Ellex Raidla's team is engaged in complex financing transactions across the Baltics. Aircraft financing transactions are an area of expertise across the team, particularly for Beata Plociņa. Furthermore, handling cross-border secured lending and assisting with large-scale banking transactions for well-known banking clients are both notable features of the team's workload, as are complex alternative investment fund cases. Marta Cera advises on complex debt financing and capital markets transactions, while Zane Veidemane-Bērziņa is a well-known regulatory compliance specialist; the pair co-head the practice.
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Key clients

  • BigBank
  • SG Capital Partners
  • Citigroup
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Providence Capital
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Goldman Sachs
  • JPMorgan
  • International Capital Markets Association
  • International Finance Corporation
  • Bank of America
  • Generali Europe

Work highlights

Assisted alternative investment fund manager SG Capital Partners AIFP with the set-up of a new alternative investment fund focused on private debt.
Assisted Swedbank Baltic entities with the sale and outsourcing of their ATM part of business to Euronet.
Advised clients on a €300 million IPP financing for the construction of 1.3-gigawatt of solar PV, wind, storage, and hybrid parks in the Baltics and Poland, provided to renewable energy producer Sunly.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

Marta Cera; Zane Veidemane-Bērziņa

Other key lawyers

Beata Plocina