Deals & Cases / Raivo Raudzeps
Our experts assisted a European-based helicopter producer in an open competition for the purchase of helicopters by the State Border Guard. Our legal assistance included full legal advice throughout the tender process, including advice on procurement procedural matters and tax issues, as well as advising on and analysing the draft contract. Counsel Raivo Raudzeps represented […]
An arbitral tribunal by the World Bank International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) has made an award in an investment dispute between energy group E energija (Lithuania) and the Republic of Latvia. This is the first decision on the merits in an ICSID case against the Republic of Latvia, and the only ICSID […]
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Sorainen has entered into a collaboration agreement with the Law Faculty of Vilnius University. Under the agreement, Sorainen will present an annual award for the best master thesis of the year from the Law Faculty on the topic of criminal law. Kæstutis Švirinas, Sorainen partner and head of the Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Lithuania, […]
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A seminar on “Legal weapons to fight corporate crime directed against your company” was held in Riga on November 23. The main issues covered at the seminar to take into account and keep in mind are: Ensure internal processes are working: you need to show what rules were breached. Do not act on impulse. Fate […]
Sorainen represented Meseta in a case involving the 0% VAT rate. The Lithuanian Supreme Administrative Court ruled that tax administrators had unjustifiably imposed EUR 2 million in VAT, fines and interest on Meseta for allegedly unfair application of 0% VAT rates. The Court declared that the State Tax Inspectorate and other institutions that examined the […]