The claimants, the creators of the hookah chain HOOKAH PLACE, filed unfair competition claims against the defendant with the EEC The EEC found that the defendant had violated the competition rules of the EAEU cross-border market The defendant, by registering the mark HOOKAHPLACE in Belarus, sought to take advantage of the reputation of the claimants’ HOOKAH […]
We are assisting global law firm Bird & Bird with the completion and updating of their implementation of the EU whistleblowing directive tracker regarding Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Our input is focused on giving a concise overview of how the different provisions of the directive have been transposed to national law and what choices Estonia, […]
Ship arrest cases in the Baltic region are extremely rare. We are proud to assist with the most ship arrests in Latvia. In a recent case, we provided consultation to a leading bunkering service provider in the Baltic Sea region in an urgent ship arrest dispute with the shipowners. During this time, the vessel was […]
We are representing the world’s leading wine and spirits brand house in an arbitration against a German wine producer and distributor for breach of contract. Long-term cooperation ended with a termination notice by the client when a dispute arose as a result of a failed delivery worth several hundred thousand euros. Our client is also […]
Błażej Kuźniacki is a professor at Lazarski University in POL, works for PWC in NED, is an author of a book ‘Beneficial Ownership in International Taxation” and countless publications. Listen to the podcast here! In the podcast we discussed: his favourite destinations in the world, book recommendations (incl. Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E Frankl and The ONE […]