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Lepik & Luhaäär LAWIN recognised as a leading corporate finance law firm in Estonia
For the 5th consecutive year IFLR 1000, an international legal market’s leading guide, recognises Lepik & Luhaäär LAWIN as a market leading law firm in corporate finance. According to the research results, clients are very satisfied with the firm’s work: „Lepik & Luhaäär LAWIN was a positive experience in all respects. They were quick to respond and I was pleased with the substance of their work“. Mr Martin Simovart is highly recommended as a leading lawyer in Estonia for advising jurisdiction’s standout transactions and Mr Ermo Kosk for his responsiveness, ability to manage transactions and quickly pick up financial concepts. The following projects were pointed out as most significant work highlights: • advising UBS, Citigroup, Barclays Capital and Renaissance Capital on securities law regulations and issues;
• advising Interinfo Group, a subsidiary of private-equity group Texas Pacific, on one of the jurisdiction’s standout M&A transactions – sale of internet portal Delfi to media company Ekspress Group;
• advising Arcelor Mittal on acquisition of the Estonian leading steel producer Galvex Estonia;
• advising OKO Bank as the lead arranger on the financing and collateral issues on a loan facility, which involved Ermo Kosk coordinating a team across the Baltic region;
• advising the Estonian-based Silvano Fashion Group on its listing on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, following last year’s listing in Tallinn (this was the first time an Estonian company has listed in Warsaw);
• advising Tallinn City Municipality on one of the largest Estonian PPP projects – renovation of public schools with transaction value over MEUR 250. LAWIN offices in Latvia, Klavins and Slaidins LAWIN and in Lithuania, Lideika Petrauskas, Valiunas ir partneriai, were also recognised as market leaders in their jurisdictions for being far ahead from competitors and advising most significant corporate finance cross-border transactions in the Baltics. IFLR 1000 is an international market’s leading directory, ranking each year top-tier international and local law firms offering advice on international corporate finance. The guide lists only corporate and financial law firms at the top of their profession in over 100 jurisdictions and the lawyers with best track record.
Recommendations are based on deep, objective analysis and recommendations of in-house counsel of the world’s most prominent financial institutions and companies, as well as leading lawyers in each legal market of every country and practice covered. IFLR 1000 2009 edition's law firm rankings for Estonia are available here ; for Latvia here ; and for Lithuania here .
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