About
Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
Over the last decade, Latvia has experienced an unprecedented influx of finance and expansion of capital markets. We have substantially expanded our legal banking and finance practice to accommodate this trend.
Our lawyers have successfully represented high-profile clients in a number of groundbreaking business transactions, regulatory matters, and litigations.
The ongoing market turmoil continues to drive restructurings and internal reorganizations within the banking and finance sector as institutions seek to adjust their operating models to the realities of the new regulatory framework and capitalize on new opportunities.
Our law firm has provided instrumental advice to several top tier clients in resolving complex issues such as reshaping of bank service lines, launching of investment banking services and structuring of financial and derivative products, including liaison with financial and capital market regulators.
Chambers Review
Eversheds Sutherland has a noted team with extensive experience providing regulatory support as well as acting on project financing and capital markets mandates. The law firm also advises on refinancings and distressed financial restructurings. The team offers further experience in handling anti-money laundering matters as well as EU-level regulatory knowledge. The practice is called upon by a roster of financial institutions, private equity funds and regional corporates.
Work Highlights
- The lawyers assisted INDEXO with its IPO and listing of its shares on the Nasdaq Riga Stock Exchange.
Notable Practitioners
Māris Vainovskis remains one of the leading figures in the market. He assists with financing as well as regulatory matters. Māris Vainovskis is well placed to advise banks, asset management firms and corporate clients.
"Māris Vainovskis has strong leadership skills and strong expertise in areas related to capital markets."
Ranked Lawyers at
Eversheds Sutherland
Latvia
Members
Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
Aigars Gozītis
Dmitrijs Ņemirovskis
Egita Peimane
Elīna Vilde
Justīne Ignatavičute
Liene Lelde Rieba
Head of Department
Sabīne Vilka
Vadims Čabans
Clients
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BaltCap Private Equity Fund
Bank Standard
Citadele Banka
Deutche Bank
HSBC Bank
HansaMatrix
MONEA
SEB Banka
Vitol group
Industries
Provided by Eversheds Sutherland
Alternative investment funds
Banks
Financial advisers and investments banks
Latvian and international issuers
Payment institutions
Pension funds