Lithuanian law firm Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiûnas ir partneriai advised OMHEX in the privatisation of over 44% stake sold together with 10% stake by private shareholders in the National Stock Exchange of Lithuania (NSEL) and 40% stake in the Central Securities Depository of Lithuania (CSDL). The transaction is completed as of 31 May, 2004.

Within the HEX Integrated Markets division, OMHEX operates Northern Europe's largest securities market. Its exchange operations within Stockholmsbörsen, HEX Helsinki, HEX Tallinn and HEX Riga offer investors access to 80 percent of the Nordic and Baltic equity market. HEX Integrated Markets also operates central securities depositories in Finland, Estonia and Latvia.

Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiûnas ir partneriai was established in 1992 and currently is one of the largest and leading law firms in Lithuania and the Baltic States with offices in Vilnius and Klaipeda.

Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiûnas ir partneriai has strong reputation in the sphere of corporate and M&A. The firm’s lawyers have been advising international and domestic clients in major complex transactions of mergers and acquisitions as well as privatisation of companies, execution and implementation of shareholders’ agreements.

Chambers Global ranks Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiûnas ir partneriai as the best law firm in Lithuania in corporate/commercial area. The European Legal 500 also recommends Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiûnas ir partneriai as No. 1 Lithuanian law firm for company and commercial law.