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Latvia

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Commercial, corporate and M&A

Spearheaded by Jānis Kārkliņš, BERG's team regularly assists its clients with commercial contracts. Team members regularly serve as a point of contact for Latvian companies seeking guidance on acquisitions and mergers. Kārkliņš has broad ranging expertise, and provides corporate and commercial advice on the range of M&A transactions.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Special and personal attention as a customer.'
  • ‘A very wide range of specialisations. Solutions can be provided in many areas. Services are always provided in high quality and in accordance with customer requirements. They are always available to help, no matter how urgent the case may be.’
  • ‘Mostly we have a pleasure to work with Jānis Kārkliņš and Kristens Vorslavs. We can't overemphasise their immediate availability, level of involvement, intuitive support and exceptional capacity to handle huge workloads. Additionally, we have never felt the time drag on at the expense of the client.'
  • ‘The team demonstrates excellent communication, responsiveness and quality. The team always takes into account our wishes and provides honest legal assistance in every case.’
  • ‘Kristens Vorslavs demonstrates excellent quality of legal help and availability throughout multiple years of collaboration and always provides his expertise and knowledge to try and execute the best possible resolution in every case to safeguard our interests. Jānis Kārkliņš always manages to provide excellent legal help in every question and legal matter that arises.’
  • ‘Janis Karklins Law firm is a key legal advice supplier to our company. We rely on it when the legal complexity or significance of the matter requires top-level legal advice. We truly believe that Janis Karklins Law firm is one of the most professionally skilled and customer oriented law firm in Latvia.’

Key clients

  • Pasažieru vilciens AS KOOL LATVIJA SIA AgroCredit Latvia SIA Eiropas Dzelzceļa Līnijas SIA Lidl Latvija SIA ASG Resolution Capital, AS Decco Centrs SIA KRONOSPAN Riga SIA

Work highlights

Advised AgroCredit Latvia SIA on the acquisition of a 51% stake by Signet Bank AS.
Advised KOOL Latvija SIA on facilitating a compliant merger of petrol retail market participants, involving the acquisition of 50 petrol stations.
Advised a private construction company on a matter involving the purchase of capital shares and the simultaneous purchase of a shopping centre, amounting to €15 million.
Practice head

Jānis Kārkliņš

Other key lawyers

Kristens Vorslavs

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