Legal Team
The renown of the RER Lextal law office is enhanced by its experienced lawyers, who excel in their field: Armands Rasa and Jānis Ešenvalds.
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Armands Rasa
- Attorney at law Armands Rasa gained his initial experience working at a law office in 2004, while in the following years he has built up his skills and knowledge as attorney in both the private and public sectors, specializing in litigation, financial and banking law, as well as insolvency proceedings (insolvency administrator since 14 November 2007).
- In addition to a Master’s Degree in Law from the University of Latvia, Armands holds a Professional Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Riga Technical University. It is particularly useful for understanding the wishes, challenges and needs of entrepreneurs, in order to deal with commercial law issues better and to provide legal support for the improvement of commercial activity, helping to prevent or reduce the legal or commercial risks in business decisions.
- Since September 3, 2012, Armands Rasa, attorney at law, has been included in the pool of property investment appraisers, representing such appraisal areas as technological equipment and facilities, vehicles, agricultural machinery, intellectual property, merchant activity (business), forests, as well as antiques and art objects.
- In 2010, attorney at law Armands Rasa represented a board member of a company, a pregnant employee, in an employment law dispute with an employer before the European Court of Justice. This preliminary ruling was the first one adjudicated at this level in a Latvian civil matter and contributed significantly to the entire national court system.
- Armands Rasa has been the insolvency administrator of LAS (JSC under liquidation) “TRASTA KOMERCBANKA” since June 2017 allowing him to gain invaluable experience in matters related to the insolvency proceedings of credit institutions, including the protection of creditors’ interests. He currently represents the interests of a number of LAS “PNB Banka” creditors in the insolvency proceedings of the bank.
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Jānis Ešenvalds
- Jānis Ešenvalds started his professional career in law in 2003 and since then has become attorney at law and a certified insolvency administrator, gaining extensive experience in complex administrative and civil proceedings in courts of all instances, including representing clients in the European Court of Justice.
- He obtained his lawyer qualification from the University of Latvia, then continued his studies at the Riga Graduate School of Law in the Master of Law programme, specializing in international and European Union law, as well as at the University of Luton where he gained insight into British and international law.
- Attorney at law Jānis Ešenvalds has conducted extensive research on the principle of indivisibility of buildings and land and derogations thereof both in general and in special cases, such as ports, new buildings, buildings built on plots of land after September 1, 1992, and has also provided advice to customers on issues related to this problem.
- Jānis has also analysed the consequences of failure to transpose EU directives and possible remedies for persons whose interests have been affected as a consequence.
- Jānis Ešenvalds’ area of expertise has been providing legal assistance in international transactions on the preservation of gold mining concessions, as well as the establishment and operation of a corporate entity to protect the client's interests in relations with investors.
- Jānis Ešenvalds, attorney at law, shares his knowledge by giving seminars and lectures on cross-border insolvency proceedings to both current and prospective insolvency process administrators, attorneys at law, judges and sworn bailiffs, as well as by advising students of the University of Latvia and by supervising student research papers at the Riga Graduate School of Law.
- Jānis believes that a good attorney must possess a great deal of patience and an endless desire to get to the bottom of every case in order to find convincing arguments in the defence of one's client.
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Liene Pommere
- In 2011, Liene Pommere, Attorney, obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, and in 2014 – the Professional Master’s Degree in Law and the lawyer qualification.
- During her studies, she worked in the Student Self-Government of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, including chairing the Commission for Culture and Academia, as well as being a member of the Council of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, as well as the Study Programme Council.
- Liene Pommere has obtained high achievements in the mock trials in both constitutional law and civil law arranged by the University of Latvia, she has participated in the 70th conference of the University of Latvia under the Legal Theory and History section: “The Struggle for “Rule of Law”: History, Theory and the Reality of Law”.
- In 2010, the legal magazine “Jurista Vārds” nominated Liene as the "Lawyer of the Week", while in 2014, she was included in the collection “The Modern Latvian Lawyer. 151 personalities”.
- In June 2016, she was admitted to the Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates in the capacity of an attorney.
- Liene has been gaining experience in jurisprudence since 2011, providing legal assistance at the Legal Clinic of the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, working for one of the largest companies in Latvia, as well as through her practice at the RER Lextal Law Office since 2012.
- In her free time Liene enjoys cooking, travelling, arranging events, and nature activities.
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Rihards Kalveršs
- Rihards Kalveršs has both a Bachelor’s and Professional Master’s Degree in Law, as well as the lawyer qualification from the University of Latvia, Faculty of Law.
- Since 2012, in cooperation with attorneys at law, he has represented the interests of companies and entrepreneurs in out-of-court situations, legal proceedings, and arbitration proceedings.
- He has gained practical experience in drafting corporate documents for joint stock companies, application of internal policies and procedures in an international enterprise belonging to an information technology group.
- Rihards has accumulated in-depth knowledge and professional experience in commercial law, dealings with real estate and credit institutions, the construction sector, as well as other areas of contract drafting.
- He considers nature activities essential to living a full life.
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Anete Boze
- After having obtained a Bachelor’s and Professional Master’s Degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia in 2018, lawyer Anete Bože began her doctoral studies at Rīga Stradiņš University.
- Since 2011, Anete has worked in several law firms, as well as in one of Latvia’s largest retail companies
- Anete Bože has shared her knowledge and experience by teaching the study course “Legal Methods and Topicalities of Legal Theory” at Rīga Stradiņš University. She has covered topics related to payment services in several conferences.
- Anete often combines her frequent travels with attending craft beer festivals in Europe.
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Krista Gailīte
- Associate Krista Gailīte obtained a social sciences degree in law from the University of Latvia in 2016, she studied at the University of Lisbon in 2017 under the European Union student exchange programme, and in 2018, she received a Professional Master’s Degree in Law and the lawyer qualification from the University of Latvia.
- Krista assisted the Latvian team in reaching the Regional Finals of the European Law Moot Court.
- In her free time, Krista enjoys downhill skiing, tennis, and travelling.
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Anna Losāne
- In 2017, Anna graduated from Vilis Plūdonis Kuldīga Gymnasium
- In 2020, she obtained a social sciences degree in law from the University of Latvia.
- In her free time, Anna enjoys going to the theatre and reading fiction.
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Ieva Kalniņa
- Ieva has a Bachelor's in Business Administration. She has extensive experience in the customer service sector. In addition to working in the office, she helps to arrange youth training camps, as well as jazz music concerts in summer.
- In her free time, Ieva likes to go on shorter or longer jogging routes in the streets of Riga, attend theatres and various music events.
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Linda Bērziņa
- Linda has studied public relations at the College of Business Administration, and has obtained the 3rd qualification level of real estate manager at the College of Law.
- In her free time, Linda goes on hiking trips and enjoys cooking.
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Marge Männiko
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Üllar Talviste
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Ants Karu
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Urmas Ustav
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Kristi Sild
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Olavi-Jüri Luik
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Oliver Nääs
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Margus Reiland
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Magnus Braun
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Rauno Kinkar
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Diana Minumets
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Katrin Orav
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Kristi Rande
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Margus Poola
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Piia Raide
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Henri Ratnik
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Ave-Ly Kõuts
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Sirle Karu
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Kadi Saluste
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Sander Potisepp
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Martin Nikolajev
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Elise Altroff
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Pie Laanemets
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Mats Volberg
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Kaisa-Maria Kubpart
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Marge Saarela
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Andera Lõhmus
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Katrin Soom
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Kaie Müller
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Kristel Niine
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Tomas Bagdanskis
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Lina Šikšniūtė-Vaitiekūnienė
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Vilius Mačiulaitis
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Vilma Sabaliauskienė
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Mantas Mikalopas
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Džiuginta Balčiūnė
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Asta Macijauskienė
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Jolanta Liukaitytė-Stonienė
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Arūnas Šidlauskas
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Ingrida Steponavičienė
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Audrius Pėstininkas
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Svetlana Naumčik
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Ramunė Šaikuvienė
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Rūta Globytė
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Neringa Gylytė
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Inga Neniškė
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Eglė Višinskienė
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Dr. Gediminas Valantiejus
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Ramunė Guobaitė-Kirslienė
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Justina Ramašauskaitė
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Lauras Naglis
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Skirmanta Balsevičienė
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Rimvydė Bagdanskienė
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Aistė Leščinskaitė
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Santa Janickienė
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Milda Jogėlaitė
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Jolanta Borko
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Rimgailė Belickaitė
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Jovita Šimanskytė
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Irmantas Jadzevičius
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Zita Tarakavičienė
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Ieva Blaževičiūtė
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Lina Jasevičienė
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Mantas Matuliūkštis
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Legal Services
Law Office lawyers are prepared to provide their clients with high quality legal services and legal assistance. The lawyer is an independent specialist, and the client can be assured and trust that the lawyer shall provide assistance within the scope of his/her competence, using all means prescribed by law, in compliance with the laws and ethical principles.
The RER Lextal Law Office provides a wide range of legal services to both individuals and legal entities, including advice, drafting legal opinions, drafting contracts and other documents, closing deals and representing clients in the closing process, as well as representing clients in courts, institutions and in relations with other individuals or legal entities.
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Latvijas Zvērinātu advokātu kolēģija
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INSOL Europe
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Eiropas Advokātu Apvienība
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