The Constitutional Court pronounced a ruling in which it acknowledged that the prohibition on carrying out commercial activities at large shopping centres imposed on JYSK from 7 April 2021 to 19 May 2021 unlawfully restricted the property rights of JYSK and created unjustified unequal treatment towards other merchants. COVID-19 restrictions on trade With the aim of reducing the spread […]
We provided pro bono legal assistance to the startup SoulVirtue in setting up an online platform. The legal service was provided as part of our Shared Mission Programme. A platform for mental health professional counselling SoulVirtue is a startup aiming to create an emotional support platform to enable mental health professionals to provide counselling online. […]
We assisted the Riga Municipality to reach a settlement with Competition Council in the infringement case initiated against the Riga Municipality and Getliņi EKO regarding alleged abuse of a dominant position in the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union in the Waste Management Sector under Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning […]
We have been advising and representing JYSK – the largest Danish retailer operating internationally –– before Latvia’s constitutional court and the Competition Council, as well as the Ministry of Economics. The subject matter The subject matter related to government-imposed restrictions on commerce at so-called “big shopping centres” that have at least 7,000 m2 of commercial […]
We assisted LexisNexis, a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics, with compiling a detailed analysis and overview of FDI and merger control regulations in the Baltics for their 2021 guide. Comprehensive and up to date As the EU FDI Screening Regulation entered into force last autumn, content regarding foreign direct […]
