Walless of Lithuania, Derling Primus of Estonia, and Primus Derling of Latvia have signed an agreement to form a pan-Baltic firm operating under the Walless brand.
According to a Walless press release, "a united Walless Baltic law firm will continue to provide top level legal service and seek to become the first choice for regional and international clients working in the Baltic states."
The new Walless will consist, the firm reports, "of 100 lawyers in Vilnius, Riga, Tallinn, and Tartu."
Walless Lithuania was established by a group of partners who, in at the end of 2018, separated from Ellex Valiunas in Lithuania (as reported by CEE Legal Matters on December 13, 2018). The former Primus Derling (and now Walless Latvia) was launched in 2009, after a split of the then-largest Latvian law firm Loze, Grunte & Cers. First operating as Primus, since 2018 the firm has partnered with Estonia's Derling (as reported on October 1, 2018). Walless Estonia was founded as Derling in 2016, after separating from TGS Baltic (as reported on May 26, 2016).
A report on Walless's creation and first year in existence was included in the March, 2020 issue of the CEE Legal Matters magazine.
