Cobalt
Client SatisfactionCobalt‘s experienced practitioners assist multinational corporations, venture capitalists, and private equity investment funds with high-value financings, transactions, restructurings, and takeovers, as well as advising on sanctions compliance. The firm has considerable experience advising on cross-border mergers and joint ventures, especially in the energy space, with mandates extending throughout the Baltics, Scandinavia, and beyond. Gatis Flinters heads up the dedicated corporate and commercial group, while Guntars Zīle oversees the M&A offering. With nearly three decades experience, managing partner Dace Silava-Tomsone provides additional strength in corporate governance and merger control issues. At the senior associate level, Diāna Zepa is noted.
Key clients
- Altum
- airBaltic
- BaltCap
- Danone
- Hansab
- HKScan
- Luminor Bank
- Moller Baltic Import
- Pfizer
- Roche
Work highlights
- Advised 888 Holding Plc, a major betting and gaming company, on the sale of its indirect shareholding in two Latvian subsidiaries, Mr Green Latvia SIA and William Hill Latvia SIA, to Nordic gaming company Paf Consulting Abp.
- Advised energy infrastructure contractor Enersense SIA, within the structure of a joint venture with Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, on the supply and installation of three synchronous condensers for the Latvian transmission system operator.
- Advised investment fund BaltCap on HansaMatrix's entire takeover process, resulting in the delisting of HansaMatrix shares from the Baltic Main List of the NASDAQ Riga-regulated market.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Guntars Zīle, Gatis Flinters