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Competition/Antitrust

Latvia

16 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Līga Merwin

Europe

Practice Areas

ESG services

Competition and State Aid Disputes

Constitutional and Administrative Proceedings

Energy Disputes

Competition and State Aid

Consumer & Retail

Energy & Infrastructure

Food, Beverages & Cosmetics

General Commercial & Compliance

Life Sciences

Technologies, Media and Telecommunications

Customs & Trade

Professional Memberships

Latvian Bar Association, Member

International Bar Association (IBA), Member

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Latvia

Languages Spoken

Latvian, English, Russian

Experience

Liga Merwin is one of the most highly regarded competition law specialists with a deep knowledge of the financial, pharmaceutical, retail and energy sectors. Clients have entrusted her for 20 years with compliance of their daily business operations and when representing them in relations with institutions and courts.

Liga has been a leading attorney in various precedent-setting litigation cases related to competition law in Latvia, and has advised numerous clients in complex mergers and acquisitions cases – in particular regarding transaction structuring and merger clearance.

She has been the managing partner at Ellex in Latvia since 2018.

Education

University of Cambridge, Judge Business School

LMI Business Management Program

2015

University of London King’s College, UK

Diploma in EU Competition Law

2005

Academy of European Law

Competition Law courses, Germany

2003

University of Latvia, Faculty of Law

Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree

2002

2000 University of Latvia, Faculty of Law

Professional law degree (dipl.iur.)

2000

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