Cobalt‘s real estate, energy and infrastructure department assists leading developers and investors with large commercial and industrial real estate and construction projects, handling a mixture of contentious and non-contentious matters. The practice is also mentioned for its specialisms in energy development and renewables; energy sub-group head Gatis Flinters is key in these areas. With over 25 years’ experience, Dace Silava-Tomsone heads up the wider practice. Toms Sulmanis brings additional expertise in residential and commercial property to the group. Associate Juta Meimere is noted for transactional and lease-related work, while Artūrs Valderšteins specialises in energy, planning and administrative disputes.

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Key clients

  • AFI Investments SIA
  • AirBaltic Corporation AS
  • Astor Group
  • Baltic Green Investments
  • Consolis Latvija SIA
  • Corum Asset Management
  • Enersense
  • Hili Properties
  • Hepsor Latvia OÜ
  • I Asset Management
  • Kapitel SIA
  • Latvenergo AS
  • Linstow group
  • Swietelsky AG
  • VPH group
  • Volvo Truck Latvia
  • Workland Latvia SIA
  • Eiffage Genie Civil

Work highlights

  • Advising Air Baltic on the development of its Maintenance Repair & Operation hangar at its home base, Riga International Airport.
  • Advising real estate developer VPH on the development of a new shopping complex in the centre of Riga, with an investment of up to €40m.
  • Assisted energy infrastructure contractor Enersense SIA, within the formation of a joint venture with Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG, with the supply and installation of three synchronous condensers for the Latvian transmission system operator, with a total contract value of €114m.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Dace Silava-Tomsone

Other key lawyers

Gatis Flinters, Toms Sulmanis, Juta Meimere, Artūrs Valderšteins