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The EU Pay Transparency Directive is quickly moving from policy to reality, and employers in the Baltics need to start preparing now. In this webinar, employment law experts from Sorainen ’s offices in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia explain the latest developments, what is currently known about national implementation, and what companies operating across the region should expect next. The session a...

This webinar, organised by Sorainen , will equip legal and compliance professionals, ESG and sustainability officers, and business leaders with a clear overview of upcoming legal requirements, potential litigation risks, and the broader policy outlook shaping ESG in Europe. We discussed: the EU Commission’s ESG priorities – understanding the direction of policy is key to anticipating regulatory ch...

This webinar, organised by Sorainen , will break down CS3D and explore its impact on businesses, supply chains, and compliance strategies.  We discussed: The legal implications of CS3D and what they mean for Baltic businesses How CS3D drives corporate responsibility through supplier engagement The Finnish perspective on evolving ESG regulations and the compliance landscape The latest EU sustainabi...

Spordikohtu „mängureeglitest“ räägib Soraineni spordiõiguse ekspert Polina Tšernjak . Episood on salvestatud 11.02.2025 Erinevate Tubade Klubis toimunud spordiõiguse ärihommikul „Spordiõigus: kuidas teha nii, et mänguväljakul võidavad kõik (sportlane, treener, klubi, alaliit ja sponsorid)“ Subscribe here if you would like to receive legal updates and invitations to webinars and offline events. Fol...

This webinar, organised by Sorainen , will explore the important role of tax in advancing ESG initiatives, examining how tax strategies can align with and support broader sustainability objectives and vice versa. Following topics were covered during the webinar: "Assessing tax from a sustainability perspective" "ESG & Transfer pricing: global and local approach" Q&A ses...

 In today’s business landscape, companies often struggle with finding the right balance between protecting their interests and ensuring compliance with the increasingly complicated legal requirements.   While competition law encourages companies to safeguard their trade secrets and investments in employees through restrictions in employment agreements, employment law tends to protect the employees...

Family businesses are vital to the economy, driving employment and innovation, but face unique challenges like balancing family dynamics, succession planning, and staying competitive, making them more vulnerable than non-family businesses. Addressing these issues is key to their long-term success.  Following the current market demand, Sorainen, together with representatives from the Baltics Family...

The Life Sciences & Healthcare sector faces evolving legal challenges due to new legislation, such as the EU medical devices regulations and the AI Act, alongside established areas like competition law and patent disputes, requiring businesses to adopt informed strategies and compliance measures. During the event, Sorainen experts covered: Hot topics in the Baltics Competition law in Life Scie...

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a new European framework for effective and comprehensive management of digital risks in financial markets. It aims to ensure that financial entities are able to withstand, respond to and recover from all types of ICT-related disruptions and threats.  Speakers:  Mihkel Miidla and Agneta Rumpa  from Sorainen Tomas Stamulis and Nerijus Pažereckas from...

The Sorainen ESG service line is dedicated to helping clients navigate the constantly changing landscape of sustainability-related regulation. On this webinar we delved into the ESG topic from different angles: 1) An overview of the ESG landscape in the construction industry; 2) Spotlighting on sector’s carbon footprint, as well as the urgency of renovation, and the hurdles in securing funding for...

Special webinar, organised by Sorainen and dedicated to World Intellectual Property Day.  Among speakers – Sorainen experts from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania. They covered following topics: Strategic audit of company’s rights Copyright compliance Intellectual property in software The webinar should not be missed by anyone who wants to understand how to see objects of intellectual property as assets...

This time we've focused on the European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) , which is set to become the world’s first comprehensive AI law, imposing obligations on both the private and public sectors.  Together with our guest speakers from FibriCheck and Sparkle Consulting , we have discussed the influence that the AI Act will have on your businesses in the Baltics and the EU. We...

Latvia’s wind energy potential is significant, both for onshore and offshore, but the country is lagging behind its neighbors and others. Only 137.4 MW of capacity have been installed, with wind farm projects taking too long to build. The webinar series “Wind Energy Academy: Latvia” organised by the Latvian Wind Energy Association and law firm Sorainen aims to explain and clarify the wind developm...

Tiina Pajula from Afry explains about  climate change and carbon at corporations:  ·         Megatrends and drivers ·         Climate and carbon as a part of wider strategic (ESG) frames at companies  ·         Industry sector and company volunteer initiatives ·         What could (Baltic) companies do to enhance their “carbon actions”?   ·         Key takeaways Subscribe here if you would like to...

How to market without getting caught by the supervisory authorities. The view of the three Baltic states. Discussion from Data protection webinar, Latvia edition. Subscribe here if you would like to receive legal updates and invitations to webinars and offline events. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn .

Simon is ranked consistently among the leading individuals for tax litigation by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners. He is a founding partner at Joseph Hage Aaronson, established 10 years ago. JHA is a boutique dispute resolution firm which specialises in tax litigation. JHA tax litigation practice is ranked in Tier One of Legal 500 and Chambers UK, for every year since the firm was establi...

Tax Stories Podcast – Episode 36 – Pekka Puolakka (FIN) – lessons from father and IOT I n this Tax Stories episode, Jānis chats with Pekka who has spent more than 20 years with Sorainen law firm. After that, he was the Managing Partner of EY Law Baltics for nearly 2 years. He has been my role model and many others. I’d describe him more as an artist in his heart, a lawyer who speaks the business l...

In this Tax Stories  episode I chat with Porus Kaka who is a tax world celebrity, a former president of IFA globally, now Honorary President, the 1st IFA president from Asia in it’s ~85 years’ history. Porus is a Senior Advocate (India) and a Barrister (England and Wales), a trustee at IBFD, completed his LL.M from Harvard Law School. His specialisation is TP litigation, direct and international t...

Leonard Wagenaar is a director at EY UK office, mostly visible as M&A, PE and international tax expert. He was with a Big4 for 9 years, was also working for a bank, two private equity funds and his own consulting. Probably what makes Leonard even more unusual and interesting to follow is that he has a degree in philosophy and one in history. And one can feel that his posts on LinkedIn are stan...

Christian is a global head of tax @Siemens in charge of some 650 tax people, tax law professor & Dr., lecturing at Vienna and Freiburg Universities, president of IFA Germany, Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce Tax Commission, Chairman of the supervisory board of WTS tax network, living an extremely busy life in Germany. Subscribe here if you would like to receive legal updates a...

Counsel Viktorija Cherkas, head of Sorainen’s Latvian Energy sector group, speaks about the latest amendments to legal regulation, which will have a direct impact on wind park development – what to be aware of, and which requirements allow simplification of wind park development and according to what conditions. Subscribe here if you would like to receive legal updates and invitations to webinars...

Sorainen senior associate Andris Vilisons shares a legal overview of the zoning requirements: how developers can feel safe about zoning requirements for the development of wind parks, what the legal solution is in case site planning contradicts Cabinet Rules, and what guarantees developers may receive regarding whether or not detailed planning development is required. Subscribe here if you would l...

In the first Energy Club Latvia we have invited a guest speaker, expert with extensive experience in the wind park project development - Erika Ščiogoleva, head of Ignitis Renewables Latvia. Erika shares her insights into investors’ views of wind park projects: what the most significant things are for investors and what mistakes developers can make during the process that may affect the interests o...

Our guest speakers from Loyens & Loeff – associate, attorney-at-law Joren Vuylsteke and partner, attorney-at-law Valentijn De Boe introduced a number of case studies of complaints to European Commission. They also presented a schematic overview of a typical complaints process and concluded with practical tips for those considering lobbying in the EU. Subscribe here if you would like to receive...

Tax Stories Podcast – Episode 26/Part II –Illya Sverglov (Ukraine) Subscribe here if you would like to receive legal updates and invitations to webinars and offline events. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn .