The dedicated M&A practice, co-led by Guntars Zile, at Cobalt provides a wide range of public and private M&A expertise to its clientele, including assisting with financial restructurings and transactions related to venture capital funds. Strategic merger transactions, ranging from minority to 100% stake acquisitions across various sectors, are also a key channel of work for the group. Dace Silava-Tomsone handles mergers for companies with high market shares. Practice co-head Gatis Flinters has experience advising on the negotiation and documentation aspects of key corporate and commercial matters. Diāna Zepa is also a noteworthy practitioner in the group.
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Key clients
- Bauer Media
- Bidfood Baltics
- Redwire Corporation
- airBaltic
- BaltCap
- Luminor Bank
- Moller Baltic Import
- Latvenergo Group
- Ķekava Foods
- Printify
Work highlights
Advised Redwire Corporation on its acquisition of Edge Autonomy Intermediate Holdings LLC.
Advised Printify on its merger with Printful, uniting two key players in the e-commerce production-on-demand space.
Advised Latvenergo on the acquisition of a 265 MWp solar power plant project in Latvia from Danish Sun Energy ApS.
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Practice head
Guntars Zīle; Gatis Flinters
Other key lawyers
Dace Silava-Tomsone; Diāna Zepa