Māris Vainovskis

Māris Vainovskis is a Senior Partner at Eversheds Sutherland Bitāns Riga office, heading the Banking and Finance as well as the Corporate and Commercial practice groups. He has more than 25 years of legal experience in banking and finance, commercial and company law, IT law and EU law.

Māris is especially well-known for his M&A work. During his many years of legal experience, he has been involved in the majority of the largest and most complex M&A projects in the country. He has acted in an advisory capacity in over 250 M&A sector deals and advised sellers and buyers, both foreign and domestic, not only on mergers and acquisitions but also on complex reorganisations, restructurings and asset deals.

Māris also has experience in commercial law matters. He has led teams in over 70 major corporate and commercial sector deals.

Māris is a member of the Latvian Bar Association and the Advisory Council of the Latvian Company Register. He is also involved in several Latvian government-formed working groups on legislative initiatives. He is an active member of the Foreign Investors’ Council in Latvia (FICIL) where he heads working groups on court system efficiency as well as investment security and protection.

Latvian Bar Association,

Advisory Council of the Latvian Company Register,

Foreign Investors’ Council in Latvia (FICIL),

Work Group of Stock Exchange and Ministry of Justice of Latvia for developing the Latvian Corporate Governance Code,

Advisory board for Riga municipality companies and shares