Ellex has advised the BTA Baltic Insurance Company on establishing a EUR 120 million Baltic rental housing co-investment vehicle together with Finnish developer YIT. Hannes Snellman advised YIT on the deal.

Regional periodical league tables ranking M&A activity through the lens of the law firms advising on the deals are often dominated by Baltic law firms, with the CEELM Index special issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine reflecting the same trend. To better understand why that is so, we spoke with several Partners – from both Baltic firms and other CEE jurisdictions.

Sorainen, working alongside Norwegian firm Wikborg Rein, has advised digital identity company Signicat on its acquisition of Baltic electronic signature solution provider Dokobit. Ellex Valiunas advised the seller.

Sorainen has advised Nordic food company HKScan on the development of their new pan-Baltic logistics center in Estonia.

PwC Legal Estonia has promoted Karin Marosov and Indrek Ergma to Partners.

Ellex Raidla has advised construction management platform Remato on securing a EUR 1.4 million investment from Passion Capital, Kaamos Group, Superangel, Lemonade Stand, Spring Capital, and several angel investors.

Former SupplierPlus Head of Group Legal Kirill Lezeiko returns to private practice by rejoining PwC Legal in Estonia.

Sorainen has advised Apollo Global Management on its acquisition of a majority stake in AS Graanul Invest. Ellex and White & Case advised the seller. Reportedly, Allen & Overy also advised the buyer.

Fort has advised Capitalica Asset Management on the acquisition of green concept logistics buildings near Tallinn from Ferroline Group's FW Force OU. Walless advised Force OU on the deal.

Sorainen has advised Montonio on raising EUR 2.5 million from Tera Ventures, as well as ffVC, Superangel, Practica, 365.fintech, Startup Wise Guys, and a number of business angels. Ellex Raidla advised Tera Ventures on the investment round.

Sorainen has advised Estonia-based startup 99math on raising USD 1 million from Genesis Investments, Change Ventures, and five angel investors.

Ellex Raidla has advised the Prime Label Group on its acquisition of Estonia-based sticker producer LabelPrint OU.

White & Case and Ellex Raidla have advised Legrand on its acquisition of Ensto Building Systems from Finnish electrical solution provider Ensto. Procope & Hornborg advised the seller.

Sorainen has advised Bolt on a EUR 600 million investment round from new investors Sequoia, Tekne, and Ghisallo, as well as existing investors G Squared, D1 Capital, and Naya.

Sorainen has advised and represented Elering in two procurement disputes concerning the reconstruction of a 330 kilovolt overhead transmission line in the Viru 330 kilovolt substation and Tartu 330/110 kilovolt substation.

Sorainen has represented Lux Express and other bus operators in a public service obligation dispute with the Estonian state.

TGS Baltic has advised Estonian construction company Merko Ehitus Eesti AS on its acquisition of a 35% holding in Connecto Eesti.

Sorainen has advised Tallinn-based Temnikova & Kasela art gallery on a non-fungible token project.