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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.

"Jūlija Jerņeva, the partner in charge of employment relations, has a very mature and balanced profile, providing practical advice. Combined with emotional intelligence on sensitive matters and business understanding, she and her team had been a successful advisor on our matters."

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"Jūlija Jerņeva is a hands-on partner, her competencies are well complemented by the litigation partner Jānis Kubilis providing insights from court practice in labor disputes."

Employment

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“Excellent and dedicated.”

Employment

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Tax law: Lack of rationality - why Latvia cannot establish a decent holding regime?

April 1, 2010

by VILGERTS law firm

The article discusses shortcomings of the Latvian taxation system that prevents Latvia from becoming an effective jurisdiction for establishing holdings. Click here to read the summary in English of the article published in Forbes Latvia business journal....

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Tax law: Using UK entities for tax planning in Latvia’s context.

July 1, 2011

by VILGERTS law firm

VILGERTS partner Edgars Koskins is explaining the basic use of and tax planning with the UK companies (entities) in Latvia. Click here to read the summary in English of the article published in Forbes Latvia business journal....

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Tax law: Relocation (re-registration) of a business as a tax planning tool.

September 1, 2011

by VILGERTS law firm

The objective of this article is to consider whether it is possible to relocate (re-register) a business to another country with the aim of paying less tax there (here)? Click here to read the full article in English published in Forbes Latvia journal....

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Insurance: Should the insurance companies pay for mistakes of the government?

January 10, 2015

by Jānis Kubilis, Partner

On 29 December 2014 the Constitutional court struck down several provisions of Rules No 331 of the Cabinet of Ministers dated 17 May 2005, which prescribed the amount of insurance indemnities concerning a wide and ambiguous range of persons. It might seem as a revolution adversely affecting insurance...

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Regulatory: Under secrecy orders.

January 14, 2015

by VILGERTS law firm

VILGERTS associate Katrine Plavina commented in detail the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’s expected impact on Baltic agriculture industry and other businesses. She also explained the negotiation procedure. This is a first comment in a series by the leading Latvian business news...

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Competition law: Compensating damages for violations of competition law.

January 20, 2015

by VILGERTS law firm

Companies in the European Union and Latvia do not claim damages for established breaches of competition law. This behavior is highly influenced by the nature of the complicated competition regulations and rather limited possibilities of companies to effectively face multi-million corporations. Janis...

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Public procurement: Are some employer tax evaders more equal than others?

January 27, 2015

by VILGERTS law firm

Amendments to the Public Procurement Law require contracting authorities to rule a bid’s price unjustifiably low if the employees of a tenderer or a subcontractor earn less than 80% of the average hourly rate in a particular occupation. That is, the contracting authority will assume that such bidde...

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Corporate Law: Increased manager liability. What has changed and how to deal with liability risks?

February 5, 2015

by VILGERTS law firm

The Legislator has introduced far-reaching amendments, increasing the liability of Latvian company managers. It seems now that managers might be held liable for company debts even if they had nothing to do with them. This article explains what exactly has changed and how to deal with the liability ri...

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Competition law: Supreme Court unexpectedly clears the way for damages claims against the banks.

February 5, 2015

by Jūlija Jerņeva, Partner

The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of the Administrative District Court permitting a ca.EUR 7.8 mio fine on 22 Latvian banks for violations of competition rules. The Supreme Court ruled contrary to the findings of the Court of Justice of the European Union's MasterCard judgment. The CJEU found tha...

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M&A: Getting the Deal Through publication "Mergers & Acquisition" 2015.

May 28, 2015

by Gints Vilgerts, Managing Partner

For the last two years our partner Gints Vilgerts and associate Vairis Dmitrijevs have prepared a chapter about Latvia in the Getting the Deal Through publication “Mergers & Acquisition”. This publication provides an overview in respect of M&A transactional requirements, including types o...

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Public Procurement: How to increase the price of a signed procurement contract and prevent exclusion based on low wages?

June 3, 2015

by VILGERTS law firm

Head of public procurement practice group at VILGERTS Katrine Plavina explains the new option to increase the price of a signed public procurement contract irrespective of its justifications. The publication also covers guidelines for assessing the wage level of your or your partner’s employees to ...

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Competition law: Getting the Deal Through publication “Merger Control” 2016.

September 8, 2015

by Jūlija Jerņeva, Partner

Our partner Julija Jerneva and legal assistant Janis Sarans have prepared the chapter in the latest edition of the Getting the Deal Through Merger Control 2016, which focuses on main regulatory issues in Latvian jurisdiction, such as jurisdictional thresholds for submitting of merger notification, pe...

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Data Protection: Data transfers to US stopped.

October 9, 2015

by Ineta Krodere, Senior Counsel

European companies must stop transferring personal data to partners, mother companies or rep offices in the U.S. if they rely on the Safe Harbour arrangement as the only legal basis for such transfer. The Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the European Commission’s decision on the a...

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Insurance: Changes in supervision procedures of insurance companies and civil litigations.

October 14, 2015

by Jānis Kubilis, Partner

In order to implement the Directive 2009/138 /EC adopted on 25 November 2009 by the European Parliament and Council (Solvency II), Saeima adopted the Law on Insurance and Reinsurance, which provides a number of significant changes in the insurance and reinsurance regulatory framework. Dispute reso...

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Banking: “Handling charges” may be illegal also in Latvia.

October 29, 2015

by VILGERTS law firm

The German Supreme Court has ruled that the banks have no right to demand handling charges for preparing a contract with a consumer. The Court was of the opinion that its judgement is in line with the EU law, which is the basis also for Latvian consumer protection legislation. The wording of the L...

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Competition: Non-food retailers should review their contracts.

November 20, 2015

by Debora Garanča, Partner

It is the last moment for non-food retailers to review contracts with their suppliers in order to adjust their provisions to the Unfair retailer practice prohibition law (“URPPL”), which will enter into force on 1 January 2016. Until then any relationship between suppliers and retailers is still ...

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Litigation: The Regulation of Law of Forensic Experts and News of Judicature in Latvia.

May 27, 2016

by VILGERTS law firm

The new Law on Forensic Experts entered into force on 15 March 2016. The foundation on which this new law was drafted was the current regulation in force since 1 July 2007. The new law introduces changes to requirements for forensic expert candidates, certification procedures, a responsibility of f...

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Public Procurement: Bidders may prevent exclusion form a tender.

May 27, 2016

by Debora Garanča, Partner

Head of public procurement practice group at VILGERTS Katrine Plavina explains the new bidder’s right to re-establish reliability despite grounds for exclusion. In such a case, the bidder must ask the contracting authority not to exclude it from the tender on a case-by-case basis. The contracting...

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Competition Law: A company can be fined for the conduct of the consultant, who prepares the tender documentation

September 14, 2016

by Debora Garanča, Partner

Court of Justice of the European Union just recently concluded, that it is possible to establish a violation of the competition law not only because of the company’s own acts, but also the ones of the consultant contracted for the preparation of the tender documents. For more information in Latv...

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Litigation: A new framework for cross-border debt recovery process.

December 2, 2016

by VILGERTS law firm

In 2011 European Commission came up with a proposal to improve and increase the effectiveness of cross-border debt recovery process, among other things, facilitating access to information about the debtor's bank accounts. On 15 May 2014 Regulation No. 655/2014 was adopted establishing a European Acco...

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About

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Jūlija Jerņeva

Madara Zeltiņa

Jānis Kubilis

Experience

Publications

Tax law: Lack of rationality - why Latvia cannot establish a decent holding regime?

Tax law: Using UK entities for tax planning in Latvia’s context.

Tax law: Relocation (re-registration) of a business as a tax planning tool.

Insurance: Should the insurance companies pay for mistakes of the government?

Regulatory: Under secrecy orders.

Competition law: Compensating damages for violations of competition law.

Public procurement: Are some employer tax evaders more equal than others?

Corporate Law: Increased manager liability. What has changed and how to deal with liability risks?

Competition law: Supreme Court unexpectedly clears the way for damages claims against the banks.

M&A: Getting the Deal Through publication "Mergers & Acquisition" 2015.

Public Procurement: How to increase the price of a signed procurement contract and prevent exclusion based on low wages?

Competition law: Getting the Deal Through publication “Merger Control” 2016.

Data Protection: Data transfers to US stopped.

Insurance: Changes in supervision procedures of insurance companies and civil litigations.

Banking: “Handling charges” may be illegal also in Latvia.

Competition: Non-food retailers should review their contracts.

Litigation: The Regulation of Law of Forensic Experts and News of Judicature in Latvia.

Public Procurement: Bidders may prevent exclusion form a tender.

Competition Law: A company can be fined for the conduct of the consultant, who prepares the tender documentation

Litigation: A new framework for cross-border debt recovery process.

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Partner Jūlija Jerņeva

Partner Jānis Kubilis

Associate Madara Zeltiņa