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Guntars Zīle

Guntars Zīle

Europe 2026

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Europe

Practice Areas

M&A, Private Equity, Real Estate, Construction, Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Product Liability & Consumer Protection

Career

Guntars Zīle is head of the M&A practice group. He has more than 18 years of experience in transactional work and has represented numerous local, as well as multinational companies and PE funds (like East Capital, BaltCap, Stora Enso, Lukoil, Severstal, AXA Private Equity, Carlsberg, MISC Berhad, etc) in large scale M&A transactions. Guntars also handles patent litigation assignments and performs regulatory work for manufacturers of the pharmaceuticals and healthcare service providers. He also has extensive experience in real estate and construction law matters and currently acts as a member of the Working Group of the Ministry of Justice for the Law Reform on Divided Property Matters.

Professional Memberships

Legal advisor to the board, Latvian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (since 2021)

Latvian Bar Association (since 1999)

International Bar Association (since 2007)

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (since 2011)

Riga TechHub Founder Member (2012)

Chambers Review

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Chambers European Guide

Corporate/Commercial - Latvia

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial
Guntars Zīle has significant experience handling M&A mandates and is regularly instructed by clients from the private equity and technology industries.

Ranked Individuals at COBALT (57)

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Latvia

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