We are providing pro bono legal assistance to journalists from TVNET GRUPA and the Baltic Center for Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica in connection with the persecution and intimidation of journalists carried out by a private individual. Highlighting the issue To protect their rights, journalists have turned to law enforcement agencies, as well as asking senior state […]
We provided legal assistance to Ivonna Plaude, Editor-in-Chief of Independent News of Tukums, in a dispute against Tukums Municipal Council for insulting her honour and dignity. About the dispute The dispute was connected to the publication of false and defamatory information in the municipal newsletter. In June 2021, Plaude applied to the court, asking for […]
On 10 September 2021, the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (the SCC) arranged the second of a series of events devoted to East-West related dispute resolution. This time, the SCC East-West Forum featured arbitration in Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. Our senior partner Aku Sorainen and senior associate Maria Pihlak participated in […]
Tax Stories Podcast – Episode 16– Bill Browder. Bill Browder after the murder of his tax lawyer Sergey Magnitskiy gave up his life as a businessman and became a human rights activist. He is also an author of the book “Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man’s Fight for Justice”. […]
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In the survey of student job expectations and employer reputation conducted by Instar, an employer branding agency, law students chose Sorainen as the most attractive private-sector employer in the legal field. The 3 most attractive employers for law students in 2021 (out of 242): Estonian Ministry of Justice Estonian Supreme Court Sorainen We thank the […]
