SORAINEN is representing the interests of Bilþu birojs, a company, in a copyright dispute with AKKA/LAA (the Latvian authors’ society – Copyright and Communication Consulting Agency/Latvian Authors Association) which brought a court claim for damages. The dispute stems from Boris Grebenshikov’s concert in Riga on 1 December 2009. Bilþu birojs made a copyright agreement with […]
The SORAINEN Latvian office represents VMF Latvia, a Latvian company specialising in evaluation in all forest-related raw material, in court proceedings in a dispute with an employee in a case regarding employment termination, suspension from work and recovery of average earnings. The client is advised by partner Eva Berlaus, senior associate Andis Burkevics and associate […]
SORAINEN represented the state-owned Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) in a dispute with the State Labour Inspectorate (SLI) to revoke a decision whereby an administrative penalty was imposed on LNOB. LNOB had concluded a service contract with a choral vocalist; however, SLI considered that an employment contract should have been concluded instead. The decision […]
Deals & Cases / Raivo Raudzeps
Our Latvian team assisted an international defence, aerospace and security company. Our legal assistance included review from a Latvian legal perspective of a contract with a Latvian contracting authority in the defence sector for the provision of a through-life support service covering a particular fleet of military vehicles. Partner Valts Nerets and counsel Raivo Raudzeps […]
Deals & Cases / Raivo Raudzeps
We assisted an international provider of integrated maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services for rotorcraft aviation. The client had been declared the winner in a defence procurement for the National Armed Forces of Latvia, but competitors challenged the results of this defence procurement. Our role Our legal assistance included advising and representing the client during […]