Sorainen

Sorainen is an international business law firm working as one integrated team for a single goal – helping their clients succeed in business.

With 300 lawyers and tax specialists, Sorainen has the resources to support our clients on all business law and tax issues involving our region. Founded in 1995, the firm has worked on many significant mandates for international and local clients.

Firm Overview:

The firm’s experts specialise both in legal practice areas and business sectors in order to offer commercially savvy legal and tax solutions. The entire firm works under one ISO 9001-certified quality management system and uses state-of-the-art technology to share their experience and know-how among the firm’s offices, teams, and sector groups with the aim of always ensuring high efficiency and quality in their work.

Sorainen is recognised as a top-tier law firm in the region based on rankings by international legal directories—in fact, Sorainen is the most internationally awarded law firm in the Baltics. In 2016, Sorainen became the first Baltic law firm to win the title ‘European Law Firm of the Year’ at the Lawyer European Awards, and in 2021, the first Baltic law firm to be named Central and Eastern Europe M&A Legal Adviser of the Year 2021 by Mergermarket. Innovative at heart, Sorainen is also the most innovative law firm in the region - Financial Times ranks Sorainen among top 30 innovative law firms in Europe.

The Sorainen sustainability strategy is based on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). In 2022, Sorainen became the first law firm in the region to launch a comprehensive sustainability report, covering all areas of operation – environment, people, business and clients, society.

Sorainen's legal expertise covers 12 sectors: Defence, Energy & Infrastructure, Finance & Insurance, Industrials, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Private Client, Private Equity & Venture Capital, Real Estate & Construction, Startups, Technology, Media & Telecommunications, Trade & Consumer Goods, Transport & Logistics.

Main Areas of Practice:

Banking & Finance:

Banking, project finance and ppp, capital markets, financial services and regulation and investment funds, structures and pensions practices.

Key clients: BNP Paribas, Citi Venture Capital International, Cofi, Credit Suisse International, Danske Bank, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, GE Money Bank, Government of the Republic of Latvia, Handelsbanken, HSBC Bank, HSH Nordbank, International Finance Corporation, Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania, Nordea, SEB Pank, Swedbank

Commercial Contracts:

Distribution and trade, information technology and data protection, intellectual property and pharmaceuticals and life sciences practices.

Key clients: AGA, Apple Inc., Bayer, Barclays Bank, Burger King, Canon, Cisco, eBay, Google, Heinz, Hilton, HTC, Intel, Merck Serono, Microsoft, Nestlé, PZU, Quintiles, Red Bull, Siemens, Sony Music Entertainment Finland, Spotify, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Voxbone

Competition & Regulatory:

Competition, energy and utilities and infrastructure and regulatory practices.

Key clients: AGA, Alpiq, China National Chemical Corporation, Eesti Gaas (Estonia’s main natural gas wholesaler and retailer), EUROCASH1, Forum Cinemas, Fortum Power & Heat, Gasum, Hitachi, Lithuanian Energy, Lotos Petrobaltic, Mantinga, Mineraliniai vandenys, Palink, Sandoz, Statoil, Tele2, Topo centras

Corporate & M&A:

Corporate, employment, investment incentives, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and privatisation practices.

Key clients: ABB, AGA, Aon, BaltCap, Barclays, Bayer, Bridgepoint, British American Tobacco, Bolt, Chevron, Citi Venture Capital International, Citycon, Coca-Cola, EBRD, Elektroskandia, Ericsson, Food Union group, Fortum, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, International Finance Corporation, L’Oreal, Nasdaq, Orlen, PZU, Sanoma, SAP, Siemens, Skype, Toyota, Xerox

Dispute Resolution:

Dispute resolution and public procurement practices.

Key clients: European Commission, the Estonian Internal Security Service, governments and parliaments of the Baltic States, ministries, municipalities, the defence sector and many state owned enterprises such as hospitals. Additionally from private sector e.g. BMW, Burger King, Coca-Cola, Deloitte, Deutsche Telekom, Ernst & Young, Google, Hilton, Kesko, Jägermeister, Playboy, Stockmann, TomTom

Government Relations & Administrative Law:

Key clients: Association of Estonian Cities, European Commission, British American Tobacco, Estonian Breweries Association, Estonian Ministry of the Interior, Estonian Ministry of the Environment, Estonian Association of Information Technology and Telecommunications, Estonian Association of Mining Enterprises, Estonian Renewable Energy Association, Latvian Association of Fuel Traders, Latvian Government, Latvian Ministry of Finance, Latvian Venture Capital Association, Lithuanian Biomass Energy Association LITBIOMA, Lithuanian District Heating Association, Lithuanian Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Lithuania, Hitachi, Iberdrola, Statoil Fuel & Retail Eesti, the Association of Commercial Banks of Latvia

Insurance:

Key clients: Aon, CNA Company Insurance Limited, Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs, ERGO, Gjensidige Forsikring, If P&C Insurance, MAI Central Eastern Europe, PZU

Real Estate & Construction:

Construction, environmental and real estate practices.

Key clients: Apollo Cinema, British American Tobacco, Citycon, Dasos Timberland Fund II, Deka Immobilien, DHL, Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway in Riga, Event Hotel Group, Hesburger, Irish Forestry Fund, YIT Ehitus, Merko, Metrostav, MG Valda, Nekilnojamojo turto gama, Northern Horizon Capital, Olympic Entertainment Group, Peikko, Plesko Real Estate, PPS Pipeline Systems, Rimi Eesti Food, SEB Group, Technopolis, VCA Baltic Retail Fund

Tax & Customs:

Key clients: AIG, AirBaltic, AON, Baltic Property Trust, Euler Hermes Kreditversicherungs, Gjensidige Baltic Heidelberg Druckmaschinen, Hitachi, Iberdrola Renovables, Philips Baltic, Siemens, Stockmann, Toyota Baltic