Sorainen advised Harbortouch, a major provider of touch-screen point-of-sale (POS) systems and payment services in the USA, on launching operations in Vilnius. A product creation and development unit in Vilnius is to employ 80-90 people over the next few years; plans also involve establishing a global call centre in the Vilnius office. According to Jared […]
Sorainen Latvia advised Medap Systems, a Latvian developer of medical diagnostics equipment software, on trade mark registration and intellectual property protection issues. Sorainen prepared a legal opinion on registrability of the client’s trade marks and contracts related to software protection. The matter is important as it concerns know-how and intellectual property developed by local entrepreneurs […]
Deals & Cases / Paul Künnap, Pekka Puolakka
Sorainen Estonia advised Sanoma Media Finland on divestment of its fully owned subsidiary Sanoma Baltics to a consortium of management team members and a private equity investor BaltCap. Sanoma Baltics operates auto24.ee, the market leader in Estonian online car classifieds, and Kuldne Börs, an online generalist market place, among others. In 2016, the net sales […]
Sorainen advised Ringier Axel Springer Media AG on the local law aspects of its acquisition of 100% of the shares in CV Keskus, operator of leading job classified sites cvkeskus.ee in Estonia, cvmarket.lv in Latvia and cvmarket.lt in Lithuania. Established in Estonia in 2000, CV Keskus expanded to Latvia and Lithuania in 2004. CV Keskus has been […]
Sorainen is advising Providence Equity Partners on the acquisition of Swedish media holdings Modern Times Group (MTG) business in the Baltics. The total disclosed value of the acquisition in all three Baltic States is EUR 115 million. Providence Equity Partners is a premier global asset management firm with USD 50 billion in assets under management […]
