On April 22 and 23 of 2022, an international conference of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) took place in Riga with the support of the Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates, bringing together more than a hundred defence lawyers from different European countries. Dr.iur. Violeta Zeppa-Priedīte, attorney-at-law, a member of the ECBA and Head of […]
Sorainen Latvia advised the TV3 group company TV Play Baltics on the application of international sanctions in response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Since Russia’s renewed aggression against Ukraine in February 2022, the international community has implemented unprecedented sanctions against Russia and Belarus. The sanctions, implemented by the European Union, the United States of America, […]
We are representing a player in the international technology sector in an investigation in Latvia initiated by the Latvian Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau. A former employee of the client was convicted in a foreign country for a large-scale bribery, with payment of more than EUR 2 million in bribes alleged. About the case A case […]
We provided consultation to an international group of companies engaged in the transportation business on the legal effects and consequences deriving from economic sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC) as per Latvian law. Our team The client was advised by country managing partner Eva […]
As part of an assignment for an international private equity player seeking to acquire a target in Latvia, in addition to the standard legal due diligence process usually conducted prior to M&A transactions, we also conducted a compliance review, focusing on the corruption risks, AML risks, anti-trust risks and corporate governance risks of the target […]