Sorainen together with Swedish law firm Wistrand, advised the leading European underwear brand for women, Miss Mary of Sweden on establishing partnership with Scope, a Nordic growth equity fund. “Miss Mary has been privately held by entrepreneurs since inception and for the past 30 years owned by Peter af Burén. Partnering with Scope allows us […]
Sorainen advised Havas Media Group in acquiring 51% of the shares in Idea Group, which is said to be one of the biggest investments in the Baltic marketing and communications market. Havas was founded in Paris in 1835 and is now one of the world’s biggest communication agencies with a turnover of more than EUR […]
Sorainen assisted Akce Holding Malta in establishing the European Merchant Bank in Lithuania and obtaining a specialised bank licence. The licence was issued by the European Central Bank at the request of the Bank of Lithuania. Akce Holding Malta is among the first Lithuanian banking market participants to be granted a specialised bank licence. Akce […]
Deals & Cases / Laurynas Lukošiūnas
Sorainen represented Russian commercial bank Alfa Bank in a case concerning recognition of a London Court of International Arbitration decision in Lithuania. After the Lithuanian Court of Appeal decided in favour of our client, the forced recovery of EUR 20 million from the owner of Arvi group, Vidmantas Kučinskas, is under way. The decision of […]
Sorainen assisted Pontos Group and its Estonian subsidiary, Pontos Baltic, on the sale of the RYO shopping centre to EfTEN Real Estate Fund 4 managed by EfTEN Capital. The shopping centre ‒ with a total retail area of over 24 thousand m2 ‒ was sold for EUR 47 million. It is one of the largest commercial real estate transactions in the […]
