At TEGOS (Formerly TGS Baltic), financings, bond issuance, and M&A in the transport sector are key among the group’s workload, which is of benefit to both smaller local clients and regional clients across Europe. On the regulatory side, corporate governance issues and compliance are often present. The group also deals with administrative law matters in administrative courts, such as abuse of dominance cases in the transport sector and cases related to public procurement contracts. Ivars Grunte and Andra Rubene head up the team. Grunte’s strong suit lies in disputes, specifically tax disputes in the transport industry, or disputes related to sanctions and customs. Rubene is a seasoned transport sector lawyer, drawing upon knowledge of distribution and transport, storage, and logistics contracts primarily.
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Key clients
- Association of Postal Merchants
- VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš (Latvian Railway)
- Latvijas sabiedriskais autobuss SIA
- BeTritron
- TÜV SÜD AG
- Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG
- SIA "KURBADS UN KO"
- Jūrmalas| |autobusu| |satiksme
- AirBaltic Corporation
- Havi Logistics
- Moller Group companies
Work highlights
Represented VAS Latvijas dzelzceļš (Latvian Railway) in an administrative regional court matter in which the court has fully overturned the Latvian Competition Council’s decision, which had found LDZ CARGO and its parent company guilty of abusing their dominant position in the rail freight sector.
Advised Latvijas sabiedriskais autobuss SIA on procurement law and administrative law matters in relation to the open tender on granting the rights to provide public transportation services for 10 years by buses within the regional meaning transportation network announced by the Road Transport Administration.
Assisted TÜV SÜD AG with the acquisition of Carspect Group Holding AB, with subsidiaries in Sweden, Estonia and Latvia, from IK Partners group company Arwen International S.à.r.l. and minority sellers.
Practice head
Ivars Grunte; Andra Rubene