Sorainen has advised Nordea, the largest financial services group in northern Europe, on the transfer of its Baltic banking business, operated by Nordea Bank Finland in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, to its Swedish parent company Nordea Bank. This was the first transfer of a pan-Baltic credit institution business as a going concern of such scale […]
Sorainen Belarus advised Getin Holding on its acquisition of 95.5% stake in the Belarusian Bank for Small Business (BBSB). BBSB is a Belarus-based bank, launched in 2008 by leading international public and private financial institutions, including EBRD, IFC, Swedfund, FMO and KfW. The main focus of the Bank is to support development of small businesses […]
Sorainen Belarus is acting as local counsel for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development on an extension of a EUR 10 million loan for Evrotorg to finance the company’s investment projects. Evrotorg (trade network Evroopt) is one of the biggest commodity market operators in Belarus. So far, Evroopt has 123 shops throughout the country, including […]
Rosbank and banking group Alfa-Bank reached an agreement on sale of shares in Belrosbank. Belrosbank is a full-service bank founded by Rosbank in 2003. The bank employs 765 people across 29 offices in all regions and major cities of Belarus, and serves more than 100,000 customers. More than 99,99% of shares in Belrosbank belong to […]
Sorainen Belarus office acted as legal counsel for the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EFSE), the world’s largest microfinance investment fund, on signing a senior loan agreement with Belgazprombank enabling Belgazprombank to borrow USD 30 million from EFSE to expand its housing finance operations and increase lending to micro- and small businesses in Belarus. The […]