VILGERTS’ competition practice is recognised and highly demanded for its breadth and depth of experience, as well as solid track record of excellence across both non-contentious and contentious matters both locally and cross-border.

The team regularly advises clients on all aspects of EU and local competition laws, with a particular emphasis on abuse of dominance, private damage claims, complex merger control proceedings, cartel matters, state aid, compliance and vertical restraints.

Our highly experienced team has assisted clients on many high profile and complex cases before the local and EU courts, as well as before the European Commission and Latvian Competition Council.

The team has a depth of practical knowledge in assisting and representing clients in cartel investigations before the Latvian Competition Council.

We have extensive expertise in handling state aid cases, including before the European Commission and EU courts.

The breath of our merger control experience extends to obtaining clearances from both the European Commission and Latvian Competition Council.

We eagerly represent clients against the Latvian Competition Council, including litigation against unfavourable decisions.

Due to our depth of experience and knowledge in handling complex competition matters, our clients enjoy a new learning curve every time.

Our Competition team is recommended by WWL- a reputable international legal directory that identifies leading lawyers and law firms across various fields of legal practice.

VILGERTS is proud to be recognized by Global Competition Review (GCR) as one of the highly recommended law firms in Latvia for competition law.