Ģirts Rūda

Ģirts Rūda

Partner

Ph:

+371 67 365 006
Mob: +371 29 494 480
Fax: +371 67 365 001
E-mail: girts.ruda@sorainen.com
Office: Latvia

Practice areas:

Restructuring & Insolvency, Real Estate, Construction, Environmental, Banking, Project Finance & PPP, Capital Markets, Financial Services & Regulation, Energy & Utilities, Infrastructure & Regulatory, Investment Funds, Structures & Pensions

Languages: Latvian, English, Russian
Experience

Ģirts Rūda is a partner, regional head of the Restructuring & Insolvency Team and regional head of the Real Estate & Construction Team, which includes the Real Estate, Construction and Environment Practices. He has been practising law since 1994.

Ģirts has over four years experience in the largest Latvian commercial banks. He has consulted major Latvian and foreign real estate companies, financial institutions, state and municipal institutions. He offers extensive knowledge of the Latvian banking and real estate sectors.

Ģirts has assisted foreign and local private and public financial institutions in projects involving loan, leasing and PPP, as well as security and bankruptcy issues. He offers broad experience in Latvian and international law in the fields of finance, real estate, insolvency and commercial matters. He has delivered courses on banking, insolvency and international trade at the University of Latvia, Riga Graduate School of Law and the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. He is a regular speaker at local and international conferences and seminars.

Ģirts has been a recommended practitioner in many publications:

  • The Legal 500 acknowledges him in banking & finance, real estate & construction practices for "excellent quality work";
  • Chambers Europe recognises him for work in banking & finance and real estate practices describing Ģirts as "an excellent negotiator who can analyse and quantify risks brilliantly" and as a "proactive individual who gives helpful and reliable advice", adding that he "has excellent industry experience, and has advised many of the largest entities in the Latvian market";
  • Chambers Global praised him in corporate and commercial practices;
  • PLC Which lawyer? in corporate real estate and restructuring & insolvency practices;
  • IFLR 1000 in M&A, finance, banking and corporate practices;
  • Best Lawyers in banking & finance practice; and
  • European Legal Experts in corporate & finance practice.
Education

University of Latvia, Latvia (LLB)
University of Bristol, UK (LLM in Commercial Law)

Membership

Latvian Bar Association
International Bar Association

Publications

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