VILGERTS

Corporate, M&A

Partner

Reinis Sokolovs, Mag.iur., leads the Corporate practice group at VILGERTS.

Reinis has an invaluable track record across a broad range of Corporate and M&A matters. Reinis has extensive experience handling a variety of pan-Baltic transactions and cross-border M&A projects. Prior to joining VILGERTS, Reinis has advised on numerous high profile M&A deals, including, G4S’ cash handling business transfer to Brinks, Nokia’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent and Lavazza’s acquisition of Merrild, to name but a few.

Reinis advises clients across multiple jurisdictions, with a focus on, but not limited to, restructuring, corporate governance, shareholder relationships and general commercial issues. Prior to joining VILGERTS, Reinis has advised IKEA on entering the Latvian market, ABB on its business carve out, Orkla on its acquisition of NP Foods and Silverlake Axis Limited on its acquisition of X Infotech.

In addition to his expertise in Corporate and M&A matters, Reinis also has extensive knowledge of regulated industries such as, energy, aviation, ports, environmental services and publicly listed companies. Prior to joining VILGERTS, Reinis has advised Airbaltic on the sale of its minority shareholding sale, Uniper Ruhrgas on its sale of Latvijas Gāze and Conexus Baltic Grid, as well as due diligence project to Eco Baltia group.

Latvian, English, Russian

Latvian Bar Association (since 2012)

2012 / University of Latvia, Mag. iur. 2009 / University of Latvia, Bac. iur.