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Shipping and transport
Expanding its transport clientele each year, bnt Klauberg Krauklis Attorneys-at-law acts for several well-known names in the region, such as regulatory work for Scandlines and litigious work for Kühne & Nagel. Senior associate Renars Gasuns is experienced in this sector.
Blueger & Plaude has noteworthy presence, acting for domestic and international transport companies such as Riga Shipyard and Frigoship Chartering of Germany. Baiba Plaude is a well-known arbitrator.
Eversheds Bitans Law Office is emerging as a leading firm in this sector, with one client noting it is one of few firms able to ‘understand not only the paper work but also how it works in reality’. Senior associate Maris Logins is leading advice to Passengers Railway in a €200m deal to supply electric and diesel passenger trains.
AP Moller-Maersk is a key client at Gencs Valters Law Firm, which Aija Lure at the firm is advising on restructuring and logistics activities. Transport work at the firm is largely corporate or tax-related.
With colleagues in Lithuania and Estonia, Kronbergs & Cukste is advising the governments of each Baltic country on tender documentation for technical and financial consultants for Rail Baltic. Riga Shipping, Estonian Railway, and Riga Airport all instruct the firm.
LAWIN has a significant aviation client base that includes Air Baltic, Turkish Airlines and SAS. Other transport clients include Maersk, advising it on trucking and container transport issues. Clients report a lack of experience in maritime law, but the firm has caught up quickly and is well on the way to making the preferred list’.
Attorneys at Law Borenius advises a multi-modal client base. Gatis Flinters drafted conditions of carriage documentation for Smartlynx Airlines, while senior associate Jevgenija Andronova provides daily advice to L-ekspresis, the only operator of railway transport from Latvia to Russia.
Typical of firms in this jurisdiction, Raidla Lejins & Norcous does not have a specialist practice group but utilises a cross-disciplinary team where needed. The firm represents a number of transport heavyweights, such as Air Baltic, Tallink and Deutsche Bahn, one of the largest transportation providers in Europe.
Sorainen handles aviation, shipping and transport work as part of its commercial contracts practice led by Agris Repšs. The firm worked alongside a leading Finnish law firm concerning vessel arrests in Latvian waters and continues to advise Baltic Autobus Lines in a significant dispute.
VARUL is advising on two major disputes for Baltic and Nordic insurer If P&C Insurance, one a claim for cargo lost overboard. Gints Vilgerts leads the transport practice at the firm.