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ESTO: An outside set of eyes gives additional assurance
Client story ESTO: An outside set of eyes gives additional assurance
Financial services are one of the most strictly regulated business areas. It is to be expected that every financial service provider must have an internal auditor, be it a paid staff member or outsourced service. ESTO Group, a credit provider founded in 2017 that expended to Latvia and Lithuania in 2021, went the outsourcing route and partnered with Grant Thornton Baltic for internal audit services.
5 min read | 17 Jan 2023
Hüpoteeklaen AS: Internal auditors help keep companies trustworthy
Client story Hüpoteeklaen AS: Internal auditors help keep companies trustworthy
It’s said it takes years to build trust but just a moment to destroy it. The dictum should be taken especially seriously in the financial sector where big sums of money hang in the balance along with the trust of clients, partners and supervisory authorities.
3 min read | 17 Jan 2023
Sink or swim: well-organized HR work also gives a smaller company a competitive advantage.
HR management Sink or swim: well-organized HR work also gives a smaller company a competitive advantage.
Employees are the greatest asset of any company, upon which competitive advantage is built - but they are also one of the largest cost factors. Every business leader should think about on whether we are doing all we can, to preserve this investment and whether we are making the most of our employees' potential.
6 min read | 13 Jan 2023
For the e-Governance Academy, an internal auditor is seen as a good colleague
Client story For the e-Governance Academy, an internal auditor is seen as a good colleague
What do Mauritania, Kosovo, Moldova, Iraq, Kenya and Kyrgyzstan have in common? Answer: the e-Governance Academy has provided advisory services to them and tens of other countries in transition, helping local government institutions and NGOs efficiently develop electronic public services and make democratic processes better.
6 min read | 13 Jan 2023
Grant Thornton Baltic's family of sworn auditors has expanded!
Our people Grant Thornton Baltic's family of sworn auditors has expanded!
Bert Haabu, our audit assistant manager, successfully passed the sworn auditor exam in December 2022 and became a sworn auditor. Congratulations, Bert!
Less than a minute | 10 Jan 2023
We were recognized for long-term cooperation
Our news We were recognized for long-term cooperation
In the end of 2022, Grant Thornton Baltic received the Partner Excellence Award from its cooperation partner, the global business services provider ADP, for 15 years of excellent cooperation in payroll processing for ADP clients in the Baltic countries.
Less than a minute | 10 Jan 2023
Grant Thornton supports pharma company J. Molner’s IPO
Case Study Grant Thornton supports pharma company J. Molner’s IPO
This November, the Nasdaq Tallinn exchange’s alternative market First North started trading of the shares of the only Baltic pharmaceutical company J. Molner. Grant Thornton Baltic auditors had an important role in laying the groundwork for J. Molner’s market debut.
2 min read | 21 Dec 2022
Tartu musketeers – one for all and all for one
Our people Tartu musketeers – one for all and all for one
Tartu is nicknamed the city of good ideas. In Grant Thornton Baltic’s office in Tartu city centre there are not only good ideas but good specialists, satisfied customers and high-quality services.
Less than a minute | 21 Dec 2022
We advised OÜ Rannu Seeme in the transaction of the exit of a shareholder
Transaction advisory We advised OÜ Rannu Seeme in the transaction of the exit of a shareholder
Grant Thornton Baltic's transaction advisory team helped OÜ Rannu Seeme develop the conditions for the exit of the partner, including advising on the execution and formalization of the transaction.
1 min read | 21 Dec 2022
Let the coconuts fall where they will. Remote work is now more precisely regulated
Labor law Let the coconuts fall where they will. Remote work is now more precisely regulated
With everything else that is happening in the world, the pandemic era is starting to fade from memory. But remote working is here to stay. That is borne out by the new Occupational Healthcare and Safety Act that entered into force on 19 November 2022, which lays down a more specific framework for employee and employer responsibilities in remote work arrangements.
Merli Kesküla
Merli Kesküla
| 4 min read | 20 Dec 2022
Last season was crowned with success
Financial results Last season was crowned with success
For Grant Thornton Baltic OÜ, the 2021/2022 season in Estonia was very successful - our turnover increased by 24% compared to the previous financial year. The impressive growth took us to the second place in the ranking of auditing companies compiled by business newspaper Äripäev.
3 min read | 28 Nov 2022
Taxation of employee share plans
Tax Taxation of employee share plans
If an employer gives an employee a share in the employer’s business or a company in the same group as the employer’s business at a discounted price or for free, this constitutes a fringe benefit.
Urzula Välb
Urzula Välb
| 2 min read | 28 Nov 2022
We advised a venture capital fund’s investment into the start-up Qualitista
Due diligence We advised a venture capital fund’s investment into the start-up Qualitista
In August 2022, Grant Thornton Baltic concluded a financial and tax due diligence for an Estonian start-up company Qualitista.
2 min read | 21 Nov 2022
Grant Thornton Baltic saade Kasvukursil Äripäeva raadios
Transaction advisory Selling a company in hard economic times is harder but not impossible
Experts say that activity on the transactions market has returned to previous levels in contrast to the slump in the spring, but it should be remembered that more restrictive conditions are added to contracts in hard times.
Kristjan Järve
Erik Suits
| 7 min read | 11 Nov 2022
Deleting a branch of a foreign company from the Commercial Register
Legal Deleting a branch of a foreign company from the Commercial Register
Up to 30 December 2021, according to subsection 390 (4) of the Commercial Code it was required that a branch of a foreign company has to be liquidated before deletion from the Commercial Register, with all of the stages necessary for liquidation to be followed: notification of creditors, satisfaction of creditors’ claims, preparation of a final balance sheet, etc.
2 min read | 11 Nov 2022
Negative net assets and related issues
Legal Negative net assets and related issues
Most annual reports have by now been submitted and the Commercial Register is now checking whether companies’ equity meets the minimum net assets requirement arising from legislation. What does this mean for companies?
Uljana Feldman
Uljana Feldman
| 5 min read | 11 Nov 2022
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