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Cobalt and Triniti Advise on Idex Acquisition of Majority Stake in Danpower Baltic

Cobalt and Triniti Advise on Idex Acquisition of Majority Stake in Danpower Baltic

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Cobalt has advised the shareholders of Danpower Baltic on the sale of 50% of their shares to French renewable energy group Idex — a subsidiary of  Antin Infrastructure Partners. Idex bought another 40% of Danpower Baltic shares from UAB GECO Investicijos, which retains its 10% stake in the company. Triniti advised Idex on the deal.

The value of the transaction was not disclosed.

Over its five years of operations, Germany's Danpower has invested around EUR 100 million in Lithuania. The company operates six biofuel boiler-houses and a cogeneration plant in the Lithuanian cities of Vilnius, Kaunas, and Joniskis.

French renewable energy group Idex, was founded in 1963. The Idex Group operates 60 biofuel boiler facilities and 16 waste-to-energy plants. The company, which was acquired by Antin in 2018, posted EUR 929 million in revenue for 2018.

Cobalt's team included Partner Elijus Burgis and Associate Julija Timoscenko.

Triniti's team included, among others,Partners Linas Sabaliauskas and Vytautas Kalmatavicius, Associate Partners Giedre Ciuladiene and Agne Varneliene.

Cobalt at a Glance

COBALT is a closely integrated alliance of top-tier law offices across the Baltics, uniting more than 250 attorneys and support staff. During 25 years of experience, we have become a strategic partner to our clients in handling both daily matters and complex large–scale transactions and disputes.

The firm’s broad spectrum of expertise and established position as the market leader gives a comprehensive basis for providing full-service business law advice.

Top international and regional businesses, financial institutions, state and local governments, and the region’s most promising start-ups are among our clients. We offer leading-edge solutions in key industry sectors: Consumer Products, Trade & Distribution, Real Estate & Construction, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Communications, Media & Technologies, Financial Services, Transport & Logistics.

COBALT has been named Baltic Law Firm of the Year 7 times receiving Chambers Europe, IFLR, The Lawyer and Mergermarket awards, and we are regularly listed amongst the top-performing M&A legal advisors in the Bloomberg, Refinitiv and Mergermarket deal tables. Recognized as the No.1 Lithuanian law firm in the Prospera Law Firm Review 2021 and No. 1 law firm in Latvia in 2022, 2020, 2019, and 2018 client satisfaction surveys. We were recognized as a Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year at the 2022 Chambers Europe Awards ceremony and named the Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year and Pro Bono Firm of the Year at the annual ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021 ceremony. 

More information on COBALT can be found at www.cobalt.legal.