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  • Strong cross-border competition law practice group operating from COBALT offices in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Our team of competition law experts assists local and international clients with all aspects of national and EU competition laws. We understand the economics of competition law and are familiar with sector-specific regulations.
  • One of the most mature competition law practices on the Latvian market with 6 lawyers, including two partners, one specialist counsel and three associates.
  • Profound expertise in vertical restraints matters and dominance cases, with a particular emphasis on regulated industries such as energy, banking, pharmaceuticals, waste management, and transport, is held.
  • The most experienced team in Latvia for private enforcement defence assignments and complex merger clearances consists of four lawyers who specialize in state aid matters.

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What the Team is Known For

The market-leading team at COBALT boasts a broad competition law practice. It assists clients with merger control notifications. The team offers additional expertise in behavioural investigations and subsequent damages actions. Team members also advise clients on state aid matters and competition law compliance mandates. COBALT bolstered its team with the hire of the highly respected Jūlija Jerņeva in August 2025.

Work Highlights

  • COBALT assisted Air Baltic with the competition law aspects of a proposed divestment.

Strengths

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The company has a good reputation; if you say you are working with COBALT it adds trust.

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Notable Practitioners

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Jūlija Jerņeva
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Jūlija Jerņeva
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Jūlija Jerņeva joined COBALT in August 2025. She is a popular choice with clients in the energy sector. She is well regarded for her work in behavioural investigations and follow-on damages actions. She also assists with multi-jurisdictional merger clearance filings.

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Uģis Zeltiņš
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Uģis Zeltiņš
Head of Competition/Antitrust
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Uģis Zeltiņš is a popular choice with clients from the construction and transportation sectors. He is highly esteemed for his work on merger control filings and state aid mandates. He offers further notable experience in behavioural mandates, such as bid rigging investigations. In addition, he represents clients in appeals against authority decisions and in damages actions.

He is one of the leading experts in Latvia; his analytical knowledge stands out way above other experts.

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Jūlija Jerņeva
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Jūlija Jerņeva
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Uģis Zeltiņš
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Uģis Zeltiņš
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Members

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Jūlija Jerņeva

Jūlija Jerņeva

Head of Department

Uģis Zeltiņš

Uģis Zeltiņš

Head of Department

Clients

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Latvenergo

Lidl Latvija

Moller Baltic Import

airBaltic

Industries

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Consumer & Retail

Defence & Security

Energy, Infrastructure, & Utilities

Financial Services

Food Industry

Healthcare

Hospitality & Leisure

Insurance

Manufacturing & Industrial

Media & Entertainment

Pharma & Life Sciences

Public Sector

Real Estate & Construction

Technology

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