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SORAINEN is representing the interests of Bilþu birojs, a company, in a copyright dispute with AKKA/LAA (the Latvian authors’ society – Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Authors Association) which brought a court claim for damages. The dispute stems from Boris Grebenshikov’s concert in Riga on 1 December 2009. Bilþu birojs made a copyright agreement with […]
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The SORAINEN Latvian office represents VMF Latvia, a Latvian company specialising in evaluation in all forest-related raw material, in court proceedings in a dispute with an employee in a case regarding employment termination, suspension from work and recovery of average earnings. The client is advised by partner Eva Berlaus, senior associate Andis Burkevics and associate […]
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Deals & Cases
Sorainen Belarus office assisted RE/MAX, an American international real estate company on the expansion of real estate franchise to Belarus. Sorainen Belarus team provided full-scope advice on franchising regulation in Belarus, and supported franchisee in registration of the agreement with the local patent authority. Currently Sorainen team advises the client on the ongoing matters of […]
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Sorainen Belarus office advised Facebook, Inc., the world’s leading social network, in connection with its acquisition of Masquerade Technologies, Inc., a Belarus-based developer of the popular mask and face-swapping app MSQRD, recently ranked as top mobile application in App Store across more than 60 countries of the world. Primary adviser to Facebook was Fenwick & […]
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On 7 March 2016, after evaluating reports prepared by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Lithuanian Competition Council (“Council”) confirmed that Polish insurance company PZU, which acquired 100 % of the shares in Lietuvos draudimas, had timely and properly fulfilled the merger conditions and obligations set by the Council on 9 March, 2014 when issuing a clearance decision for […]
