Biography
Eva is Sorainen Managing Partner and head of the Corporate and M&A practice group in Latvia. Passionate about hands-on work in client matters and law firm management, she constantly strives for improvement.
Professional highlights
Seasoned M&A and private equity practitioner. Eva is one of the most experienced M&A and private equity practitioners currently active in the Latvian market. Sorainen team is constantly involved with M&A and private equity transactions that feature among the largest in the country. Quite a number of those transactions have been historically important for the development of the Latvian legal system, such as the bailout of Parex bank by the government in 2008, or the more recent acquisition of MTG Baltic operations by Providence Equity Partners.
Corporate governance as academic interest. Eva researches and closely follows the development of corporate governance in Latvia. For over 10 years, she has been lecturing on this topic in different forums, organising events, and helping clients in order to build efficient corporate governance structures in their companies and advising on complex corporate disputes.
Private Equity, venture capital, start-ups. It is important to devote at least some of her time and experience to advocating and developing the law in areas where the economic development of the country would otherwise be limited. For years she has considered private equity, venture capital and start-ups as such fields for her, therefore she focuses on them both through actual work on legislative initiatives and advocating for change in her different roles, including as a legal advisor of the Latvian Venture Capital and Private Equity association.
Academic background
- SSE Riga, Executive MBA
- Riga Graduate School of Law, Latvia (LLM)
- University of Latvia, Latvia (LLB, LLM)