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Publication / Karin Madisson, Liisa-Maria Puur, Häli Sokk, Nele Suurmets, Dr Mari Agarmaa, Vladislav Leiri, Gerda Jokubauskaitė, Jurgita Nikita, Jonas Kiauleikis, Liutauras Vasiliauskas, Agnietė Venckienė, Aurelija Daubaraitė, Jurgita Tekorienė, Laura Matukaitytė, Tatsiana Zubarava, Alesia Khadasevich, Aliaksei Daryin, Ann Laevskaya, Artem Melnikovich, Alexey Anischenko, Alexey Fidek, , Maksim Salahub, Maria Rodich, Oliver Ämarik, Dr Carri Ginter, Paul Künnap, Toms Kārlis Broks, Edvīns Draba, Zanda Frišfelde, Valts Nerets, Krista Niklase, Raivo Raudzeps, Augustas Klezys, Algirdas Pekšys
Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies— from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe—and over time. Full report available here.
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Deals & Cases / Augustas Klezys, Dalia Augaitė, Rimantas Bendorius
We advised Baltic Mill, a Baltic grain processing group, on its successful two-year bond issue with a total value of EUR 3 million. With this bond issue, organised by Šiaulių bankas, our client refinanced a two-year bond emission issued in 2017, with redemption set for 4 November 2019. Comments Vygantas Reifonas, CFO of Baltic Mill: […]
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We advised Nordea Bank and DNB, major financial services groups in northern Europe, on the financing that Nordea and DNB provide to Luminor Group for developing Luminor’s lending activities, group liquidity buffers and refinancing existing debt. Securing the financing We also advised Nordea and DNB in negotiating a highly bespoke collateral package to secure the […]
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Eight international startups have been selected for the Wise Guys Fintech 3 accelerator program that has just started in Vilnius, Lithuania. As a strategic partner of the program we will be mentoring the selected startups during Regulatory Week and providing free-of-charge initial support in fintech licensing. Comments Sorainen partner Augustas Klezys: “We are truly excited […]
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Publication / Augustas Klezys, Laura Matukaitytė, Dalia Augaitė, Liutauras Vasiliauskas
On 17 October 2019, the Bank of Lithuania released Guidelines on Securities Token Offerings. The primary goal of the Guidelines is to provide clarity regarding the legislation on tokens that have features of securities. The Guidelines lay out the neutrality regulation policy exercised by the Bank of Lithuania in regard to technology, meaning that regardless […]