http://www.sk-legal.com/en/rss.php lv-lv http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/spigulis--kukainis-selected-for-amcham-member-spotlight-article Spigulis & Kukainis selected for AMCHAM member spotlight article about attorneys in Latvia - lawyers in Latvia2012 AMCHAM members spotlight - Arturs Spigulis Matiss Kukainis Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/spigulis--kukainis-attorney-dzintars-zonenbergs-quoted-in-an-article Spigulis & Kukainis attorney Dzintars Zonenbergs is quoted in a 15 February 2012 article regarding winning a case representing the foreign investor/developer of the Kempinsky Hotel/Kemeru sanatorium project.Dzintars Zonenbergs wins a case representing SIA "Ominasis Latvia"  Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/arturs-spigulis-in-ltv-news-story-about-a-meeting-of-the-latvian-parliaments-economic-affairs-committee-regarding-latvian-ports Spigulis & Kukainis partner Arturs Spigulis was featured in a news story on the popular LTV Panorama news program on 1 February 2012 as one of the representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, providing commentary on the required amendments to the Latvian Law on Ports which are necessary to improve the legal environment for entrepreneurship/foreign direct investment in the ports of Latvia.The story also includes comments from other persons involved in port related activities about existing conflicts with Latvia's port management authorities, business opportunities in the ports, and possible amnedments to the Latvian Law on Ports.  Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/arturs-spigulis-and-sandra-bikauniece-publish-an-article-on-the-legalities-of-the-latvian-law-on-ports-in-the-academic-legal-journal-jurista-vards In the article which has been published in the academic legal journal "Jurista Vards" edition of January 17, 2012 has been expressed a viewpoint about the necessity to substantially amend the existing legal regulations on ports. The existing deficiencies in the laws provide for ports authorities broad opportunities for interpretation of laws, impeding the performance of commercial activities and violating interests of merchants. Resolutions established by the Administrative Department of Supreme Court Senate on May 2011 in the cases within which law firm "Spigulis & Kukainis" represented its clients is the cornerstone for the changes in the previous ports administration practice. Article in Latvian on the Legalities of the Latvian Law Regulating Commercial Activities in Latvian Ports Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/firm-partner-arturs-spigulis-quoted-in-associated-press-article Spigulis & Kukainis partner Arturs Spigulis is quoted in a 17 December 2011 Associated Press article regardind the rule of law in Latvia and the Baltic States which was published in Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, and other influential media outlets.Arturs Spigulis Lawyer Latvia Washington Post December 2011Arturs Spigulis Attorney Latvia Chicago Tribune December 2011Arturs Spigulis Attorney Latvia The Guardian December 2011Arturs Spigulis Attorney Latvia Miami Herald December 2011Arturs Spigulis Attorney Latvia New Jersey Herald December 2011 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/november-3 Lawyer Matiss Rostoks joins Spigulis & Kukainis. Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/september-4 Spigulis & Kukainis partner Arturs Spigulis in tandem with local counsel represents a Latvian Company in an intellectual property dispute in district court in Tel Aviv, Israel. At the said hearing in Tel Aviv, Mr. Spigulis is physically present to present evidence regarding the case.The amount in dispute exceeds USD 10 million. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/august-2 Spigulis & Kukainis appeals a decision of the Office of Citizenship and Migratory Affairs, which results in an Australian citizen receiving a Latvian Residence Permit Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/july-3 Arturs Spigulis successfully represented a tugboat company in the Supreme Court Administrative Department and ruled that it will not accept the appeal of the Freeport of Riga, thereby certufying the legality of the 24 March 2009 Latvian Competition Council Decision regarding the actions of the Freeport of Riga. The case dealt with a fine placed on the Freeport of Riga due to abuse of dominant position and other uncompetitve practices for which the Freeport of Riga was fined EUR 64,000.Spigulis & Kukainis successfully defended SIA OMINASIS LATVIA, the owner of the Kemeru Sanatariom 5 star hotel development project from a petition to force bankruptcy.Spigulis & Kukainis partner Arturs Spigulis and Attorney Dzintars Zonenbergs successfully defend an Australian citizen in a shareholder dispute regarding shares of a Latvian company, which resulted in the return of all monies invested by the client. Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/june-3 Spigulis & Kukainis lawyer Dzintars Zonenbergs passes that Latvian Bar Exam (Attorney qualification exam), and is sworn in as an Attorney at Law / Sworn Advocate in the Republic of Latvia.Partner Arturs Spigulis and Attorney Dzintars Zonenbergs successfully represent a tugboat company in a dispute in Adminstrative court against the Board of the Freeport of Riga (Rigas Brivosta), with regard to compeling the Freeport of Riga to institute the judgement of the court by which the client is allowed to conduct commercial activities in said port. This allows the client to continue to provide services in the port during the litigation of the matter, which allows the client to keep its market share and continue commercial activites. Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/april-3 Lawyer Sandra Bikauniece participares as a judge in the 18th annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court held in Vienna, Austria, where 254 university teams from 63 countries compete.Lawyer Dzintars Zonenbergs successfully represents a shipping company in Latvian court regarding the removal of a lien placed on the ship of a client. Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/may-2 The Administrative Supreme Court department issue to rulings favorable to Spigulis & Kukainis clients. The rulings declare that the Board of the Freeport of Riga (Rigas Brivosta) application of the law is incorrect. The ruling sets a material precedent with regard to which laws govern, and in what manner they govern, commercial activity in the Freeport of Riga (Rigas Brivosta). One of the two said rulings was selected by the Supreme Court as a ruling of substantial importance on the website of the Latvian Supreme Court. Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/march-3 Spigulis & Kukainis Partner Matiss Kukainis is re-elected to the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia for a two year term.Partner Arturs Spigulis represents a one of Latvia’s largest restauraunt franchises with regard to a public tender held by the Riga City Council to lease property in one of the main squares in Riga.The restauraunt franchise requests that they be named as the official winner of the tender. The dispute is ongoing in various legal institutions. Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/february-3 Partners Arturs Spigulis and Attorney Dzintars Zonenbergs successfully defend one of the largest distributors of cosmetic products in Latvia, from as suit filed with the Riga International Cour of Arbitration regarding a contractual dispute where the amoutn in dispute exceeded EUR 140,000. Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/january-3 Spigulis & Kukainis in appelate court succesfully argues that that changes to the price of services made by the 7 October 2008 decision of the Board of the by the Freeport of Riga ar against the law. The Freeport of Riga agreed with the argument and refunded court filing costs to the client.Lawyer Sandra Bikauniece participated as at judge at the 2011 Philip C. Jessup international moot court at the University of Belarus in Minsk. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/december-2 Partner Arturs Spigulis and lawyer Sandra Bikauniece successfully in court argue to revoke the 19 November 2009 decision of the Board of the Freeport of Riga to change its pricing structure regarding tariffs for togboat services in the Freeport of Riga which would have negatively impacted the client. Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/november-2 Spigulis & Kukainis represents successfully represents in court a real estate company in a dispute with a car dealear regarding delinquent property lease payments in excess of EUR 300,000. The court agrees with the arguments presented by Spigulis and Kukainis and orders the tenant to pay the delinquent amounts plus penalties.Spigulis & Kukainis partner Matiss Kukainis attendtheTeamEuropeseminarinBrussels.Mr. Kukainis is a member of Team Europe Latvia, a European Commission sanctioned group composed of academics and professionals with expertise in various fields related to the European Union, i.e., law, economics and politics. Mon, 01 Nov 2010 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/october-3 Spigulis & Kukainis represents a large port terminal in a dispute regarding the terms and stipulation regardin railway access to said terminal, for which a case was filed with the Latvian Competition Council regarding abuse of dominant position. Fri, 01 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/september-3 Spigulis & Kukainis lead by lawyer Sandra Bikauniece represented a group of software programmers from India, employed by a large (35,000+ employees) Indian software company before the Latvian Office ofCitizenship and Migratory Affairs regardin residence permits for said employees for a joint projectwithLatvia’slargesttelecommunicationscompany Lattelecom. Partner Matiss Kukainis Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/august Arturs Spigulis represents a company engaged in electricity producion and sale before the Latvian Public Services Regulation Commission with regard to receipt of a liscense to sell electricity in the Republic of Lativa. The client received a 5 year license. Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/july-2 Spigulis and Kukainis represents clients before the Latvian Competition regarding collection of damages caused by the state owned company.The amount in dispute exceeds EUR 2 million. This is the first matter of its kind in Latvian courts. The arguments are completely based upon EU lawand European Courtof Justice precedent. Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/june-2 Spigulis & Kukainis successfully defended the interests of a company providing waste and sewage water collection and treatment in the Freeport of Riga in a complicated matter in Administrative court. The matter involved complex litigation procedures, where a countersuit was filed on behalf of the client regarding a matter for which litigation was previously twice discontinued. The decision of the court was that disputes regarding the provision of services in the Riga Freeport should not be heard in Civil court, but in Administrative court, and disputes over the execution of such agreements fall within the jurisdiction of the Administrative courts.President of Latvia ValdisZatlers twice vetoes the new law on ports and requests Parliament to review portions of the law that contain modifications considered to be contrary to private business interests within the port. Arturs Spigulis on behalf of various companies doing business in the Freeport of Latvia, as well as on behalf of tra Tue, 01 Jun 2010 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/may Lawyer Sandra Bikauniece successfully represents a United States citizen regarding renewal of property rights to both the building and the land under the building, for a case that lay dormant for more than 15 years.Spigulis and Kukainis represents an Estonian client in a dispute in Latvian court with a Dutch company and a German citizen regarding the illegal acquisition of shares of a company, and the subsequent transfer of the assets of said company. Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/april-2 Spigulis & Kukainis lawyer Sandra Bikauniece represents the University of Latvia at the 17th annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court in Vienna, Austria, which is attended by 251 university teams from 62 countries.Spigulis & Kukainis represents a prominent Swedish real estate company with regard to potential acquisition of various commercial objects in Latvia and performs complex due diligence on various properties. Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/march-2 Arturs Spigulis represents one of the largest publishers in Latvia in Administrative court regarding the legality of a decision of the Latvian Competition Council. The essence of the case alleged possible illegal price fixing, which included Constitutional law arguments regarding the right to a free education. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/february-2 Partner Arturs Spigulis represents a port terminal in a dispute with a shareholder regarding the validity of the terms of a loan agreement and the legality of the agreement as a whole. The amount in dispute exceeded EUR 12 million. Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/january-2 Spigulis &Kukainis consults a large Italian real estate company during the restructuring of the loans of its Latvian subsidiary with Latvian banks.Arturs Spigulis successfully represents a media company regarding a lawsuit by a private party for a defamation claim for an article that appeared in the press. Mr. Spigulis successfully defended the media company, and the defamation case was dismissed by the court. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/november Partner Arturs Spigulis and lawyer Sandra Bikauniece performed all corporate tasks to successfully merge two tugboat companies, which both were market leaders in Latvia. The merger was conducted in various phases, which included capital infusion of both property and monies, which was the result of a creative interpretation and application of the Latvian commercial law.Spigulis & Kukainis assists in the reorganization of one of the largest restaurant chains in Latvia, in order to reduce the liability and exposure of the company as a whole, by separating the central management and operations and the individual restaurants into various legal entities. Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/october-2 Partner Arturs Spigulis and lawyer Sandra Bikauniece represented a fruit and vegetable wholesaler during the transition from one legal entity to another, thereby limiting the liability to the client’s business model. Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/september-2 Spigulis & Kukainis Partner Arturs Spigulis files a claim for more than EUR 2 million against one of Latvia’s largest construction companies based on a failure of said company to properly perform contracted for construction services. The property in question is currently being renovated to accommodate a 5 star international luxury hotel chain. The lawsuit involved complicated expert testimony regarding quality of construction works. Spigulis & Kukainis convinced the court that it was necessary to place a lien on the assets of the construction company. Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/july Spigulis & Kukainis successfully represents client in the sale of property in Bulgaria. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/june Spigulis & Kukainis partner Arturs Spigulis successfully represents in court one of the largest developers of real estate in the city of Jurmala, successfully arguing for the removal of a court ordered lien, allowing the client to continue with development. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/april Spigulis & Kukainis lawyer Sandra Bikauniece represents the University of Latvia at the 16th annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court in Vienna, Austria, which is attended by 228 university teams from 57 countries. Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/march Spigulis & Kukainis Partner Matiss Kukainis is re-elected to the Board of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia for a two year term. Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/february Spigulis & Kukainis represents a United Kingdom construction firm during its Latvian subsidiary’s acquisition by the largest United States construction management firm, whose shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Spigulis & Kukainis works with one of the United Kingdom’s most prominent law offices to successfully complete all corporate formalities related to the acquisition. Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/january Partner Arturs Spigulis represents Latvia’s largest pharmaceuticalwholesaler and Latvia’s largest pharmaceutical retailer before the Latvian Competition Council, during which Mr. Spigulis requests and receives approval from the Council to merge both companies. The deal is viewed as the largest merger in the pharmaceutical sector in Latvia in the past few years. Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/december Spigulis & Kukainis represents a leading Latvian news website during its acquisition, and performs all legal work related to the transaction, including registering the new owner's rights to the domain name and other intellectual property. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EET http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/october Partner Arturs Spigulis represents a shipping company in arbitration court which files suit for damages due to the unjustified termination of a charter agreement. The court issues a positive ruling for the client and damages are collected. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EEST http://www.sk-legal.com/en/news/september Spigulis & Kukainis on behalf of their client arranges to purchase the majority stake of one of Latvia’s largest newspapers. Partner Arturs Spigulis lead a team of lawyers that conducted buyer-side due diligence, and handled all aspects of the purchase transaction, including acquisition of all trademarks. Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EEST