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September 2016 marks a further enhancement of the Sorainen partnership. Saulë Dagilytë, head of Tax & Customs in the Sorainen Lithuanian office, has been promoted to a partner. Saulë Dagilytë joined Sorainen in May 2010 and soon became one of the key contributors to the firm’s and its clients’ success. Under her leadership, the firm’s […]
Sorainen advised Nordea, the largest financial services group in northern Europe, on combining operations with DNB in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to create the leading main bank in the Baltics with strong Nordic roots. “Combining knowledge of the Baltic market, close cooperation with our customers and developments in digital banking, Nordea has over the years […]
Sorainen assisted Fauga, Viking Industrier and Byggleverandorene to appeal binding rulings on the transfer of losses in cross-border situations. The Supreme Administrative Court adopted a favourable decision, confirming that binding rulings have legal consequences to a taxpayer, even though under the legal acts they are only binding to the tax authority and not a specific […]
Publication / Alexey Anischenko, Kirill Laptev
On 11 August 2016 the second draft of the Belarusian law introducing amendments and changes to the Tax Code (Draft) was published. We set out below for your attention a brief overview of the main novelties that could become a reality from 1 January 2017. Note, however, that the proposed changes may be subject to […]
Sorainen assisted Virtualių paslaugų operatorius in a tax dispute related to the application of a VAT exemption for payment services. Sorainen advised the client in the last stage of a tax dispute in which all the earlier stages were unsuccessful for the client. The Supreme Administrative Court upheld the position expressed in the appeal claim […]