Ellex‘s disputes team is regularly engaged in high-profile commercial and civil cases, with key areas of focus including financial, insurance, and white-collar crime disputes. The practice fields a sizeable, dedicated disputes team, which has experience acting for global corporates on cross-border Baltic and European cases. Daiga Zivtiņa chairs the practice, and is highly experienced in both litigation and arbitration. Ilga Gudrenika-Krebs is noted for construction and real estate disputes, while Anete Dimitrovska has expertise in claims relating to ESG and environmental standards. Irina Rozenšteina is recommended for cases involving tax and employment matters.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Noted for responsiveness.’

  • ‘High-quality and fast answers.'

  • ‘Issue resolution with overall visibility/overview from both a legal and business perspective.’

  • ‘Diverse team, strong communication, take innovative approach to solving issues, strong collaboration with external and internal teams.’

  • ‘Practitioners we have worked with are not just experts in their respective fields but they are thought leaders with strong strategic vision. Moreover, the communication is always on point - fast, concise and high quality, they can often describe complex issues in simple terms and propose recommendations of what changes are necessary to overcome issues.'

  • 'Our cooperation partners from Ellex are always willing to go the extra mile and take a proactive approach to solving problems. In our field of work, Ellex have also led multiple meetings with different stakeholders, discussing various topics, showing good mediation and team leading skills.'

  • 'In particular, stand-out practitioners are Daiga Zivtiņa and Irina Rozenšteina.'

  • ‘Ilga Gudrenika-Krebs has provided us with litigation-related assistance. We were pleased with the result, because, firstly, the court ruling on securing the claim was rendered in our favour, and, secondly, the case was quickly and effectively resolved with a settlement.'

Key clients

  • Julianus Inkasso
  • Nafta LV
  • Bertas Nams
  • Intrum
  • Telia
  • S.P.I.
  • Eiroplasts
  • Viada
  • YIT
  • Coca Cola
  • Wittix UAB
  • Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions AG
  • Signet Bank
  • DocLogix
  • Verus Praedum (IKEA)
  • Bolt

Work highlights

  • Represented BTA Baltic Insurance Company in a case before the CJEU where the court recognised regulation No.107 as non-compliant with EU Directive 2014/24.
  • Representing more than 2,500 local and international private investors in criminal, civil and insolvency proceedings relating to alleged fraud and embezzlement against major alternative investment platform Grupeer.com.
  • Representing professional debt collection company Intrum in three interrelated civil cases relating to the collection of a large amount of debt.

Lawyers

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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daiga Zivtiņa

Other key lawyers

Ilga Gudrenika-Krebs, Anete Dimitrovska, Irina Rozenšteina, Jevgēnijs Salims, Ints Skaldis