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 December 2022, Liene Pommere became a partner of RER Lextal.
- In June 2016, Liene was admitted to the Latvian Council of Sworn Advocates in the capacity of an attorney and participated for more than 5 years in the Commission for Amendments to the Council of Sworn Advocates. In October 2022 she gave the oath to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court becoming a sworn advocate.
- 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 enterprises in Latvia as a procurement specialist, as well as since 2012 working at the Law Office RER Lextal.
- In 2011, Liene Pommere, Attorney at law, 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. She has obtained high achievements in the mock trials in both constitutional law and civil law arranged by the University of Latvia.
- Since the fall of 2022, Liene has been giving guest lectures at Riga Technical University for future IT project managers regarding legal aspects in IT projects.
- In spring 2022, she completed a further education course "Design Thinking, Project, Product and Process Management with Agile, Scrum, Lean, Kanban" at Riga Technical University.
- 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 her spare time Liene enjoys travelling, nature activities and cooking. She is one of the creators of the food recipe blog 3muskatrieksti.lv.
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Juris Janums
- Attorney at law Juris Janums obtained a Professional Master’s degree in Law and the lawyer qualification at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia. Since 2017 he is continuing his doctoral studies in criminal law, working on his dissertation on legal aspects of cryptocurrency in criminal law.
- Juris started his professional career working for the Criminal Law Department of the Ministry of Justice in 2014 and a year later joined one of the leading criminal law firms in Latvia. He is a member of the Latvian Bar Association since 2016.
- Juris Janums specializes in criminal law, administrative liability law, administrative law and human rights, and has advised number of clients in real estate management law as well as inheritance and family law.
- Juris is the author of several scientific publications in criminal law, with a particular focus on financial and economic crimes and matters related to cryptocurrency circulation and blockchain. He is also passionate about other issues related to the lex cryptographia, including smart contracts, smart legal contracts and the development of the regulation of cryptoassets.
- Attorney at law Juris Janums shares his knowledge and experience by giving lectures and conducting seminars at the Latvian Judicial Training Centre for judges, attorneys, prosecutors and other legal professionals. He is also a lecturer at the Master's Degree study course "International Criminal Law" at the Baltic International Academy.
- Juris joined Law Office RER Lextal in November 2022. In his spare time Juris sings in a choir, serves in the Latvian National Guard, enjoys travelling and spending joyful time with his family and friends.
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Anna Marta Riekstiņa
- Anna Marta Riekstiņa has a master's degree from University of Latvia and is currently pursuing another master's degree from University of London in the specialisation of intellectual property law.
- Anna Marta specializes in the protection of intellectual property, in particular copyrights, trademarks and domain names, thus Anna Marta has in-depth knowledge and experience, and therefore has advised local and international clients on the protection, enforcement, franchising, and licensing of their intellectual property and business. This includes both intellectual property registration and portfolio maintenance, as well as dispute resolution.
- Furthermore, Anna Marta has hands-on experience in a wide range of areas, advising clients on the legal frameworks and compliance issues in areas such as advertising, media, broadcasting, information technologies, e-commerce, food and beverages, cosmetics and social networks.
- Anna Marta has also participated in a number of due diligence projects related to the acquisition and sale of local and international companies, in which Anna Marta has been primarily responsible for reviewing corporate IT and IP policies, as well as analysing various service, supply, customer and other agreements.
- Anna Marta is a big fan of bobsleigh and skeleton and has participated both as a volunteer in the organization of these races and in the judging of them. In her spare time she enjoys traveling and hiking.
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Kārlis Ešenvalds
- A Senior Associate Kārlis Ešenvalds obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, and a Professional Master’s Degree in Law and the lawyer qualification.
- Kārlis specializes in immigration law, particularly in applying for residence permits on the basis of investments and real estate acquisitions therefore he has advised number of international clients wishing to start or continue their business in Latvia and to acquire real estate. Kārlis has also carried out the reorganization and liquidation procedures of several corporations.
- Kārlis has been gaining experience in jurisprudence since 2009 beginning his career in a well-known Latvian law firm as a Junior Lawyer, after which he got acquainted with the daily work of the court as a Court Recorder, continued his career working as a Legal Assistant and a Lawyer in various private companies as well as managing legal department as a Chief Legal Officer of a holding company. In addition to his work as a lawyer, Kārlis has also held the position of the Chairman of an Arbitration Court. Kārlis joined RER Lextal in March 2022.
- Kārlis is a huge retro car enthusiast, he enjoys travelling and always improves summer evenings by the fire with a musical accompaniment.
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Anete Bože
- 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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Kristīne Pulkstene
- Kristīne Pulkstene obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, and a Professional Master’s Degree in Law and the lawyer qualification. In addition, Kristīne holds a Master's degree of Social Sciences in Public Administration at the Faculty of Business, Management and Economics of the University of Latvia.
- Kristīne started her professional career in jurisprudence working as a legal associate in the banking sector. In 2013 she started working in the Legal Department of the State Labor Inspectorate, where she gained experience about drafting various legal documents, application of the normative acts and legal proceedings. Kristīne joined RER Lextal team in the beginning of 2023.
- During her work experience, Kristīne has acquired knowledge in Labour Law and Labour Protection Law, as well as in various matters of Administrative Law, Law on Administrative Liability and reviewing of disciplinary cases. Moreover, since the adoption of the Whistleblowing Law, Kristīne has acted as a contact person for whistleblowers, thus gaining experience in the establishment of early-warning whistleblowing system in Latvia.
- Kristīne enjoys playing various board games, winter swimming as well as Social Latin dances.
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Zanda Stara
- Zanda Stara has obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences and Professional Master’s Degree in Law and the lawyer qualification at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia.
- Zanda's professional journey has been characterized by engagement with the legal landscape, spanning both private and public sectors. Within the realm of private practice, Zanda has worked in a sworn notary's office and in a law firm as a legal associate. In the public sector, Zanda has held the position of the head of the General Civil Law Division within the Ministry of Justice's Department of Civil Rights, where she has been responsible for shaping civil rights law policy. She has been actively involved in initiatives such as the introduction of the right of superficies into Latvian Civil law, improvements to the regulation regarding the termination of joint property rights, the reform of inheritance rights, and various other civil rights policy issues.
- Zanda has joined the RER Lextal team in September 2023.
- Zanda's main area of expertise is related to property law and contract law.
- In her spare time, Zanda likes to attend various cultural events, hike in nature.
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Andra Gulbe
- Andra Gulbe has acquired a bachelor’s degree in social sciences and a master’s degree in law, as well as a lawyer’s qualification in the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia.
- Andra started her professional career in a court system working as a judge’s assistant. Since 2016, Andra has worked for different construction companies, with a focus on construction, manufacturing and public procurement, accumulating experience in the implementation of road, engineering network and building construction projects of varying complexity, as well as successfully representing construction companies in public procurement disputes in the Procurement Management Bureau and court. Andra has also gained experience in organising internal processes and the improvement of operations in construction companies’ departments.
- Andra pursues an active lifestyle and likes to spend time in nature.
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Sintija Miķelsone
- Sintija Miķelsone obtained a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia, and Professional Master’s Degree in Law and the lawyer qualification.
- Since 2014, Sintija has worked for several years in the court system, initially in the Riga Regional Court’s Chamber of Civil Cases, later in the Supreme Court’s Department of Civil cases as an assistant to a judge of the Supreme Court. Sintija also has worked in a law firm as a lawyer.
- During her work experience, Sintija has acquired notable knowledge of the litigation processes, handling various civil procedural issues and application of laws and regulations in various categories of civil cases, as well as drafting legal documents such as various types of agreements, rules and regulation, claims etc.
- Sintija specializes in civil litigation, drafting various procedural documents in litigation processes as well as various type of contracts.
- In her spare time, Sintija enjoys nature walks, travelling and pastry making.
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Anna Losāne
- In 2017, Anna graduated from Vilis Plūdonis Kuldīga Gymnasium
- In 2023, she obtained Professional Master’s Degree in Law and the lawyer qualification at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia.
- In her free time, Anna enjoys going to the theatre and reading fiction.
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Ričards Andžāns
- Ričards Andžāns is a 3rd year student of the Bachelor's degree of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Law of the University of Latvia.
- He enjoys quad biking, MTB marathons and is a big fan of motorsports.
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Annija Delvere
- Annija Delvere is a student of the Bachelor of Social Sciences in Law at Riga Stradins University.
- She leads active lifestyle, love doing sports, attending theatre and one of her passions is painting. Annija also enjoys travelling and visiting art museums.
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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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Zane Laure-Ešenvalde
- Zane studied Pedagogy and Art at the University of Latvia, as well as Behavioural Science and Special Education at the University of Helsinki.
- Zane has previously worked in the HoReCa sector as well as in education and management, IT and project management. In her spare time she enjoys cooking and travelling.
- Zane joined the team of Law Office RER Lextal in March 2020.
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Dace Pumpure
- Dace has more than 25 years of experience as an accountant.
- Previously Dace worked in bookkeeping and accounting service, providing her clients with full financial reporting and accounting operations, data collections, calculations and analysis related to financial statements as well as filling annual reports and tax returns.
- In her spare time she enjoys the art of making handicrafts and reading books.
- Dace joined the team of the Law Office RER Lextal in December 2020.
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Jānis Mellups
- Jānis Mellups, CAMS-certified ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING SPECIALIST, with over 5 years of practical experience in this field
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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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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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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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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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Latvijas Zvērinātu advokātu kolēģija
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Eiropas Advokātu Apvienība
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