OREANDA-NEWS. July 29, 2014. SORAINEN has been advising ALPIQ, a leading Swiss based European energy company, on a cross-border merger of its subsidiary operating in Lithuania into a European Company (“Societas Europaea”) registered in the Czech Republic under the business name ALPIQ ENERGY, including transformation of the legal form of the Lithuanian subsidiary in preparation for the merger.

From a business perspective, the merger is a part of Alpiq Group?s strategic efforts to centralise its trading activities in the CEE region and the Baltics under ALPIQ ENERGY in order to benefit from synergies within the energy portfolio, integration of teams and know-how.

The client was advised by a SORAINEN team led by partner Algirdas Peksys and including associates Agniete Venckiene and Evaldas Dudonis.