Dear clients and co-operation partners, As summer vibes seem to be just around the corner, we are delighted to share with you our summary of the main legal and business news in Belarus for the first few months of 2019. As at the end of 2018, the Belarusian-Russian relationship is the main provider of news […]
We advised Holm Bank, as successor to Koduliising AS ‒ which was one of the largest consumer credit providers in Estonia ‒ in obtaining a credit institution licence. Holm Bank is the first credit institution in Estonia to receive a licence from the European Central Bank under the new European Union Single Supervision Mechanism framework. […]
Deals & Cases / Laurynas Lukošiūnas
Sorainen represented Russian commercial bank Alfa Bank in a case concerning recognition of a London Court of International Arbitration decision in Lithuania. After the Lithuanian Court of Appeal decided in favour of our client, the forced recovery of EUR 20 million from the owner of Arvi group, Vidmantas Kučinskas, is under way. The decision of […]
Sorainen Estonia acted as Estonian adviser for syndicate of banks in financing the investment of European Diversified Infrastructure Fund II SPSc, infrastructure fund managed by First State Investments, in Utilitas, Estonia’s largest district heating company and a leading renewable power producer. The syndicate of banks financing the transaction consisted of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Crédit Agricole […]
Sorainen Belarus advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on Belarusian law matters in connection with lending USD 15 million to Modern-Expo group. A seven-year loan will be used to increase production volumes at the two principal manufacturing sites in Lutsk (Ukraine) and in Vitebsk (Belarus), as well as to restructure the group […]