On March 4, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Walless had advised Evli Growth Partners as one of the investors in the USD 9.5 million Series B funding round of 3D model trading platform CGTrader. CEEIHM spoke with Riku Asikainen, Managing Partner & Founder at Evli Growth Partners, to learn more about the deal.

Sorainen has successfully represented bankrupt credit union Taupkase (under administration by Klaipedos Administratoriu Biuras) in the Lithuanian Court of Appeal in a case involving the recognition of a credit union share as a deposit.

Sorainen has advised private equity company ConHostinger on the acquisition of an approximately 31% stake in Hostinger, a company providing web hosting, VPS, Internet domain registration, website building software, and e-mail services. TGS Baltic advised the seller, UAB Debesu Slenis, with both TGS Baltic and Motieka & Audzevicius advising Hostinger on the deal.

Fort Legal has advised EfTEN Capital on its acquisition and leaseback agreement with the Arginta Group for three office and industrial buildings in Vilnius. Ellex Valiunas advised the Arginta Group on the deal.

TGS Baltic has advised Norway's Moller Real Estate Baltic AS on the sale of Audi and Volkswagen dealership buildings in Vilnius to UAB Eika Real Estate Fund, managed by UAB Eika Asset Management. Fort advised the buyer on the deal.

Sorainen has advised the Lewben Art Foundation on a public tender for the lease of premises for an art gallery in Vilnius.

Sorainen and Greenberg Traurig have advised Allianz SE on its acquisition of life and non-life insurance operations and the pension and asset management business in Poland and Lithuania — including Lithuanian subsidiary Aviva Lithuania — from the Aviva Group. The Aviva Poland business also includes Aviva’s 51% shareholding in life and general insurance joint ventures with Santander: Santander-Aviva Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen Na Zycie S.A. and Santander-Aviva Towarzystwo Ubezpieczen S.A. Wiercinski, Kwiecinski, Baehr, working with lead counsel Slaughter and May, advised Aviva on the deal in Poland, and Cobalt advised Aviva on Lithuanian aspects. Rymarz Zdort advised Santander.

Shareholder's rights to information in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

On February 1, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Adon Legal had helped Paymont obtain an Electronic Money Institution license from the Bank of Lithuania. CEEIHM spoke with Stefan Koscelnik, CEO at Paymont, to learn more about the matter.

Motieka & Audzevicius, working with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, has advised Lithuanian start-up Turing College on its relocation to the United States in order to participate in Silicon Valley accelerator Y Combinator.

Cobalt has advised private equity firm Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on the acquisition of the Creditinfo Group in partnership with Creditinfo's founder and management team.

TGS Baltic has advised Maxima Grupe, which controls the largest food retail group in the Baltics, on structuring a commercial paper program, and issuing EUR 40 million of notes under it. Luminor bank acted as the sole arranger and book-runner of the offering.

On January 28, 2021, CEE Legal Matters reported that Sorainen had advised Open Circle Capital on its investment in Monimoto, a company developing smart trackers for motorcycles. CEEIHM spoke with Andrius Bruno Rimkunas, Co-founder and Business Developer at Monimoto, to learn more.

Sorainen has helped KogoPay obtain an electronic money institution licence in Lithuania. 

Sorainen has advised the Fortum energy company on the sale of its district heating business in the Baltics to the Partners Group, a global private markets firm, acting on behalf of its clients. Ellex advised the Partners Group on the transaction.

Cobalt has helped US-based Sezzle Inc. obtain an electronic money institution license from the Bank of Lithuania.

Cobalt, working with lead counsel McCann FitzGerald, has advised Irish aircraft lessor Genesis on its strategic alliance with Heston Aviation to create Heston Airlines. Averus reportedly advised Heston Aviation on the deal, which also included the leasing of a number of A320 aircraft.

Cobalt has advised venture capital fund Karma Ventures on its follow-on investment in Vilnius-based CGTrader, which was advised by Sorainen. Evli Growth Partners, Karma Ventures, and LVV Group participated in the round, in which CGTrader raised USD 9.5 million.