M&A in Financial Sector. Purchase/Sale of Payment and Electronic Money Institutions

Lithuania currently has the biggest number of licensed payment and electronic money institutions in European Union. Acquiring of existing EMI, payment or other financial institution may save lot of time required for licensing, hiring of personnel, business set up and allows start of business operations faster.

Being the biggest player in Lithuanian Fintech sector ECOVIS ProventusLaw is the right partner for:

– selecting the acquisition target of financial licensed company (EMI, payment service provider or other)

– approaching target company shareholders, signing NDA and starting negotiation process

– making proper target company legal, tax and regulatory Due Diligence

– getting all necessary regulatory permissions to acquire the target company

– drafting target company shares purchase agreement and guiding through all the acquisition process

– closing of the deal and arranging settlement between the parties

ECOVIS advice goes far beyond the legal advice and covers all M&A process. We know the shareholders, UBO’s and managers of financial institutions operating in the market. We also know the latest regulatory practice and expectations. All this allow us to find the right target companies available for sale, agree on the right price, get regulatory permissions, and close M&A deals successfully.

ECOVIS can provide valuable advice to the shareholders and owners of financial companies looking for the investor to develop their business or willing sell the comapony and exit from the business. We have lot of contacts with investment funds, venture capital firms and other investors willing to invest into the financial sector. Our experience allows us to identify the right investors, having clear origin of the capital and able to get regulatory permissions to acquire companies in financial sector.

ECOVIS ProventusLaw is a part of ECOVIS International advisory network unifying over 8000 professionals working in more than 90 countries worldwide. Therefore, experts of ECOVIS International can assist you in all international deals worldwide.