Sorainen Corporate Crime Investigation and Compliance Practice attorneys and lawyers continue to follow criminal law-related activities in Latvia and abroad. September’s highlights touched on issues such as legal liability in the area of national security, the burden of proof in cases of confiscating criminally acquired property, activities of the European Public Prosecutors` Office (EPPO), etc. […]
We successfully represented Küllike Namm, an esteemed attorney at law, also named attorney of the year by the Estonian Bar Association, in a pioneering criminal dispute. This is a fundamental dispute over the status of a public official. Unprecedented interpretation The Prosecutor’s Office accused Namm, a former board member of the non-profit association wishing to […]
Assistant lawyer Nikola Cīparsone compiled the material. ESG The Commission adopts the European Sustainability Reporting Standards Adopted: 31 July 2023 The Commission adopted today the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for use by all companies subject to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This marks another step forward in the transition to a sustainable EU economy. The standards cover the full range […]
In the recently released Chambers 2023 High Net Worth rankings, Sorainen stands out as the strongest law firm in the Baltics, being the only one with the highest Band 1 rankings across the region in Private Wealth Law. This makes the Sorainen private client team the only one in the region with proven experience and […]
It is often asked whether a local government is obliged to give its approval to the installation of an energy supply object on a local government’s property – in particular, to the networks that cross it? The construction of a new energy supply facility (installation of production devices, networks, lines and accessories) usually requires third-party […]