Hedman Partners, having offices in Helsinki, Tallinn, St. Petersburg and Jekaterinburg and its partner law firms Skrastins and Dzenis (Riga, Latvia) and Motieka & Audzevicius (Vilnius, Lithuania) have formed a HEDMAN GROUP – an exclusive network of leading law firms in the Baltic Sea region and Russia. “Our group is now the first international law firm, having presence in all Baltic States, Russia and Finland. This unique combination enables Nordic, Baltic and Russian clients to grow their businesses in this interesting and challenging market” says Partner Kalle Pedak from Helsinki office. “We started out integration firstly within three Baltic States in 2007 and creating this new network enables us now to offer advice in five jurisdictions. We are focusing in all of our offices in cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, including restructurings, and in dispute resolutions. Our aim is to provide to our clients through our network with innovative solutions to their legal issues” believes Kalle Pedak. Although the market faces now hard economical times, at the same time it gives to the clients interesting opportunities, says Ramunas Audzevicius from Vilnius office. Members of HEDMAN GROUP are: Hedman Partners with offices in Helsinki, Tallinn, St.Petersburg and Jekaterinburg. For further information: Senior Partner Harry Hedman or Partner Kalle Pedak, tel., + 358 9 177060, www.hedman-attorneys.com Skrastins & Dzenis, Riga office, for further information: Partner Aivis Dzenis, tel. + 371 67226696, www.skdz.lv Motieka & Audzevicius, Vilnius office. For further information: Partner Ramunas Audzevicius., tel. + 370 260 3575, www.ma-law.lt Our firm is a member of the Globalaw network – one of the most important worldwide networks of independent law firms with over 5,000 lawyers in 170 cities. Member firms of Globalaw share numerous characteristics. Most are medium sized within their jurisdiction, with the ability to devote individual attention to their clients and they are committed to offering highest quality services. Participation in Globalaw network enables us to collaborate straight out with lawyers of foreign countries witch is important advantage in representing Clients in them multinational transactions and projects.