Mr Rūdolfs Eņģelis > Sorainen > Riga, Latvia > Lawyer Profile

Mr Rūdolfs Eņģelis

+371 67 686 794 rudolfs.engelis@sorainen.com

Work Department

Competition & Regulatory, Finance & Insurance

Position

Partner and head of the firm’s Finance & Insurance practice group.

Career

I am a partner and head of the firm’s Finance & Insurance practice group. Since 2004 I have advised many leading names in the international and local financial markets, as well as public institutions and multilateral financial organisations. I am also deeply interested in sustainable investing and finance, as well as ESG-related matters.

Transactions in the finance sector. My primary focus has lately been on leading legal teams working on large-scale transactions in the financial market: Nordea combining its Baltic businesses with DNB to create Luminor; Nasdaq merging its securities depository businesses in the Baltics to create the first CSDR-compliant cross-border CSD.

Restructuring. I have acted for banks in restructuring their operations in Latvia and advised on the first state bail-out of a private commercial bank in Latvia.

Competition. I have also represented clients in cases before Latvia’s Competition Council, including merger clearances and alleged antitrust violations, and have acted in antitrust litigation in Latvia.

Legislative initiatives. I have worked extensively in the Latvian regulatory environment in banking and securities law as well as PPP.

Compliance. I have helped clients to develop AML policies that require more than a legal perspective alone. I have also advised clients who were under compliance-related investigation, and represented them in relations with government authorities.

Languages

Latvian, English, Russian

Memberships

• Latvian Bar Association
• International Bar Association

Education

• University of Oxford (St Hugh’s College), UK (MJur in European and Comparative Law)
• University of Latvia, Latvia (lawyer’s qualification)