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Cobalt Advises on EUR 100 Million Latvenergo Green Bonds Issuance

Cobalt Advises on EUR 100 Million Latvenergo Green Bonds Issuance

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Cobalt has advised Latvenergo AS on its issuance of EUR 100 million five-year green bonds with a fixed annual interest rate and a yield to maturity of 2.42%.

The arrangers of the issuance are Luminor Bank AS and Swedbank AB.

Latvenergo is a state-owned electric utility company in Latvia. The company generates about 70% of the country's electricity.

According to Cobalt, “the total amount of the submitted purchase orders reached more than EUR 160 million. The purchase orders were received from 17 investors, including asset management funds, insurance companies and banks in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, and Austria, and international financial institutions – European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Nordic Investment Bank.”

The issuance of notes is being implemented under Latvenergo AS EUR 200 million third program for the issuance of notes. Last year, Cobalt advised the banks on Latvenergo’s EUR 50 million issuance (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on May 28, 2021).

Cobalt’s team included Partner Edgars Lodzins and Senior Associate Krisjanis Buss.

Cobalt did not reply to our inquiry on the matter.

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.