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Cobalt Advises BaltCap on Sale of Vendon to Azkoyen

Cobalt Advises BaltCap on Sale of Vendon to Azkoyen

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Cobalt has advised the BaltCap Latvia Venture Capital Fund and other shareholders on their sale of Vendon to Azkoyen. Garrigues reportedly advised the buyer.

Draugiem Group company Vendon provides business intelligence, telemetry, and payment solutions in Central Europe.

BaltCap is a private equity and venture capital investor in the Baltics.

The Spain-headquartered Azkoyen Group specializes in the design, manufacture, and sale of technological solutions for payment systems, vending machines, security systems, and access control.

"BaltCap’s goal has always been to enable growth companies in the Baltic Sea region to fulfill their true potential and help local talent take their businesses to the global stage," BaltCap Partner Martins Jaunarajs commented. "Within the Azkoyen Group, the Vendon team will have the opportunity to expand their reach further and develop new cutting-edge technology solutions."

The Cobalt team included Partners Guntars Zile and Sandija Novicka, Senior Associates Elina Locmele, Diana Zepa, and Liga Fjodorova, and Associates Agnese Gerharde and Gabriela Santare.

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.