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Commissioned by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Sorainen prepared a country opinion for Lithuania on netting provisions under ISDA Master Agreements and other related ISDA standard documents. The ISDA programme dedicated to publishing new and updated legal opinions currently covers 64 jurisdictions. The ISDA netting opinion for Lithuania was published on 10 May […]
Sorainen advised Baltic Horizon Fund, managed by Northern Horizon Capital, in issuing 5-year unsecured bonds of EUR 30 million. The bonds bear a fixed rate coupon of 4,25% to be paid quarterly. The transaction took place under private placement regime and was subscribed by Baltic institutional investors, mainly comprised of pension funds, asset managers, insurance […]
Deals & Cases / Augustas Klezys, Urtė Armonaitė, Inga Macijauskaitė
Sorainen advised Valyuz on establishing a company in Lithuania and obtaining an e-money institution licence from the Bank of Lithuania. Valyuz is a fintech company planning to provide a cutting-edge alternative solution to traditional banking and to become a platform-of-choice for international corporate clients in the technology sector. Valyuz is planning to offer electronic money […]
Sorainen advised Corporate Services in obtaining an e-money institution licence from the Bank of Lithuania. The company belongs to the Latvia-based Corporate Solutions group which, through its related Latvia-based company PAYYAP Retail, provides solutions for small and medium sized merchants in the retail industry. Corporate Services in cooperation with PAYYAP Retail will provide technical and […]
Sorainen assisted WePower, a blockchain-based green energy trading platform, in obtaining a ground-breaking ruling from the Lithuanian tax authorities confirming favourable VAT treatment for issuance of cryptographic tokens. The Lithuanian tax authorities issued a positive ruling confirming that ICOs are VAT-exempt, thus allowing the client to save up to USD 7 million. WePower raised USD […]