Acquisition and Merger of Companies

This has always been an important tool in commercial law, whether it is about implementing strategic expansion or, on the contrary, exiting a company. The “Legeco” team provides comprehensive legal assistance, regardless of whether a company or a part of it is being sold or bought, helping clients successfully identify the most effective transaction methods – sale of assets, sale of equity shares or stock, or reorganization solutions.

“Legeco” lawyers provide advice in private and public transactions, as well as to private and venture capital industry participants, starting from discussing the terms of the deal and conducting in-depth legal research, to successfully completing the transaction and then providing further legal support in the company's management.

Our services in the mentioned area:

• Mergers and acquisitions, providing comprehensive legal assistance to sellers and buyers in the sale and purchase of a company or stake (equity shares, stocks), including when the management buys out the company's assets or stakes, etc.;
• Preparation of the company for sale, helping to choose the most suitable transaction structure, if necessary, separating the object to be sold; preparing data rooms, planning income from the transaction (tax consulting), identifying legal requirements necessary for executing the transaction and assessing risks;
• Assessment of requirements from regulators (Competition Council, Bank of Latvia, etc.), providing support in merger control by preparing a report on the merger of market participants, evaluating compliance requirements related to sanctions, AML, and other issues;
• Company transitions and reorganizations, performing mergers, divisions, alterations, and cross-border mergers;
• Representation in negotiations at all stages of the transaction with persons involved in the transaction;
• Drafting of shareholder, member, and management agreements, ensuring transparent and understandable basic principles of governance, interests of minority shareholders/members, rights of majority members/shareholders, establishing procedures for resolving deadlock situations, etc.;
• Conducting in-depth legal research, evaluating client documentation, legal relationships, and preparing a written report, identifying open deficiencies and issues;
• Daily corporate consultations for companies operating in all sectors;
• Establishment and liquidation of companies, their branches or representative offices, providing liquidator services;
• Representation of creditors and other interested parties in legal entities' liquidation processes, including appealing the decisions of the Register of Enterprises and representing in creditor meetings during the liquidation process;
• Representation in courts and arbitration in all types of commercial disputes, including company claims for damages against board and council members, member exclusion claims, disputes over challenging decisions made at members' or shareholders' meetings.