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Sorainen Estonia advised the shareholders of Samat bus company on the sale of a majority shareholding to competitor Hansabuss. Founded by Estonian investors in 1991 and employing over 80 people, Samat services bus lines mainly in Northern Estonia and also offers other services related to bus operation. Samat’s forecast turnover for 2016 is approx EUR […]
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Deals & Cases / Eva Berlaus, Raivo Raudzeps
SORAINEN is providing legal assistance to RB Rail, including by drafting an agreement between all involved beneficiaries of the EU funding about the management, control and reporting aspects of use of EU funding, developing a procurement strategy for RB Rail and the Rail Baltic / Rail Baltica railway construction project, advising on legal aspects of […]
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On 5 March, the European Court of Justice delivered a judgment that found the sales tax imposed from 1 June 2010 to 31 December 2011 in Tallinn, Estonia, to be a violation of EU law and the excise duty directive. This means that illegally collected sales tax must be returned to companies, with interest. Our […]
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Sorainen Belarus advised Russian Railways in connection with creation of the United Transport & Logistics Company (UTLC) together with the national railway companies of Belarus and Kazakhstan for the transport of containerised cargo within the Common Economic Space, including transit between Europe and Asia. Formation of UTLC is one of the largest projects in the […]
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Sorainen Belarus assisted Sumitomo Electric Bordnetze, a group company from the Sumitomo Electric Industries Group, headquartered in Japan, in setting up a contractual joint venture with a Belarus-based manufacturer. The joint venture was implemented for supplying Volkswagen Group Russia with wire harnesses. The project is a major step in enlarging the activities of Sumitomo Electric […]
