VILGERTS

Competition, Public Procurement

Partner

Debora Garanča, M.Jur. co-heads the firm's competition practice group and assists clients before Latvian and EU regulators and courts across all aspects of Latvian and EU competition law and public procurement law.

Debora has extensive experience advising on complex behavioural matters, cartel and abuse of dominance investigations as well as sector specific economic regulation. She has been involved in high-profile cartel investigations in the car dealership and construction sectors, and regularly advises public sector clients on the implications of the competitive neutrality regulation. Her contentious work includes proceedings before administrative and civil courts of Latvia of all instances, as well as before the Court of Justice of the EU.

Latvian, English, Russian

Latvian Bar Association (since 2009)

2008 / King’s College London, Diploma in EU Competition law 2005 / University of Oxford, M.Jur. (distinction) 2004 / University of Latvia, Bac.iur.