Yesterday, the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) released its latest rankings, and Sorainen once again secured a place as the only firm in the Baltics rated as top-tier across all practice areas. This recognition underscores our commitment to delivering excellence in providing legal services to our clients.
Our team was recognised as the best in the market in the following areas:
- Lithuania – Banking and finance, Capital markets, Financial services regulatory, M&A, and Project development
- Latvia – Financial and corporate
- Estonia – Financial and corporate, and Project development.
These accolades highlight the expertise and dedication of our lawyers, who consistently strive to provide well-founded legal advice in their respective fields. In addition to maintaining all its Tier 1 team rankings, 32 of our lawyers received individual recognition as market-leading experts, three of whom have been recognised for the first time:
Other lawyers who retained individual rankings:
In Lithuania: Augustas Klezys, Tomas Kontautas, Indrė Pelėdaitė, Mantas Petkevičius, Laimonas Skibarka, Algirdas Pekšys, Jonas Kiauleikis, Sergej Butov, Asta Augutytė-Rapkevičienė, Aušra Mudėnaitė and Kęstutis Adamonis.
In Latvia: Eva Berlaus, Rūdolfs Eņģelis, Nauris Grigals, Jorens Jaunozols, Lelde Laviņa, Jānis Līkops, Ramona Miglāne, Zane Paeglīte and Roberts Prūsis.
In Estonia: Piret Jesse, Paul Künnap, Kätlin Krisak, Kaupo Lepasepp, Karin Madisson, Toomas Prangli, Kaspar Endrikson and Britta Retel.
More information and the 2024 rankings are available here.
In 2024, IFLR also named Sorainen the Baltic firm of the year for the ninth time, recognising our strong track record in advising on innovative international finance transactions.
Strongest team in the region
With the publishing of these results, Sorainen solidifies its position as the strongest law firm in the region, having been ranked as such in 2024 by all four leading legal directories: Chambers, The Legal 500, ITR and IFLR. In the current rankings, Sorainen holds the highest number of top-tier positions, with 48 and 28 secured by the second and third firms respectively.
About IFLR1000
IFLR1000 is a leading international legal directory and publishes annual rankings of the world’s leading law firms in domestic and cross-border financial and transactional matters.
The directory assists buyers of legal services in making informed strategic decisions when hiring external counsel. Currently, IFLR1000 ranks 5,000 law firms and more than 21,000 lawyers across 12 practice areas and 250 jurisdictions.
