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COBALT recognised as the best law firm in the Baltics / 2024 Prospera Law Firm Review
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Baltic Private M&A Deal Points Study 2024 is out now: Energy & Utilities sector is most active in the M&A market
Deals & Cases
Latvia’s new long-7 year Eurobond sets historic demand record
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WHAT WE DO BEST TO ENHANCE YOUR BUSINESS

Practice groups
International desks
M&A and Corporate Transactions

As the Baltic market leader in this field, COBALT is pleased to be the first choice for local and international clients in the largest and most complex public and private M&A transactions. The size of our Corporate Transactions practice group has enabled us to develop unique in-depth knowledge across various sectors which, with tailored teams set up for the most demanding transactions, provides a competitive edge for our clients. We cover not only straightforward M&A cases and private equity transactions but also spin-offs, joint ventures, management buyouts, and corporate restructuring processes. Working closely with other practice groups enables us to respond to the individual requirements of each transaction and develop tailored solutions for each client.

Corporate Advisory & Employment

Our corporate and employment team offers legal advice to the management and shareholders of local and international companies on both routine and complex corporate and employment matters. We help clients just launching their business as well as provide support in relation to corporate governance, risk management, board liability, employment law, regulatory matters and maintaining good relations with authorities, as well as restructuring and liquidation.

Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

Our top-ranked international team of lawyers advises on a large range of financing and capital market transactions, complex financing techniques, and financial regulatory and compliance matters. We are equally proud of our long-term relationships with established financial institutions and new market participants leveraging technology to disrupt the financial services industry. Our clients include local and international financial institutions, government agencies, international organisations, investment funds, private and listed companies raising equity and debt financing, and the most promising FinTech players in the region. We have provided services for lenders and borrowers, and issuers and underwriters in domestic and cross-border financing, as well as DCM and ECM transactions across all industries. Our experience includes debt and equity offerings, listings on regulated markets, derivatives, and structured finance. Our lawyers combine long-term experience in advising on transactions in a wide range of industrial and financial sectors with a deep knowledge of financial sector specifics and the applicable financial regulatory frameworks. We have also advised on the most significant financial sector M&A transactions in the Baltic region and have assisted in takeover offers in respect of shares in local listed companies. In addition, we consult banking industry representatives on policy issues to help develop a better regulatory landscape.

EU & Competition

Competition, procurement, and state aid are among COBALT’s core business areas. Our experts are deeply involved as litigators and non-governmental advisors in the emerging fields of competitive neutrality and the regulation of superior bargaining power. The multilingual team draws on decisional practice from across Europe. Our business law practitioners and public law thought-leaders rely on each other’s strengths to help clients deal with the multitude of level-playing-field rules and supervisory authorities. Our various practices have a wealth of experience representing clients before EU administrative bodies and courts. Our experts feel comfortable in mixed language contexts to function as powerful intermediaries between clients and EU institutions. Notable assignments include merger control before the European Commission, state aid litigation before the EU General Court, and numerous Grand Chamber cases before the EU Court of Justice and trademark opposition proceedings before EUIPO.

IP, IT & Data Protection

Intellectual property, information technologies and data protection are among core areas at COBALT. We provide advice and represent clients in respect to trademarks and design registration, including protection and transactions, the IT and communications sector, data protection regulations, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and life sciences, product liability and consumer protection, media law and beyond. Our skilled and sizable team of IP/IT lawyers has the required industry business understanding and years of experience for advising clients in the respective areas and representing clients before supervisory authorities and government bodies. We focus on attaining our clients’ goals.

Real Estate, Energy & Environment

Our seasoned team caters for the diverse needs of various real estate and energy sector clients, including real estate transactions, tenancy relationships, property and infrastructure development, energy sector transactions, regulatory aspects and environmental matters, to name but a few. We also focus on processes related to climate change, including transfer to renewables, curbing carbon emissions, navigating subsidy schemes and complying with ever-increasing regulation. During years of practice, our dedicated specialists have gained invaluable experience from advising clients on some of the most significant real estate transactions, complex property, energy and infrastructure development projects, and demanding regulatory issues. This puts us in a perfect position to provide clients with efficient and practical advice, no matter how complicated and specific the issues may be from real estate, energy and the environmental field.

Tax

Our Tax practice group houses more than fifteen full-time tax professionals across our three offices with diverse specialist and professional backgrounds, which, paired with years of experience and a proven track record, allow us to offer our clients the best support in day-to-day tax matters, managing tax risks, structuring M&A transactions and representing clients in the most complex taxation disputes. Our tax experts are recognised as top-tier advisors by leading independent legal directories, and COBALT has been nominated as Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year by the prestigious ITR European Tax Awards.

Dispute Resolution

Our Dispute Resolution team assists clients whenever a legal conflict is anticipated or needs to be avoided, managed or solved. Focusing on our clients’ needs, we have specialist and highly experienced lawyers for complex litigation, restructuring and insolvency, white-collar cases, internal investigations, public administrative and constitutional law questions, public procurement disputes, arbitration and mediation, as well as private wealth matters. Dispute Resolution covers all industries and legal areas, and our clients are also able to benefit from the in-depth knowledge COBALT’s other practice groups can bring to the table.

ESG

The interest and need of companies in environmental, social and governance issues are increasing day by day, both due to the addition of laws and regulations, and the growing expectations of investors, customers, employees, and other stakeholders. Our dedicated team is adept at mapping and mitigating ESG risks and identifying new business opportunities.

FINNISH DESK

Legal assistance for inbound and outbound cross-border business relations between the Baltic States and Finland

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GERMAN DESK

We advise domestic companies that are entering markets in Germany, Austria or Switzerland, and investors from German-speaking countries.

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UKRAINE CRISIS ADVICE DESK

We are ready to assist our clients with situation specific advice and ready-made materials that are needed in the times that the war in Ukraine has changed the economic environment in our region.
We offer free legal services in our areas of expertise to companies and people harmed by attacks on Ukraine.

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WE WIN MORE THAN JUST CASES

COBALT was named Baltic Law Firm of the Year at the 2024 Chambers Europe Awards ceremony.
COBALT recognized as the best law firm in the Baltics for the largest legal service buyers in the Baltics according to the Prospera Law Firm Review 2024.
COBALT received the Latvian Diversity Award 2024 in the Diversity Champion category.
COBALT received CEE Legal Matters 2023 Deal of the Year Award for Estonia and Lithuania.
COBALT was named Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year at ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2023.
COBALT was awarded Baltic Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year at the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2023.
COBALT was awarded Baltic Law Firm of the Year at the Women in Business Awards 2023.
At the Riga Pride 2023 Diversity Award Ceremony, COBALT received the award in the "Pioneers" category.
COBALT Estonia was awarded with the Responsible Business Index. Responsible Business Forum Estonia promotes responsible practices and awards outstanding ESG performers.
COBALT was named Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year at the 2022 Chambers Europe Awards ceremony.
COBALT received the CEE Legal Matters 2022 Deal of the Year Award for Estonia and Latvia.
COBALT was named Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year and Pro Bono Firm of the Year at ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021.
COBALT received CEE Legal Matters 2020 Deal of the Year Award for Estonia and Latvia.
COBALT was awarded Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year 2020 by Chambers Europe.
COBALT was recognized as Baltic Law Firm of the Year 2019 at The Lawyer European Awards. The Lawyer is Europe’s leading legal magazine.
COBALT was recognized as the Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year 2019 in the Baltics at the International Financial Law Review European Awards in London.

Your recognition is the best award

"COBALT is a uniquely Baltic state focused full service law firm with considerable expertise as well as deep relationships in the various countries that they operate. They are consistently excellent at what they do and a pleasure to work with. Their service standards are comparable to the best London firms.'
Legal 500 2024, Dispute Resolution, Lithuania office
"We strongly rate COBALT's ability to handle complex and sophisticated legal matters."
Chambers FinTech Guide 2024, Estonia office
“COBALT's team is efficient and works in a coordinated fashion to deliver breadth and depth. They provide very in-depth knowledge and show dedication to making things happen.”
Chambers Europe 2023, Corporate / Commercial, Latvia office
"COBALT is very strong at handling complex matters. The lawyers are always very practical and usually avoid over-complicated legal language and truly understand what is important in our business and approach."
Chambers Europe 2024, Employment, Estonia office
“The lawyers' responsiveness, clear communication and ability to anticipate challenges make the entire process efficient and remarkably stress-free.”
Chambers Europe 2024, Corporate/Commercial, Lithuania office
"I appreciate the law firm's ability to cover the Baltics. It covers the region, regardless of the type of work. It is my first choice for this region."
Chambers Europe 2023, Corporate / Commercial , Estonia office
“COBALT has a well-established dispute resolution team with highly respected team members, who are reliable in handling complex legal disputes.”
Chambers Europe 2023, Dispute Resolution, Latvia office
"COBALT is an esteemed player in the pan-Baltic area. They are very good with transactions and the fact that they have offices in all the Baltic countries is an asset. This kind of one-stop-shop is valued as the client may not wish to work with different law firms in a single transaction."
Legal 500 2024, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Estonia office
“COBALT's diplomacy, strategic planning, perfection in implementation and unwavering dedication to client satisfaction are exceptional.”
Chambers Europe 2024, Dispute Resolution, Lithuania office
"The client service at the firm is of a very high standard and they are always very quick to reply."
Chambers Europe 2023, Intellectual Property, Estonia office
“Everyone in the team at COBALT is strong and knowledgeable and they offer a good service with strong response rates.”
Chambers Europe 2023, Real Estate, Latvia office
"The lawyers know the local market inside-out, which is very helpful because they can address a number of different queries in different practice areas. They are very good at coordinating with their colleagues."
Chambers Europe 2023, Banking & Finance, Estonia office
"The best thing comparing to other companies is human-to-human contact. There is a lot more creativity involved to find a perfect solution."
Legal 500 2024, Shipping and Transport, Lithuania office