We are helping the Estonian streaming platform Fairmus to make the payment model of music streaming services more transparent and to create an opportunity for musicians to earn a fair fee for their work. Fairtrade music Founded by Tõnis Kivisild, Juko-Mart Kõlar, Kristjan Ulst, and Reigo Ahven, the company is a fair trade system of […]
Publication / Marina Golovnitskaya, Stefan Tomchyk
Non-use trademark cancellation is quite a common legal tool for combatting trademark piracy, as well as preventing rightsholders from “taking up space” with inactive trademark registrations. General rules In Belarus, a trademark registration may be fully or partially cancelled by a decision of the Intellectual Property Board of the Supreme Court if, without a valid […]
Deals & Cases / Ann Laevskaya, Artem Melnikovich
We advised a Chinese financial institution in connection with the provision of a credit facility to the Belarusian subsidiary of an international group of companies headquartered in China. Our services and team Our team assisted the client at all stages of the transaction, including corporate legal due diligence on the borrower, revision of the transaction […]
Estonians have not yet recovered from this fall’s electricity price shock, while the 2022 state budget already aims to considerably hike traffic fines and state fees. As if that was not enough, the government introduced a bill in late September that promises to increase the tax burden further, our partner Allar Jõks and counsel Piibe […]
The annual Prospera survey, which measures clients’ satisfaction with Baltic law firms, has revealed there is a tight race between the top-tier providers in the Baltics and a high overall level of client satisfaction. Sorainen received the highest regional ranking among the competitors for “Best legal competence – all legal areas”. Clients ranked us the […]
