the pan-Baltic private equity firm, has agreed to acquire Hortes, the leading retail brand for home and gardening products in Estonia. Livonia will support the company in realising its strong regional growth potential. “Retail is one of the strongest industries in Estonia, consistently outperforming GDP, and Hortes is one of Estonia’s most successful […]
Sorainen Estonia assisted DT Group Finland, part of the world’s leading specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products, in divesting 100% of Puukeskus shares in a management buy-out to Atso Matsalu, the long term CEO of the company. Puukeskus is the leading distributor of wood-based building materials in Estonia, having started operations in 1996. The […]
SORAINEN Estonian office advised Amanda V East L.P., the fund managed by Finland-based eQ Private Equity, in making investment into DenCap. DenCap already held investment in dental care provider Unimed Group and has now additionally acquired occupational health care service provider Qvalitas. Amanda V East L.P. made the investment as a direct co-investment with BaltCap […]