Deals & Cases
Sorainen regularly advises leading global game developer Game Insight on trademark-related matters in Lithuania and the EU. Recent work includes drafting a letter on potential opposition to the Cloud Raiders trademark and registering the Cloud Raiders, Guns of Boom and GEOTWIST trademarks. The Sorainen team includes partner Renata Beržanskienė and associate Ignas Motiejūnas.
On 5 October 2017, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) initiated case No. 56997/17 SIA Bauskas Dzīve vs Latvia based on a complaint by a regional newspaper publisher against action taken by Latvia allowing municipalities to issue their own newspapers that imitate the independent press. The complaint is based on Article 10 of the European Convention […]
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On 4 October, the winners of the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Awards were announced as part of the Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum. The most prominent deals of the year were awarded in three categories. Baltic M&A deal of the year 2017 – Nordea and DNB transaction of combination of operations in the […]
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“The Baltic countries offer many investment opportunities. We should be doing more there”, said Tomasz Czechowicz, founder of Poland’s leading private equity group, MCI Capital, at last week’s Baltic M&A and Private Equity Forum in Vilnius. MCI keeps their eyes open to find good investment targets and can help firms, he added. Czechowicz, who today […]
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“Are Baltic companies too small ever to be sold?” asked Þygimantas Mauricas, Chief Economist at Luminor. “It seems the Baltic tiger is sleeping and some might even call it a Baltic kitty. But if you look at the data, Baltic companies are not too small to be sold.” The top economist showed some illustrative data […]