Janis Karklins Law Firm

Practices: Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Real Estate & Construction, Commercial & Corporate, M&A, Banking & Finance

Managing Partner, Attorney-at-law

Managing Partner of Janis Karklins Law Firm (2007)

Head of Civil Department of Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia (2017)

Professor of Faculty of Law at the University of Latvia (2020)

Jānis Kārkliņš specializes in overseeing complex civil cases and adeptly safeguarding the legal interests of his clients within the judicial system. Jānis Kārkliņš has provided expert legal assistance to both public authorities and private entities, effectively handling a diverse array of cases at the national level, as well as before esteemed institutions such as the Constitutional Court, the Stockholm Arbitration Court, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Ukrainian CCI (the ICAC), the Swiss Arbitration Centre, the Paris Arbitration and the German Arbitration Institute (DIS).

Latvian, English, Russian

Member of the Bar Examination Committee of the Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates

Member of the Examination Committee of Sworn Notaries

Member of the Council of the Enterprise Register of the Republic of Latvia

Expert of Legal Science of the Latvian Council of Science

Doctor of Law (Dr. iur.), Faculty of Law of University of Latvia (2007)

Jānis Kārkliņš is the author and co-author of approximately sixty scientific publications in Latvian and English, including those indexed in the Scopus and / or Web of Science databases. He is the co-author of several monographs and text books on the civil law of Latvia, including ones published by Springer and Kluwer Law International, such as "Contract Law in Latvia" and "Tort Law in Latvia". He has delivered papers on topical civil law issues in more than thirty international and domestic scientific conferences in Latvia and other European countries, including on the consumer rights protection legislation.

Jānis Kārkliņš has successfully supervised and / or participated in international and domestic scientific projects, Latvian state research programmes and research programmes of the European Commission.

Awarded the Judicial System's Grade II Badge of Honor by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Latvia for exemplary, honest, and creative performance of his duties in the field of justice.