The Sorainen cross-border team advised Nordea and DNB as Lenders on changes to the funding to Luminor Group in relation to the sale of 60% shares of Luminor Group to a consortium led by private equity funds managed by Blackstone. According to the Nordea press release, “in addition to the upfront sale and forward sale […]
Sorainen advised Baltic Horizon Fund, managed by Northern Horizon Capital, in listing its 5-year unsecured bonds on Nasdaq Baltic Bond List. The bond issue with a total value of EUR 30 million was a private placement carried through in spring 2018 and the Baltic institutional investors, mainly pension funds, asset managers, insurance companies and banks, subscribed […]
Deals & Cases / Reimo Hammerberg, Jane Eespõld, Paul Künnap, Piret Lappert, Kätlin Krisak, Dr Kadri Härginen, Kaspar Endrikson, Cathriin Majas, Kai Vainola, Hanna Pahk, Olivia Kranich, Mirjam Vichmann, Tea Kookmaa, Lise-Lotte Lääne, Britta Retel, Dr Kaido Künnapas
Sorainen together with Cleary Gottlieb Steen Hamilton acted as legal advisor to the international syndicate of banks consisting of Citigroup, Carnegie Investment Bank, Erste Group, Swedbank and LHV in the first IPO of a state-owned entity in Estonia since 1999 and the first Estonian IPO with an international element since 2012. The shares of Port […]
On 23 February 2018, the European Central Bank (ECB) determined that ABLV Bank, then the third largest bank in Latvia, was failing or likely to fail in accordance with the Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation. The ECB also determined that ABLV Bank Luxembourg, a subsidiary of the Latvian bank, was failing or likely to fail. The […]
Mobile payment platform MoQ has launched its activities in Lithuania. The platform is managed by Mobilieji mokėjimai, a company founded by three biggest competitors in Lithuanian telecommunications sector – Telia Lietuva, Tele2 and Bitė Lietuva. This is the first mobile payment platform in the Baltics and the first such project in European practice to be […]
