Deals & Cases / Toomas Prangli, Lauri Liivat, Monika Mališauskaitė-Vaupšienė, Daivis Švirinas, Kaupo Lepasepp, Ieva Andersone, Piibe Lehtsaar, Marika Grunte, Lise-Lotte Lääne, Robin Teever, Viktorija Cherkas, Jonas Kiauleikis, Lukas Vaišvila, Vladislav Leiri, Isabella Barbara Tisenhusen
We are advising AMC, the world’s largest movie exhibition group, in the sale of Forum Cinemas, which operates nine theatre locations in the Baltic countries. AMC has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell the theatre locations in the Baltic region (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia) for €65 million to UP Invest, a […]
We successfully defended the Union of Lithuanian journalists and other journalists’ interests in a case investigated by Lithuania’s Supreme Administrative Court regarding defence of the constitutional right to receive, to collect and to share information. Court affirms that the Government violated journalists’ rights The Union of Lithuanian journalists and other concerned journalists went to court […]
We assisted Bitė Group, controlled by international asset management company Providence Equity Partners, as Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian law counsel in a refinancing transaction. Total disclosed value of the transaction is EUR 700 million. Largest bond issue by a private Baltic company to date The transaction covers two parts: A bond issue by PLT VII […]
Sorainen helped SIA “Novadu Ziņas” – the publisher of Neatkarīgās Tukuma Ziņas – successfully defend their interests before the Latvian Media Ethics council regarding ethics violations committed by the publisher “Tukuma Balss”. Breaches of the Code of Ethics On 18 June 2020, in light of a complaint submitted by SIA “Novadu Ziņas”, the Board […]
We assisted the Kino pavasaris Vilnius International Film Festival in removing counterfeit copies of the Oscar-winning movie “Parasite” from illegal torrent sites available in Lithuania. The movie was included in the programme of the digital festival held from 19 March–2 April 2020. Some infringers promptly removed the content voluntarily upon demand, while others required us […]
