Cobalt has advised the Amber Beverage Group Holding on listing the notes from its EUR 30 million April 2023 bond issuance on the Nasdaq Baltic Bond List.

TGS Baltic, working with Oppenhoff, has advised Hawesko on its partnership with the Dunker Group through the acquisition of 50% of Dunker Group's shares. Triniti advised Arkastro OU, the holding company of Dunker Group founder Arvo Kask, who sold his stake to Hawesko.

Ellex has advised SBA Group company Urban HUB Investments on its EUR 8 million public bond issuance to support Urban HUB, "the largest office, retail, and warehouse project in the Baltic States, near Kaunas."

Ellex has advised on Orkla’s opening of a new EUR 100 million biscuit and wafer production plant in Adazi, Latvia.

Cobalt has advised Schwenk Latvija on its long-term power purchase agreement with BaltCap Infrastructure fund and AJP Capital Solar Core Plus fund joint-venture PV Power.

Cobalt has advised Italian company Italferr on its successful participation in the EUR 141.5 million Rail Baltica public procurement process for the provision of engineering consultancy and construction supervision services for the construction of the mainline in Latvia.

TGS Baltic has advised the Modus Asset Management-operated Clean Energy Infrastructure Fund on the acquisition of a 55-megawatt portfolio of solar projects in Latvia from developer Evecon, via the Clean Energy Investments special purpose vehicle. Sorainen reportedly advised Evecon on the deal.

Ellex Klavins has advised Merito Partners on the set up of its first alternative investment fund – the Merito Sustainable Energy Fund I AIF – and on its acquisition and development, together with Saules Energy, of seven photovoltaic power generation projects, two of which became operational in July and August 2023.

Cobalt has successfully represented Germany's Bauer Spezialtiefbau before the Administrative District Court in a dispute related to a VAT refund for the company against the State Revenue Service of Latvia.

Wolf Theiss has advised Latvian private equity fund INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund and its portfolio company Eco Baltia on the acquisition of a 70% stake in Polish PVC recycler Metal-Plast. Ozog Tomczykowski advised the target's shareholders on the sale. Sorainen reportedly advised INVL and Eco Baltia as well.

Cobalt has advised the Astor Group on its EUR 25 million loan from Rietumu Banka to support the development and operation of its hotel properties in Riga.

Cobalt has advised Change Ventures on leading a EUR 3.6 million investment round into Latvian advertising experience platform Monetizr, with the participation of Techstars and Ludus Ventures.

Njord has advised Latvia's University College of Economics and Culture on the topic of intellectual property protection issues related to student works created within the "Innovation grants for students in interdisciplinary fields of art, culture, economics, and IT (MaKE IT)" European Regional Development Fund project.

Cobalt has advised the BaltCap Private Equity Fund III and investment company Draugiem Capital on their acquisition of a majority stake in Latvia-based multi-sector production company Pepi Rer. RER Lextal reportedly advised Pepi Rer.

On August 2, 2023, Ellex announced that Eesti Gaas’s acquisition of Gaso from Latvijas Gaze (reported by CEE Legal Matters on April 28, 2023) had closed in July 2023.

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Ellex has advised telecommunications infrastructure company Baltic Rezo on a EUR 30 million loan from SEB Bank.

At the end of 2021, the Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 7, 2020, on European crowdfunding service providers for business (EU Crowdfunding Regulation) entered into force. In light of the regulatory requirements, existing crowdfunding platforms with prior authorizations under national rules shall receive authorization under the new regulatory framework by November 10, 2023.