Cobalt, working with Dentons, has advised Latvian national airline AirBaltic on its EUR 340 million issuance of senior secured bonds with a maturity of 5.25 years to be listed on the Euronext Dublin stock exchange. TGS Baltic, working with Linklaters, advised joint global coordinators BNP Paribas, Citi, and JP Morgan, joint bookrunners Morgan Stanley and SEB, and co-managers LHV and Signet Bank.

TGS Baltic, working with Hannes Snellman, has advised Accel-KKR on its majority equity investment in the Aico Group.

On the evening of April 25, 2024, the Deal of the Year Awards Banquet brought together, under the same roof, top-tier lawyers from Central and Eastern Europe's leading law firms in the region in Warsaw.

Estonian law firm Lextal, Latvian law firm RER Lextal, and Lithuanian law firm ILAW Lextal have unveiled their new name and identity: Widen, "a Baltic law firm that sees itself as the Legal Jazz Company."

TGS Baltic has advised recycling company Eco Baltia on its acquisition – via its Latvijas Zalais Punkts subsidiary – of harmful and hazardous waste collection company Eko Osta.

Walless and Fort have announced their agreement to merge their Estonian operations under the Walless brand, while Walless will also strengthen its operational capacities in Latvia with the addition of the Fort Latvia litigation team.

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Cobalt has advised Latvian construction equipment rental company Storent Holdings on a new bond issuance, which raised EUR 8.7 million for notes with a 10% interest rate.

Lextal, working alongside Finnish Dittmar & Indrenius, has advised Dasos Capital on its sale of a forest asset portfolio to Ingka Investments.

TGS Baltic, working with Cederquist, has advised Kinnevik on the sale of its entire holding in Tele2 to Freya Investissement for a total of SEK 13 billion.

It is a time of transformative change for the Baltic region, according to Spridzans, Snipe & Hramcenko Partner Ansis Spridzans, considering important developments like the Rail Baltica project connecting Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius in the Baltic states with Central Europe, the growth of fintech and cutting-edge finance, and the impact of ESG on the Latvian banking and finance sector.

TGS Baltic and Juzala Salwa have advised CVI on its full acquisition of APF Holdings' EUR 7 million private bond placement.

TGS Baltic and Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov have advised Ifco Systems on its acquisition of Bepco. RASK advised Rostock Capital, Navitas, and Green Technology on the sale.

Cobalt has advised Latvian national carrier AirBaltic on its agreement with UPB Nams for the construction of the Baltic Cargo Hub at the Riga Airport, as well as on the related agreements with Riga Airport and design and construction agreements.

Former Senior Associate Zane Sedlova has been promoted to an Associate Partner position at TGS Baltic in Latvia.

Walless has advised the Med Grupe shareholders on the sale of their pan-Baltic dental equipment distribution business to Straumann. Sorainen reportedly advised the Straumann Group.

TGS Baltic has advised Darda on its EUR 1.3 million sale of a 3,777-square-meter plot in the center of Riga to Satekles Business Center 2 for the development of a new office complex. Sorainen reportedly advised the buyer.

TGS Baltic has advised Lielais Lauks on the EUR 460,000 sale of a 3.19-hectare land plot in Adazi, Latvia, to Kinetics Nail Systems, which plans to construct a new factory.