OREANDA-NEWS. May 20, 2010. Clients have again recognised law firm SORAINEN as the “Baltic Law Firm of the Year”, the award presented at the PLC Which lawyer? Awards 2010 on 14 May 2010. These awards are based solely on e-voting by company in-house lawyers. SORAINEN was commended for “seamless service from office to office”. This is the second year in a row that SORAINEN has been honoured with this international acknowledgement, reported the press-centre of SORAINEN.

“The PLC Which lawyer? Awards are particularly important and prestigious because they are voted for by our clients, who are often using various different law firms and thus can compare services,” comments Aku Sorainen, senior partner of the law firm. “PLC has conferred this award for the Baltics only for two years, and we have been awarded both times. We are committed to providing top legal service and with this award clients show their acknowledgement of our expertise in meeting their regional needs,” adds Pekka Puolakka, managing partner of SORAINEN.

The winners of 34 regional and country awards were based on votes from 5,500 general counsel surveyed globally. PLC Which lawyer? is an essential guide to leading lawyers and law firms in over 110 countries and has been providing independently researched market intelligence on lawyers active in core commercial practice areas since 1995. PLC Which lawyer? is part of Practical Law Company, a leading international provider of legal know-how, transactional analysis, and market intelligence for lawyers.

Since 1995 SORAINEN has serviced over 6,000 corporate clients in the Baltics and Belarus. The firm is constantly advising on a majority of the largest corporate, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, financing, real estate, and other commercial transactions in the Baltic States and Belarus. SORAINEN’s track record includes close to 30,000 cases in different fields of business law.

With repeated recognition from PLC Which lawyer?, SORAINEN remains the most awarded and internationally recognised law firm in the Baltics. In addition to receiving the PLC Which lawyer? award in two consecutive years, SORAINEN was recognised as the “Baltic Law Firm of the Year” at the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) European Awards both in 2009 and 2010, and as the “Baltic Legal Adviser of the Year” at the European M&A Awards 2008 organised by The Financial Times & Mergermarket (this award was not given out for the Baltics in 2009). SORAINEN is the only law firm in Europe awarded in one national/regional category at the PLC Which lawyer? Awards and IFLR European Awards in both 2009 and 2010.