Motieka & Audzevicius has advised Kesko Senukai on the acquisition of the "1A" e-commerce business in all three Baltic States from SIA MZ Investments, SIA GS, and SIA KP Investments. Kronbergs Cukste Levin advised the sellers on the deal.

Deloitte Legal Lithuania has advised Aurora Cannabis Inc. on its acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares in Agropro UAB and Borela UAB for approximately EUR 5.5 million. PwC Legal advised Agropro and Borela.

Primus Derling has promoted Senior Associate Arturas Gutauskas to Associate Partner.

Sorainen has advised venture capital fund Open Circle Capital on its investment, made along with technology company iTo, of EUR 300,000 in business process management tool Tasker.

Cobalt's Vilnius office has advised BaltCap Infrastructure Fund on its investment in a real estate development to be leased to the Queen Morta School and Childhood Garden pre-school, both privately run by Austeja Landsbergiene. The prime contractor in the project is UAB Merko Statyba.

Sorainen Vilnius has advised venture capital fund Open Circle Capital on its EUR 400,000 investment, made with the Blue Bridge Group's managing company, into Blue Bridge Group member and CRM solutions developer Teamgate. Primus advised Blue Bridge group in the deal.

The Derling law firm in Estonia and Primus, Attorneys at Law, in Lithuania and Latvia have established a new pan-Baltic alliance, which operates in four offices across the three Baltic countries as Derling Primus in Estonia and Primus Derling in Latvia and Lithuania.

Sorainen has advised Lords LB Special Fund V on signing an agreement with the InterContinental Hotels Group regarding the management of the Holiday Inn hotel in Riga.

Sorainen has advised real estate management and development company MG Valda on the sale of the Park Town office complex in Vilnius.

The Riga and Vilnius members of the former Derling alliance in the Baltics ⎯ Kronbergs Cukste and Dominas, respectively ⎯ have replaced the former Estonian member of the alliance, the Derling law firm, with Glikman Alvin, and have rebranded as the Levin Law alliance, which they describe as "a new force in the Baltics using the combined strength of established firms."

Ellex, Allen & Overy, and Hamilton have advised Blackstone on the EUR 1 billion acquisition by a consortium of private equity funds it manages of a 60% stake in Luminor from Nordea bank AB and DNB Bank ASA. Cobalt advised Luminor on the sale.

Sorainen has advised Pardavimo Automatai and its shareholders on the sale of 100% of the company's shares to BCH Lithuania, managed by Latvia's Baltic Coffee Holding. BCH Lithuania was advised by Cobalt.

TGS Baltic and Sweden's Vinge Law Firm have advised IK Investment Partners on the acquisition of A-Katsastus Group’s operations in the Baltics, Sweden, and Poland. Sweden's Roschier Law Firm and Cobalt advised A-Katsastus Group and its subsidiary A-Katsastus.

TGS Baltic's Vilnius office and Clifford Chance have advised Maxima Grupe, UAB on approval of EUR 1 billion medium-term note program and issuance of EUR 300 million of 5-year bonds. BNP Paribas, Deutsche Bank, and SEB Bankas acted as intermediaries, and were advised by Linklaters and Ellex Valiunas. 

Leda Irzikeviciene has become the first ever Chief Operating Officer at Sorainen, taking overall charge of firm management with Managing Partner Laimonas Skibarka.

Lithuanian lawyer Nerijus Zaleckas has joined Skycop as Head of Legal.

Cobalt has advised Furniture1, UAB, a company operating in Lithuania under the trade mark Baldai1.lt, on the sale of 30% of its shares to Bygghemma Group. The buyers were advised by Deloitte Legal.

Sorainen and Schoenherr have helped the Vienna Insurance Group obtain Lithuanian Competition Council approval for its acquisition of 100% of Seesam Insurance shares from Finnish financial services company OP Financial Group. Ellex Valiunas advised the OP Financial Group on the underlying sale.