While Latvia already introduced video-conferencing mode for notary services back in 2018, it is now during times of pandemic and social distancing that remote access to notary services is very useful. Remote access to notary services is available at DigiNotārs (www.latvijasnotars.lv) through the “Latvija.lv” portal, with all the tools available there. However, certifying a document […]
The Estonian parliament (Riigikogu) began processing a draft law submitted by the Ministry of Justice which allows the governing bodies of all Estonian companies to entirely or partly pass resolutions by way of both digital and physical meetings. In addition, all the highest governing bodies of companies will be able to vote without convening physical […]
To provide companies with legitimate options to carry out their daily management, the Estonian Bar Association, the Estonian Insurance Association, Nasdaq Tallinn, the Estonian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association, FinanceEstonia, the Chamber of Notaries and the Estonian Employers’ Confederation approached the Legal Affairs Committee of the Riigikogu and the Justice Minister on 27 March […]
Publication / Toms Vilnis
Remote participation and voting at the shareholders’ meeting. Read more (in Latvian) here.
Starting from 01.07.2020 all branches and representative offices of foreign companies must file information on their beneficial owner with the Latvian Commercial Register. If a foreign company has not registered a branch or a representative office at the Latvian Commercial Register but has registered as a taxpayer with the State Revenue Service (SRS) for carrying […]