VILGERTS
Client SatisfactionVILGERTS‘s employment team is well-known for acting for corporates in the early stages of employment disputes, having represented a number of market leaders across a variety of different industry sectors, including air transport, construction, manufacturing investment institutions, shipping, real estate, and IT. The team is chaired by Jūlija Jerņeva, with ’excellent business understanding’ and expertise in advising on consultations and redundancies; her skillset is well complemented with key support from Jānis Kubilis, who has extensive experience representing clients in disputes.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
'Jūlija Jerņeva, the partner in charge of employment relations, has a very mature and balanced profile, providing practical advice. Combined with emotional intelligence on sensitive matters and business understanding, she and her team had been a successful advisor on our matters.'
'Jūlija Jerņeva is a hands-on partner, her competencies are well complemented by the litigation partner Jānis Kubilis providing insights from court practice in labor disputes.’
- 'Our closest contact had been with partner Jūlija Jerņeva and we value this cooperation because of the professional advice, listening to client's needs and delivering tailor made service.'
Key clients
- Air Baltic Corporation AS
- Merks SIA
- A.P.N. Promise SIA
- Altum kapitāla fonds AIF 9
- BAO AS
- BGS ADR SIA
- Biļešu paradīze SIA
- Conexus Baltic Grid AS
- DECATHLON SA
- Fondia Baltic Oü
- GLINAR SIA
- GroGlass SIA
- MANITOU
- Marcin Walawski Doradztwo Prawne
- Mikrotīkls SIA
- Nordic Homes SIA
- Nyor Investments Limited
- Omniva SIA
- Soil Association Certification Limited
- SPC legal, Advokatų kontora
- Sveaskog Baltfor SIA
- Triple Bounce SIA
- VGP Latvija SIA
- Zenith Family Office OÜ
Work highlights
- Advising airBaltic on multiple collective and individual disputes, initiated by Latvian Aviation Trade Union and its members from 2018 to 2020 and other separate employment disputes.
- Advising Decathlon, following its entrance into the Latvian marketplace in 2022, on all employment law-related matters.
- Representing Sky Clean SIA in an employment dispute relating to employees misusing their access to the premises of the Riga International Airport.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jūlija Jerņeva