On 1 July 2019, significant amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism and Proliferation Financing (AML Law) came into force. The amendments supplement the AML Law with new subjects of beneficial owners’ (BO) disclosure obligation and new rights of the Company Register: to request supporting documentation on the BO of […]
We successfully represented a client in a dispute with the state over cancellation of parts of administrative acts, invalidation of transactions and application of restitution. The dispute was initiated by a public prosecutor defending the public interest – the state’s exclusive right to a forest located in an urban area. The dispute dealt with complex […]
We successfully represented one of the oldest producers of milk products in Lithuania, Lukšių pieninė, in a legal dispute with another Lithuanian milk processor over acts of unfair competition and trademark infringement. Court judgments favourable to our client Lukšių pieninė has been manufacturing handmade fermented cheese “Liliputas” since 1958, the trademark for which is registered […]
A report has been published by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) evaluating Latvia’s insolvency and restructuring regulation. The IMF evaluation was carried out within the “Justice for Development” project co-funded by the European Social Fund which provides for a range of measures aimed at strengthening the Latvian judicial system. In the course of the evaluation, […]
Publication / Valeria Dubeshka
A recently published SCC Practice Note summarizes decisions on challenges to arbitrators made by the SCC Board during 2016-2018.
