Mergers and Acquisitions
Tark & Co is the leading Estonian M&A firm, with experience in both public and private M&A transactions. We advise our clients on the structuring of transactions, due diligence work, drafting and negotiating of agreements, drafting of takeover reports, understanding and solving of regulatory aspects of transactions, obtaining competition clearances, communicating with authorities and stock exchanges, and arranging for closing procedures. We also assist clients with post acquisition/merger restructurings.
Since the establishment of the firm in 1991, we have acquired unique experience in Estonia in various types of transactions, share purchases, mergers, asset purchases, management buyouts, divestitures, concession agreements and joint ventures. We have been and are involved in transactions ranging from major banking, infrastructure, production and services sector mergers, takeovers and privatisations to small management buyouts in internet, medical and other industries.
We have been on one or another side in almost all major transactions in Estonia during its newly independent history. We advised Swedbank in their Baltic record breaking takeover of Hansabank (EUR 1.7 billion), the City of Tallinn in its 30 year concession for Tallinn Heating Company, the Republic of Estonia in the privatisation of Estonian Railways, Group 4 Securicor, ISS, CRH and others in their acquisitions in Estonia. Our M&A team has been a pioneer in Estonia in many landmark transactions in finding novel solutions in complex matters. As a result we have unique M&A expertise in Estonia on both the purchaser and seller side.
Our lawyers are also excellent at handling "usual" M&A work including due diligence, negotiations, drafting of agreements, and competition clearances. In many cases we have also received very positive feedback on our advice in relation to transaction structuring and tactics.
We are experienced in working in teams with colleagues from other countries, especially from the Baltics and Scandinavia, in due diligence, merger filing and other cross-border aspects of M&A.
Chambers Global 2010 writes: "Clients highly appreciate the lawyers’ flexibility and diverse expertise in general corporate, M&A and restructuring matters."
IFLR1000 writes: "Risto Vahimets is an essential part of the firm's M&A team, and has pleased clients on transactions. "Our bankers went out to meet him and he worked excellently with them. Risto understood English law very well. He was very good," says one."
Chambers 2007 published: "Interviewees recognise Risto Vahimets' talent in M&A transactions."
Legal 500 2007 issue published: "Tark & Co truly shines in this arena, scoring a string of headline transactions, such as acting for Hansapank, the largest bank in the Baltics, on the restructuring and sale of its insurance brokerage subsidiary."
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