Akvilė Bosaitė

Partner / Lithuania

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About

Akvilė Bosaitė is a Partner and Co-Head of the Banking and Finance Practice Group. She has specialised in banking, finance, investment funds, project financing, restructuring of financing, securities and M&A for over fourteen years. Akvilė Bosaitė is a recommended expert in finance law by international law firm directories. She holds a Master’s degree in Law from Vilnius University and an LL.M. from Erasmus University, Rotterdam (The Netherlands).

During her legal practice, Akvilė Bosaitė has led a number of the largest financing, investment funds, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions projects both in Lithuania and foreign jurisdictions. She acted as an adviser in numerous banking-related assignments (including lending, refinancing and loan portfolio sale), one of the few initial public offerings of equity and debt securities in Lithuania, structuring and formation of various funds (including venture, seed and UCITS) and other finance law related projects.

Practice

Recognition

Banking and finance – Band 2, Chambers Europe 2023
Fintech legal – Band 2, Chambers Fintech 2022
Banking – Market leader, IFLR1000 2022
M&A – Market leader, IFLR1000 2022
Banking and finance – Leading individuals, The Legal 500 2022

Languages

Lithuanian, English, Russian

Membership & education

Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association (since 2009)
Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Postgraduate LLM in Business, Corporate and Maritime Law (specialisation Corporate Law) (2008)
PhD studies at the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University (2004-to date)
Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Master’s degree in Law (2004)
European and Comparative Law studies at University of Gent, Belgium (2003)

Experience

A Lithuanian medical technology start-up Ligence has secured a EUR 3 million investment

Ovoko attracts EUR 20 million investment

Practica Venture Capital KŪB successfully exited its investment in MedDream

Aquila Clean Energy secures EUR 125 million green Loan for development of Windfarm Akmenė Two

Practica Capital and Market One Capital have invested EUR 2 million in Eany.io

Raft Capital Baltic Equity Fund raises EUR 50 million in investments

Practica Capital finishes a EUR 1 million pre-seed funding round into CTO2B

Business angels and Firstpick invests €1M in Softloans

Viola Credit provides €100m debt facility to B2B BNPL fintech Hokodo

Practica Capital and Impellent Ventures invest in the startup Evergrowth

Practica Capital announced the final closing of its largest fund to date at an €80 million hard cap

Practica Capital and EIC fund start a partnership with Sentante

Venture capital firm Highland Europe invested in PVcase

Practica Capital has invested in Amlyze: a modern innovation in money laundering prevention

COBALT advised Practica Capital on the realisation of their investment in UAB Upa MCT

COBALT advised kevin. on attraction of $65m investment

COBALT advised TT Express UAB on its acquisition of an Electronic Money Institution licence in Lithuania

COBALT advised Practica Capital on its investment in a Swedish start-up Favro

COBALT assisted Aviva in the successful closing of the sale of Aviva Poland and Lithuania to Allianz

COBALT supports start-ups and contributes to a free legal document platform

COBALT advised kevin. on attraction of $10m investment

COBALT advised Practica Capital on investing in a Lithuanian start-up Billo

COBALT advised Practica Capital on investing in a European pharmaceutical marketplace Pipelinepharma

COBALT advised Practica Capital on investing in a Lithuanian SolarTech PVcase

COBALT advised Netrisk Group on acquiring an insurance services aggregator Edrauda

COBALT advised Change Ventures on investing in a Lithuanian edtech Memby

COBALT advised Noviti finance on attracting EUR 700 000 investment

COBALT is advising Interactio on attracting the largest Series A round investment in Lithuania

COBALT advised Aviva on the sale of its shareholding in Aviva Poland and Lithuania to Allianz

COBALT advised a US-based “buy now, pay later” unicorn Sezzle on acquiring an EMI licence in Lithuania

COBALT advised Genesis on its strategic alliance with Heston Aviation to create Heston Airlines

COBALT advised Practica Capital on investing in a start-up Eneba

COBALT advised Practica Capital on investing in a start-up RRR.lt

COBALT advised CoInvest Capital on investing in a teachers learning start-up Teachers Lead Tech

COBALT advised on the sale of UAB TVC Solutions shares to the Broadcast Solutions Group

COBALT advised Practica Capital on completing the €28.5M fundraising

COBALT advised ValorPay UAB on obtaining a payment institution licence

COBALT advised KEVIN EU, UAB in obtaining a licence of a payment institution

COBALT advised Morgan Stanley in connection with the financing of the acquisition and takeover bid of Olympic Entertainment Group shares

COBALT advised Wallter, UAB in obtaining a licence of an electronic money institution

COBALT advised Practica funds on the sale of their shareholding in UAB NanoAvionika to AST&Science

COBALT is advising Agrosfera UAB on the sale of a shareholding in UAB ICOR

COBALT advised UAB GlobalNetint in obtaining a licence of an electronic money institution

COBALT advises managers of the Baltic entities of pharmaceutical wholesale company Oriola in management buy-out

COBALT represented a syndicate of banks in granting Telia Lietuva a syndicated loan of EUR 60 million

COBALT advised Mobilūs mokėjimai in obtaining a licence of an electronic money institution

COBALT represented East West Agro in its preparations for an IPO

COBALT advised Practica Capital on its investment in Rubedo sistemos

COBALT advised UAB Bitė Lietuva in obtaining a licence of an electronic money institution

COBALT advised 4finance Group on issue of EUR 100 million corporate bonds

COBALT advised Practica Capital on its investment to TRAFI

COBALT acted for AB Bobutės paskola in admission of its bonds to trading on First North market

COBALT advised AB Invalda LT on the acquisition of Finasta Group

COBALT advised UAB EPSO-G on the acquisition of shares in AB Amber Grid from E.ON Ruhrgas International

COBALT advised UAB Ūkio Banko Investicinė Grupė bankruptcy administrator on the sale of Hearts Football Club

COBALT advised Practica Capital on its investments in Cheap Data Communications

COBALT advised Practica Capital on its first investments under the JEREMIE initiative

COBALT advised Practica Capital on the establishment of business accelerator Startup.lt

COBALT advised UAB Martesa on the acquisition of 100% shares in UAB PONTEM

COBALT led an unprecedented transfer of good bank assets to a major Lithuanian bank

COBALT advised LKAB Klaipėdos Smeltė in relation to EUR 65 million credit facilities

COBALT advised AB Linas Agro Group on the acquisition of Jungtinė ekspedicija

COBALT advised AB Linas agro group on the acquisition of the remaining shareholding in UAB Dotnuvos projektai

COBALT contributed to the establishment of two Practica Capital funds

COBALT contributed to the establishment of the real estate fund Lords LB Baltic Fund III

COBALT contributed to the establishment of the umbrella hedge fund ORION PORTFOLIO FUND

Publications

Lithuania: Is the EU’s New Crowdfunding Regulation an Opportunity for Lithuania?

COVID-19 in the Baltics: FAQ on Banking & Finance law issues due to COVID-19 outbreak

Civil Law. General part

We are driven by your recognition

“Akvile has a very effective strategy in negotiations, she helps us to move forwards in difficult matters.”

Chambers Europe 2024, Banking & Finance

“Her ability to mediate and stay loyal to the client is a strength.”

Chambers Europe 2024, Banking & Finance

“Akvilė often advises clients on obtaining electronic money institution licences, as well as other financial services regulatory matters, M&A transactions and capital markets work.”

Chambers FinTech Guide 2024

"What makes her stand out is their availability and promptness of responses. We worked on a deal which in a few cases required feedback on hourly bases and we were never let down."

The Legal 500 2023, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets

"Akvilė Bosaitė is a true leader."

Chambers Europe 2023, Banking & Finance

"Akvilė Bosaitė has received widespread recognition from market sources for her efficiency and availability. She has extensive experience in transactional and regulatory issues, and also advises clients on venture capital matters."

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