Cobalt‘s team, comprising both the corporate and M&A and commercial practices, handles some of the most prominent transactions in the region. With specialties in renewable energy, deep technology, agriculture, e-commerce, healthcare, and financial services, the practice is able to draw upon a wide and varied experience when handling client matters. The team provides advice to majority shareholders on sales, and both the targets and purchasers on major M&A transactions and share purchase agreements. The team is jointly led by Irmantas Norkus, who has extensive experience in private and public M&A transactions, and Elijus Burgis , who heads the firm’s corporate transactions department. Further, Juozas Rimas specialises in private equity M&A deals, and Žilvinas Kvietkus has a well-established practice and reputation in the areas of life sciences and pharmaceutical law.

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Key clients

  • Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS
  • Highland Europe
  • Avitelos prekyba
  • Akola
  • E energija
  • Mid Europa Partners
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Sygnity S.A
  • Kesko Senukai Lithuania
  • STADA Arzneimittel
  • RS Group
  • Moog Inc
  • European Energy
  • Bauer Media
  • Novian Group
  • Masergy Communications, Inc.
  • AT&T
  • Huawei Technologies (Vilnius), UAB
  • Bolt
  • Volkswagen Gmbh
  • Mastercard
  • Visa

Work highlights

  • Advised Bauer Media Group as the local counsel on the merger by Netrisk Group and Bauer Media Group of online comparison businesses in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Represented JSC E energija, in completing the sale of a wind farm of the E energija Group to JSC Ignitis Renewables, which belongs to Ignitis Group, one of the largest energy companies in the Baltic States.
  • Represented Hawk Infinity, a Norwegian investment company, in the acquisition of RoboLabs, an artificial intelligence-based financial accounting software startup.

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Irmantas Norkus, Elijus Burgis, Juozas Rimas, Zilvinas Kvietkus