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Cobalt Helps Earthport Payment Services Obtain Payment Institution License

Cobalt Helps Earthport Payment Services Obtain Payment Institution License

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Cobalt has helped Earthport Payment Services UAB obtain a payment institution license from the Bank of Lithuania.

Earthport Payment Services is now licensed by the Bank of Lithuania to provide payment services specified in Lithuania's Law on Payments: credit transfers, issuance of payment instruments, and processing of incoming payments.

The only shareholder of Earthport Payment Services is Earthport PLC, a UK-based licensed payment institution. The company is listed on London Stock Exchange. According to Cobalt, "Earthport’s global payment network powers transactions for the global financial institutions, e-commerce companies, money transfer organizations, and payment aggregators."

“By attracting the best of the FinTech industry, our cluster becomes better with each and every new player," said Mantas Katinas, the Managing Director of Invest Lithuania. "Earthport – a company on the forefront of making cross-border seamless for the customer – is definitely one of the strongest additions to our ecosystem this year.” 

Cobalt advised Earthport Payment Services on all issues related to obtaining the license, drafted the license application documents, and represented the company before the Bank of Lithuania. The firm's team consisted of Senior Associate Justina Milasauskiene and Associate Justina Auzbikaviciene

Cobalt at a Glance

COBALT is a closely integrated alliance of top-tier law offices across the Baltics, uniting more than 250 attorneys and support staff. During 25 years of experience, we have become a strategic partner to our clients in handling both daily matters and complex large–scale transactions and disputes.

The firm’s broad spectrum of expertise and established position as the market leader gives a comprehensive basis for providing full-service business law advice.

Top international and regional businesses, financial institutions, state and local governments, and the region’s most promising start-ups are among our clients. We offer leading-edge solutions in key industry sectors: Consumer Products, Trade & Distribution, Real Estate & Construction, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Communications, Media & Technologies, Financial Services, Transport & Logistics.

COBALT has been named Baltic Law Firm of the Year 7 times receiving Chambers Europe, IFLR, The Lawyer and Mergermarket awards, and we are regularly listed amongst the top-performing M&A legal advisors in the Bloomberg, Refinitiv and Mergermarket deal tables. Recognized as the No.1 Lithuanian law firm in the Prospera Law Firm Review 2021 and No. 1 law firm in Latvia in 2022, 2020, 2019, and 2018 client satisfaction surveys. We were recognized as a Baltic-wide Law Firm of the Year at the 2022 Chambers Europe Awards ceremony and named the Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year and Pro Bono Firm of the Year at the annual ITR EMEA Tax Awards 2021 ceremony. 

More information on COBALT can be found at www.cobalt.legal.