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Sorainen advised Estonian e-cigarette seller Nicorex Baltic, which together with retailer Veipland acquired competitor Elgery Group. As a result of the transaction, 10 SKYsmoke shops merged with 11 Veipland shops into a joint Veipland retail chain. Transition to the new brand and unification of client service standards will take place soon. Remarked Piret Lappert, senior […]
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Sorainen successfully represented Mindaugas Marcinkevičius, a minority shareholder in VP grupė, against claimant Vilniaus prekyba, which was seeking an order for Mindaugas Marcinkevičius to pay approx EUR 81 million on account of his alleged action to stop the sale of Akropolis shopping centres several years ago. The Vilnius City District Court dismissed Vilniaus prekyba’s action. […]
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Sorainen successfully represented dairy products producer Lukšių pieninė in a dispute against Pieno žvaigždës, a leading Lithuanian manufacturer of milk and dairy products, over use of the Liliputas brand. Vilnius district court ruled that Pieno žvaigždės has no right to use Liliputas or any similar brand name in Lithuania or abroad without permission from Lukšių […]
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Sorainen cross-border team assisted global leading BPO and customer experience company Webhelp in the acquisition of the majority of the share capital of top multilingual nearshore firm Runway BPO. Runway, which is headquartered in Riga – Latvia, brings an additional nine multilingual centres and 1,000 people across Latvia and new countries for Webhelp; Estonia, Lithuania, […]
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Sorainen advised Marketing Investment Group (MIG) on acquiring more than 10 stores in Lithuania and Latvia from retail company Bogvila. MIG, a Polish retailer operating in the footwear and clothing market for over 25 years, has developed such well-known retail chains as Sizeer, 50 Style, Symbiosis and UP8. MIG currently provides consumers with products from […]
