We advised investment funds led by Livonia Partners on selling the majority stake in Thermory, a producer of thermally modified wood and sauna materials. As a result of the transaction, the Estonian capital-based UG Investeeringud, previously a minority shareholder in the company, became the majority owner. The transaction was approved by the Estonian Competition Authority. […]
We successfully represented Darment, a Finnish company active in the hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) market as a producer and an importer, in an annulment of a decision of the European Commission. Quotas for greenhouse gases in focus In 2017 two Estonian companies wanted to authorise Darment to use their quotas for placing of HFC’s in the EU […]
Deals & Cases / Alexey Anischenko, Kirill Laptev, Katsiaryna Hashko
Our arbitration team successfully represented the interests of OJSC “MMW named after S.I. Vavilov – the managing company of BelOMO holding” (BelOMO), a leading Belarusian enterprise specialising in optomechanical and optoelectronic equipment at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Due to non-payment by a foreign buyer for goods delivered […]
Our Risk Management, Corporate Crime Investigations & Defence specialists assisted SeAH Changwon Integrated Special Steel Corporation, in asset recovery. Client officially recognised as victim The case involved cross-border criminal investigations into cybercrime, which involved fraudulent transfers of large sums of money and money laundering. Due to effective cooperation with the investigative authorities and prosecutors, we […]
Deals & Cases / Alexey Anischenko, Valeria Dubeshka
We helped a large Belarussian producer of pulp and paper products to continue fulfilling a contract, despite COVID-19 pandemic force majeure circumstances announced by the counterparty. The foreign supplier stopped fulfilling its contractual obligations, justifying this with the epidemiological situation and claiming force majeure. With our help, the client prepared an answer categorically opposing termination […]
