TGS Baltic

Practices: Mergers & Acquisitions / Banking & Finance / Intellectual Property / Project Finance / Corporate Law

Partner, Head of Banking & Finance practice group, Latvia

Since 2012 Partner, law firm TGS Baltic Since 2009 Senior Associate, law firm TGS Baltic 2005 – 2009 Senior Associate, law firm Loze, Grunte & Cers 2003 – 2005 Associate, law firm Grunte & Cers 1999 – 2003 Legal Assistant, law firm Grunte & Cers

Latvian, English, Russian, French

Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (Information Officer since 2004) Latvian Bar Association (admitted 2003)

2003 Department of Law, Central European University (LL.M. in Comparative Constitutional Law) 2002 Department of Law, University of Latvia (Dipl.iur.)

The main areas of practice for Inese are Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking & Finance, Intellectual Property, Project Finance, Corporate Law. Inese Hazenfusa has over 18 years of experience in provision of legal services and she has been the team leader for most of the firm’s banking and finance transactions and is listed as a leading banking and finance expert by all best known international legal directories.

Inese recently led project teams handling major projects:

APF Holdings, which includes one of the largest Baltic egg producers SIA Alūksnes putnu ferma, has raised 7 million euros in a private bond issue for the implementation of its development plans.

iCotton, a prominent Baltic hygiene products manufacturer,  issued EUR 20 million secured bonds in collaboration with Signet Bank.

Swedbank acquisition of Danske Bank personal banking business in Latvia and Lithuania.

SEB bank providing of EUR 76 million syndicated loan to Linstow Group in Latvia for refinancing its liabilities in the largest shopping malls in Latvia

The largest environmental and waste management group in the Baltics, Eco Baltia, entering the bond market with its inaugural 3-year bond issue