New EU states proactive on competition By Sten Luiga from Luiga, Mugu & Borenius, Estonia, Ieva Azanda from Liepa, Skopina/BORENIUS, Latvia, and Tomas Rymeikis from Foigt & Partners/REGIJA BORENIUS, Lithuania, together with Janne Kairo from Borenius & Kemppinen, Finland
Baltic takeover practices already in line with EC Member states have until 2006 to implement the EC Takeover Directive. Gediminas Lisauskas and Egle Lauraityte of Jurevicius, Balciunas & Bartkus ask how much it will affect takeovers in the Baltic States
The tax treatment of Baltic corporate deals Marina Tolmatshova, Ieva Smilgaine and Arunas Sidlauskas of Roschier Raidla provide an overview of income and value-added tax regimes for companies established in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Baltics emerge as worthy market for acquisitions By Egons Pikelis of Klavins & Slaidins LAWIN, Anton Sigal of Lepik & Luhaaar LAWIN, and Laimonas Skibarka and Sergej Butov of Lideika Petrauskas Valiunas ir Partneriai LAWIN
Minority shareholders' rights in squeeze-outs Valters Gencs of the Law offices of Valters Gencs provides an overview of the types of share buyout offer made in Latvia and how the rights of minority shareholders are protected
How commercial law regulates reorganization Agnese Jauntirane and Janis Loze of Loze & Partners outline the general procedure for reorganization in Latvia
Investors in Estonian real estate face legal problems There are some aspects of Estonian legislation that a foreign investor could pay more attention to when buying and financing real estate. Erki Kergandberg of Law Office Aivar Pilv outlines a few of them
