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Cobalt Advises Rubylight on Investment in Yaga

Cobalt Advises Rubylight on Investment in Yaga

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Cobalt has advised Rubylight on its investment in the buy-and-sell platform Yaga.

"Yaga has received EUR 2.2 million from investors to take a leading role in rapidly developing markets in Africa and Asia," Cobalt informed. "Among others, investors like Startup Wise Guys, Trind Ventures, Rubylight, and Specialist VC participated in the financing round."

Yaga is an Estonian company that provides a platform for buying and selling recycled fashion goods. Rubylight is a Latvian technology investment company.

Cobalt previously advised Rubylight on its investment in Tandem (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on August 11, 2020).

The Cobalt team included Specialist Counsel Greete-Kristiine Kuru and Associate Johanna Lumiste.

Editor's Note: After this article was published, Hedman (formerly Hedman Partners) announced it had advised Yaga. The firm's team included Senior Associate Kati Pino.

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.