Annual Baltic Business Law Conference 2010 - Re-birth of Baltic M&A
The RoschierRaidla Baltic Business Law Conference is an annual event that analyses developments in the economies and business sectors in the Nordic/Baltic region. This is the fifth year for the conference and this year it was organised in Tallinn, Estonia. The conference was focused on the transactions market. It was organized into two main sections. One looked at the Baltic economies and M&A markets from a western perspective, and the second did the same from an eastern perspective.

Presentations were delivered by Mr. Juhan Parts, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia, Mr. Jan Olsson from Deutsche Bank, Mr. Erkki Raasuke from Swedbank Group, Mr. Ulf-Henrik Kull, the managing partner of the leading law firm in the Nordic countries – Roschier, key specialists from the investments field – Mr. Henrik Igasta from SEB Enskilda, Mr. Viljar Arakas from EfTEN Capital, Mr. Gert Tiivas from East Capital Explorer and Mr. Aare Tammemäe from Redgate Capital.

Investment potential from the East were analysed by Mr. Mikhail Kazantsev from the largest law firm in Russia - Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners, Mr. Raivo Vare from Estonian Development Fund as well as opinion leaders with profound experience in business with the East - Mr. Joakim Helenius from Trigon Capital, Mr. Fjodor Berman from BLRT Group, Mr. Urmas Sõõrumaa from U.S. Invest and Mr. Tiit Vähi from Silmet Group/Port of Sillamäe.

A comparative overview on investment perspectives from the west and the east were provided by Mr. Stephen Denyer, the global markets partner in Allen & Overy – law firm with worldwide operations in 34 countries.

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Procurement Expert Jolita Rima Puškorienė joins Raidla Lejins & Norcous
This week a public procurement expert, attorney Jolita Rima Puškorienė joined our firm. J. R. Puškorienė will head the public procurement unit in the firm’s dispute resolution practice group and will be responsible for its further development. The Law Offices consolidates its competence in the area of public procurement as a response to increasing demands to represent clients in public procurement litigation and give counsel on public procurement processes, execution of statutory public procurement procedures, conclusion of agreements and ensuring timely and lawful consumption of EU funds.

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A 1.5 ha area planted by Law Offices Raidla Lejins & Norcous will become a real forest in six years
At the end of April, Law Offices Raidla Lejins & Norcous contributed to “green” ideas and initiatives of nature protection and restoration. In Galaverknė forest (Rūdiškės Forestry District, Trakai Forest Enterprise) the team of our office planted over 6,500 conifers that will become a real forest in 6 - 8 years.

By participating in this campaign we seek to compensate the harm that our office makes to forests due to specific character of our activities – numerous disputes and cases consume vast amounts of paper.

Senior associate Juozas Rimas defended a doctoral thesis
Senior associate Juozas Rimas defended a doctoral thesis Private Equity Transactions: a Corporate Law Perspective at the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University and was awarded a doctoral degree in law. Juozas Rimas works in the firm‘s Transaction and Finance practice group, with a focus on M&A and corporate law.

Energy Law Expert Mindaugas Jablonskis joins Law Offices Raidla Lejins & Norcous
This week an energy law and regulated markets expert Mindaugas Jablonskis joins the country’s leading Law Offices Raidla Lejins & Norcous. M. Jablonskis will lead the Law Offices’ energy law specialists group and will be responsible for its further development. The Law Offices consolidates its competence in the area of energy in response to increasing demands of clients determined by the EU and Lithuanian legislation changes regulating the energy sector.

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