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Baltic M&A market: Deal activity gets no major hit in 2023, builds up encouraging pipeline for 2024
Last year, the Baltic mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market slowed down slightly from the previous year in terms of the number of deals. Despite the minor decline, the numbers still remained significantly above pandemic-time levels, according to statistics compiled by M&A database Mergermarket. While the deal count downturn wasn’t significant, the total disclosed value of […]
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Second annual sustainability report shows promising results
Sorainen has made considerable progress in the area of sustainability since releasing the first sustainability report last year. We have also experienced an expansion of the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) related services provided to clients. Notably, Sorainen was recognised by the Legal 500 Green Guide as the only pan-Baltic law firm with a focus […]
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Clients value Sorainen legal competence highest among top tier Baltic law firms
Sorainen ranks first in the “Best legal competence” category among top tier Baltic law firms, according to the 2023 Baltic Kantar Prospera Tier 1 Law Firm Review. The survey interviewed 410 Baltic-based organisations that have spent at least EUR 15,000 over the last year on outsourced legal help. In total, 55% of the respondents are […]
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M&A market trends in the Baltics in H1 2022: healthy activity levels, though lower than record boom in 2021
In the first half of this year, 54 transactions were announced in the Baltic M&A market, with a total value of EUR 1 billion, according to Mergermarket, indicating that levels of activity are healthy*. “It’s a myth that the region’s M&A market has cooled down as scared investors stay away,” concludes Laimonas Skibarka, managing partner […]
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The M&A and private equity market in the Baltics and Belarus – driven by the energy and startups sectors, the market has shown record activity
In 2021, the Baltic M&A and private equity market demonstrated record activity, with the number of announced deals growing by 51% compared to 2020 and also surpassing deal activity levels in all previous years, including those preceding the start of the pandemic. As a result, we can find leading Baltic law firms among the top […]