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Litigation services, including defending and bringing claims, as well as commercial law advice make up the transport practice of bnt Klauberg Krauklis Attorneys-at-law. Clients include DFDS, Scandlines, Walter Trailer Rentals, LKW Walter and Göllner Spedition.

Baiba Plaude of Blueger & Plaude has a strong commercial transport set of clients, which includes Riga Shipyard, Riga Transport Fleet and German company Frigoship Chartering. Both litigation services and commercial contract advice are offered.

Eversheds Bitans Law Office provided Latvian law advice for a dispute in the English High Court involving Latvian Shipping, as well as acting for various logistics companies in discussions with key distribution contacts. Maris Vainovskis is recommended.

Valters Gencs of Gencs Valters Law Firm expanded his shipping and transport practice, with the firm now representing Maersk Moller, the world’s biggest container company in the Baltics, as well as a number of shipping agents and Latvian-flagged shipping companies.

Kronbergs & Cukste advised the Latvian Ministry of Transport on the Rail Baltic project, as well as acting for SAS Airlines, Latvian Railways and Riga Airport. Corporate and commercial work run alongside litigation mandates for clients.

Liepa, Skopina /Borenius won a recent trophy mandate in assisting in the restructuring of companies Transtrade Riga and L-Ekspresis, one of the 10 biggest companies in the Baltic States, and also assisted Latvian Railways in a public procurement dispute.

Dispute resolution remains a key element of Sorainen’s transport practice, including instructions on behalf of Baltic Autobus Lines (a subsidiary of Eurolines), Railcraft and Premia (Latvia’s leading frozen food distributor). The team’s ship finance, insurance and commercial capabilities have also been utilised by clients.

Varul Vilgerts Smaliukas acted for insurers on transport-related litigation, shipping disputes, as well as Latvian ports in providing commercial legal advice to clients working in this sector.

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