We provided consultation to an international group of companies engaged in the transportation business on the legal effects and consequences deriving from economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) as per Latvian law. Our team The client was advised by country managing partner Eva […]
As part of an assignment for an international private equity player seeking to acquire a target in Latvia, in addition to the standard legal due diligence process usually conducted prior to M&A transactions, we also conducted a compliance review, focusing on the corruption risks, AML risks, anti-trust risks and corporate governance risks of the target […]
Publication / Alexey Anischenko, Maria Rodich, Aliaksei Sialiun, Maryia Lohvinava
Our colleagues Alexey Anischenko, Maria Rodich, Maria Lohvinova and Aliaksei Sialiun have contributed to the first edition of the Eurasian Investigations Guide, edited by Hogan Lovells. This guide represents the work of leading practitioners in key post-Soviet jurisdictions and covers topical issues related to internal corporate investigations. Our team have shared their expertise to offer […]
We advised telecommunications company Bitė throughout the Mezon acquisition deal. The acquisition was completed at the end of December in 2020, after Competition Council and the Communications Regulatory Authority granted their approval, and after Bitė made certain commitments. UAB Mezon, a subsidiary of Bitė Lietuva, acquired the business operating under the Mezon brand from the […]
We collaborated with members of the Association of Lithuanian Banks, the Financial Crime Investigation Service and the Bank of Lithuania in preparing Guidelines on Customer Due Diligence. The purpose of the guidelines is to harmonize the processes of preventive action by market participants while achieving clarity and simplicity for users of financial services. First such […]