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Cobalt, TGS Baltic, and Ellex Advise on Kongsberg's Acquisition of NanoAvionics

Cobalt, TGS Baltic, and Ellex Advise on Kongsberg's Acquisition of NanoAvionics

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Cobalt has advised Norwegian technology company Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace on the acquisition of the Lithuanian small satellite manufacturer NanoAvionics. TGS Baltic advised NanoAvionics founders Vytenis Buzas and Linas Sargautis who, together with AST & Science, sold NanoAvionics. Ellex advised AST & Science.

According to Cobalt, “NanoAvionics is a leading smallsat mission integrator and bus manufacturer with significant global growth in recent years, including expansions into the United Kingdom and the United States.”

“By acquiring NanoAvionics, Kongsberg expands its portfolio to also have products and technology for designing and manufacturing small satellites”, said Kongsberg CEO Geir Haoy.

Cobalt’s team included Managing Partner Irmantas Norkus, Partner Juozas Rimas, and Senior Associates Zygintas Voronavicius and Manvydas Borusas.

TGS Baltic's team included Partner Marius Matonis and Associates Paulius Dabulskis and Kotryna Visockyte.

Ellex's team included partner Ramunas Petravicius, Senior Associates Augustinas Macionis and Marijus Dingilevskis, Associate Andrej Jemeljanov, and Junior Associate Ovidijus Girdauskas.

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.