VILGERTS‘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
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'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.’
Key clients
- Air Baltic Corporation AS
- Merks SIA
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.