VILGERTS‘s team handles a wide range of corporate and M&A transactions. Gints Vilgerts leads the practice alongside corporate specialist Reinis Sokolovs. The pair is active in real estate transactions, representing clients with operations across Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The group has significant cross-border and real estate expertise, in particular. Another key corporate specialist in the group is Elizabete Bartansone who assists clients with the formation of companies, corporate changes, liquidation, and merger matters.
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- 'Compared to their competitors, they are capable of resolving issues more swiftly.'
- 'Senior level engagement.'
- 'Responsibility, timing and ability to listen to the client are the key capabilities of the team.'
Key clients
- Air Baltic Corporation AS
- Bauroc SIA
- BAO
- Biļešu paradīze SIA
- BPM Capital OÜ
- Capital AS
- East Capital Real Estate AS
- Ekspress Grupp AS
- Manitou Group
- Metsa Forest Latvia SIA
- SCANIA LATVIA SIA
- Stockmann Oyj Abp
Work highlights
Advising Summus Capital OÜ on its €56 million divestment of commercial real estate assets to the Indexo Real Estate Fund.
Advising the founders of a company on the sale of a majority of shares to the Merito investment fund, including the development of an employee share option plan.
Advising the client on its share acquisition by Beijer Ref AB.
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Practice head
Reinis Sokolovs; Gints Vilgerts
Other key lawyers
Elizabete Bartansone