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We provided legal support for the launch of Silva Finance, a new forest and farmland equity financing company. About Silva Finance Silva Finance offers loans for the growth of enterprises against pledges of woodland with forest stands or of agricultural land, providing financing opportunities tailored to small and medium-sized enterprises. Silva Finance’s business model is […]
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The year has passed in the blink of an eye. We’ll skip the recap and instead start looking forward to 2025 already. Next year will bring us many interesting but also challenging legal developments in the life sciences and healthcare sector. We will hereby give you a short overview of the upcoming changes. The Health Technology […]
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Criminal background checks are an important but sensitive aspect of employment processes. Article 10 of the EU 2016/679 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets out a special regime for processing personal data related to criminal convictions and offences, ensuring that such information is handled responsibly and lawfully. Under Article 10 of the GDPR, each EU […]
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Deals & Cases / Jānis Līkops, Roberts Prūsis, Raminta Karlonaitė-Durnan, Robin Teever, Aija Lasmane, Alise Igale, Andis Burkevics, Ieva Andersone, Ieva Prūse, Inese Heinacka, Kate Berlaua, Māris Liguts, Māris Simulis, Mariuss Raits Bergmanis, Nauris Grigals, Santa Rubīna, Santa Prauliņa, Vita Berlaua, Zanda Frišfelde
We advised Inter IKEA Group on its acquisition of the IKEA retail business in the Baltics. The purchase included three full-size IKEA stores, five additional smaller customer meeting points, the business’s e-commerce platform, and the Digital Retail Development company. Currently, the IKEA retail operations in the Baltics employ 1,450 co-workers, and 6.6 million people visited IKEA stores […]
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According to the currently applicable procedure, an employer who plans to employ third-country nationals has to publish a vacancy with the State Employment Agency (“Employment Agency”) and, if the vacancy remains free for at least 10 business days, the employer is entitled to apply to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (“OCMA”) for approval […]
