VILGERTS

The firm’s core focus is M&A. Our M&A team is continuously highly praised by both clients and peers in the marketplace. Our M&A team is highly specialised with rich experience and focuses on practical knowledge. We have assisted a breadth of clients across a wide range of different industries in the largest Latvian and pan-Baltic M&A projects to date. The team has a hands-on approach and will guide you all the way from the drafting of the NDA until Closing.

We help brokers and insurance companies mostly with contract work and disputes. We have developed in-depth knowledge of personal injury litigation and cargo insurance.

Our expertise and invaluable experience stretches across a broad-spectrum of real estate & construction matters, being viewed by clients and peers as the go to firm in Latvia.

We assist clients on all aspects of high-profile and small non-contentious and contentious real estate & construction matters in Latvia and cross-border.

The firm’s real estate & construction practice is called upon daily by a range of different clients, including professional developers, private investors and equity funds.

The team’s blend of expertise across both contentious and con-contentious matters primarily covers new construction projects, disputes with construction companies and FIDIC-related matters.

The firm’s clients include the largest local and cross-border real estate developers & construction companies, large shopping malls, investment funds and insurers­. The firm also acts as collateral agents in the largest commercial property developments in Latvia.

We mostly act for corporates in early stages of employment disputes and we do litigate if the situation requires protection of our clients from unreasonable demands of the employees. Our assistance to HR departments is efficient, creative and immediately available.

Dispute Resolution team is recognized for being able to handle several high-profile cases with very efficient resources. Our goal is to help the client limit the exposure to risks and to reach a favourable outcome as quickly as possible. Team members also hold academic posts and regularly publish practice-specific articles. The academic background and team efficiency delivers a unique benefit for clients in complex litigations.

When business is not doing well, our team of lawyers is ready to offer scenarious for soft landing. We work for shareholders, management, suppliers of merchandise, banks and other creditors to save the business and protect the assets.