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On 18 January 2018, the Latvian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (LVCA) and the private investor association Latvian Business Angel Network (LatBAN) held a joint “Investor of the Year” event, when Sorainen was awarded the title of legal adviser of the year for assisting Providence Equity Partners in its acquisition of the Baltic companies of the […]
Sorainen assisted CGTrader, a company managing the 3D models online marketplace, in attracting a EUR 2 million investment. At this stage the main investor is Estonian venture capital fund Karma Ventures. CGTrader is one of the biggest 3D model marketplaces in the world. Currently it offers almost 600,000 models and has over 1.1 million users. […]
The Commercial Law and the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing (AML Law) were amended this November. The amendments exclude shareholders’ obligation under the Commercial Law to disclose their company’s beneficial owner (BO). Now, the disclosure requirement has been completely revised and transferred to the AML Law. As these amendments affect […]
Sorainen is advising German technology company Continental on building a new manufacturing plant in Lithuania. The company will be building an electronic components manufacturing plant in the Kaunas region. Continental plans to invest EUR 95 million over the next five years and to create approx 1,000 new jobs. The company plans to complete construction and start […]
Sorainen advised venture capital fund Open Circle Capital on launching operations in Lithuania. Open Circle Capital is a EUR 20 million early-stage venture capital fund focused on technology companies in the fields of information and communication technologies, robotics and high-tech. Comments Audrius Milukas, manager of Open Circle Capital and one of its partners: “We are […]