Business consultancy and m&a; transactions

Counselling international concerns related to labour rental and recruiting foreign labour.

Counselling one of Estonia’s most respected advertising agencies, Zavod BBDO OÜ, on issues concerning business contracts and employment.

Counselling commercial associations in applying for one of the largest grants from ARIB (the Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board, PRIA) and while concluding contracts related to it.

Business consultancy of one of the biggest food industries in Estonia, incl. issues related to company law and shareholders’ rights, and transactions related to shares and assets.

ALTERNA counsels its clients in all issues related to the economy and management, both in term of problems encountered in the course of daily business activities and in concluding complicated deals. ALTERNA’s attorneys participate and carry out meetings with governing bodies and advise on the management of internal relations, help with concluding necessary business contracts, assist in mapping legal risks when entering international markets and assist clients in negotiations with various third parties, including clients, suppliers and cooperation partners. They also advise companies in their relations with employees.

ALTERNA’s finance and business consultancy areas are acknowledged by the international law firm evaluating publication IFRL1000 and even two times by the world’s largest legal referral guide Legal500. Head of business consultancy and M&A transactions team Annika Vait has been described as a rare gem who does not only focus on what the client has told her, but also looks at the bigger picture, identifies the potential risks and then addresses them promptly. Law Firm ALTERNA partner and attorney-at-law Siret has been considered as very practical. 

ALTERNA understands that an efficient and productive business consultancy for a client assumes excellent knowledge of the specific field of activity of the client. The experience of ALTERNA comprises cooperation with companies in different sectors and we have remarkable sector specific knowledge in the fields of food processing and IT, as well as construction and real estate.

• Establishment of companies and subsidiaries;
• Transactions with stocks and assets – M&A transactions, audits, negotiations, preparing contracts;
• Restructuring (mergers, divisions) of companies (groups) and liquidation of associations;
• Issues related to the management of companies, decisions of governing bodies and conducting of meetings, contracts with management board and supervisory board members, and disputes related to the governing bodies;

• Shareholders’ rights, contracts and disputes between shareholders;
• Preparation of contracts related to the business activities of the company and negotiations (contracts of sale, supply and procurement, contracts for services, franchise and license agreements, lease contracts);
• Issues related to international commerce (international contracts of sale, insurance contracts, mapping risks in international trading);
• Counselling in dealings with the client company’s employees (contracts of employment, collective employment relationships, collective redundancies, protection of creations, data protection, work permits).

• Counselling Finnish union of construction companies that centres the biggest construction companies regarding cross-border expansion of their packet of services,
• Daily counselling of international timber export group foremost in corporate and contract law fields, as well in legal matters arising from daily business;
• Legal counselling regarding mergers, restructuring, division and changing capital, inter alia in capital changing transaction by over 800 000 euros and in restructuring inside of the corporate group;
• Successful representation in Supreme Court in corporate field dispute with Nõo Lihatööstus AS, that ended with precedent creating decision of Supreme Court in rights of minority shareholders in Estonia;
• Counselling one of the Estonian biggest exporter foremost in corporate, intellectual property, data protection and in contract law fields. Counselling incorporates as well solving legal problems arising from daily business, as counselling in substantial and unique projects, inter alia in negotiations and conclusion of contractual agreements involved with a project with value over 93 000 000 euros;

• Daily business consultancy of the companies operating the stores G-Star, ICON and Terranova, incl. in issues related to business contracts and employment;
• Business consultancy of one of the biggest food industries in Estonia, incl. issues related to company law and shareholders’ rights, and transactions related to shares and assets;
• Counselling commercial associations in applying for one of the largest grants from ARIB (the Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board, PRIA) and while concluding contracts related to it;
• Counselling one of Estonia’s most respected advertising agencies, Zavod BBDO OÜ, on issues concerning business contracts and employment;
• Counselling international concerns related to labour rental and recruiting foreign labour.