Tark & Co boasts strong names in both finance and M&A, with young but experienced partners Hannes Vallikivi and Risto Vahimets the driving forces behind the firm.The firm has added four lawyers despite current trends in the legal market....
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Tark & Co boasts strong names in both finance and M&A, with young but experienced partners Hannes Vallikivi and Risto Vahimets the driving forces behind the firm.
The firm has added four lawyers despite current trends in the legal market. Associate Kerstin Pilt is the most significant arrival, coming from the Estonian Financial Supervision Authority.
Vallikivi is the senior finance partner and worked on one of the few Estonia-originated transactions in 2009. The firm represented the city of Tallinn in the €31.4 million bond issue arranged by Nordea Bank. Representing the city again in November 2008, the firm advised on a €32 million project finance facility from the European Investment Bank.
In the same month the firm completed a €22.4 million financing for the shipping company Infortar Group. On the M&A side Vahimets has been busy too, advising the buyer Ascar Tallinn in the 100% acquisition of Korea Auto.
The firm also advised Danske Bank on its cross-border merger with its Estonian subsidiary Sampo Bank in June 2008.
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