MAQS Law Firm, with offices in Copenhagen, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmoe, Tallinn and Warsaw, is a full service business law firm and has a strong market position in the Baltic Sea and Nordic area. The region is expansive and by this strategic alliance MAQS can better serve both regional clients as well as international clients that are involved in business in the region.

"This alliance will first and foremost be for the benefit of our clients. They know that they will get the same level of service in all MAQS countries", says Deividas Soloveicikas, managing partner, MAQS Lithuania.

"SMA and MAQS have been working very closely the for the past few years. We are very content with the excellent people at SMA and we share the same view on how to create value for our clients. This is a natural step towards building an even stronger firm in the Baltic Sea region", says Magdalena Persson, Head of the board of Directors for the offices in Stockholm-Gothenburg.

Sergei Petrov, managing partner of MAQS Latvia adds that the Baltic States’ offices will work closely together, as many cases and projects span across more than one country.

The Riga and Vilnius offices have grown steadily and employ a staff of 35 persons, of which 25 are lawyers. In total, the MAQS group now employs 280 persons of which 185 are lawyers.