The team at Sorainen boasts a reputable real estate and construction team, with engagements on both a local level and across the Baltics. The firm has been involved in projects surrounding the retail, transport, engineering, and IT industries. The talented Lelde Laviņa, the ‘highly skilled’ Jorens Jaunozols, and Jānis Līkops, who joined the team from FORT in April 2024, lead a ’great team that knows the industry and is ready to find solutions’.
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‘Always on time and ready to answer and find a solution to each problem that the renewables energy sector faces.’
‘Great team that knows the industry and is ready to find solutions.’
‘Jorens Jaunozols - highly skilled partner, working with the largest clients in the market. Lelde Laviņa - has served many largest transactions in the market.’
'We are extremely happy that the individuals we have been working with for many, many years (previously with law firm FORT) have joined Sorainen, which is the biggest law firm in Latvia and has probably the most diverse and experienced team in the market. Hence, we can now get instant advice on broader topics, cross-sectoral expertise, 'sanity checks' on our ongoing cases, etc.’
Key clients
- Rimi
- RB Rail
- Linstow
- Vastint
- Riga International Airport
- Berenberg
- Mudia
- Tietoevry
- LNK group
- YIT
Work highlights
Advising Rimi Baltic on selling logistical and office centre in Riga.
Advising RB Rail on the design and building contracts for ENE and CSS subsystems.
Assisting Vastint (a part of the Vastint Group, an international real estate organisation) with its development and operation of two major real estate projects in Latvia – Business Garden Riga (a new office campus with over 14,000 sq.m of offices) and Magdalena Square (a mix of office and residential buildings in the centre of Riga).
Lawyers
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Practice head
Lelde Laviņa; Jorens Jaunozols; Jānis Līkops