We assisted Liwathon, an Abu Dhabi-based company which focuses on the logistics and storage of liquid fuels in niche global markets, in acquiring Vopak E.O.S, the largest independent oil products terminal operator in the Baltic region. Liwathon acquired all shares in the company, which will be renamed Liwathon E.O.S. Implementing strategy Says Gert Tiivas, CEO […]
We successfully represented one of the largest natural gas suppliers in Lithuania in criminal proceedings. To protect our client’s interest in a fraudulent attempt by its former president to obtain one million litas (approx EUR 289,600) we initiated criminal proceedings for falsification of documents and attempted fraud. The final judgment of the court was in […]
In a parliamentary state, the president is not involved in the formation of a government, which is why they generally lack the right to reject a candidate for minister in connection with, for example, political convictions, writes attorney and former Chancellor of Justice Allar Jõks. Would it be a constitutional crisis if the president were […]
Publication
The new Ober-Haus Real Estate Market Report 2019 is now available online. Our Real Estate & Construction team contributed to preparation of the annual report covering the Baltic Capitals – Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn. The overview focuses on the office, commercial, storage and residential premises markets, as well as on land plots in each of […]
The Court: summarised working time cannot be applied for part-time employees On 2 February 2019, the Civil Cases Department of the Latvian Supreme Court published a judgment (case No. C29688412, SKC-1818/2014) to the effect that recording summarised working time under Section 140(1) of the Labour Law refers only to full-time employees. The Civil Cases Department came to the […]
