Junior associate
English, Latvian, Russian, Ukrainian
Latvia
Real Estate & Construction
Corporate, Immigration
+371 25 417 562
diana.kise@vilgerts.com
+371 25 417 562
diana.kise@vilgerts.com
Real Estate & Construction
Corporate, Immigration
Diāna Ķīse, LL.B., joined VILGERTS Real Estate & Construction team in 2022.
Diāna advises clients on all aspects concerning real estate & construction matters and assists the commercial and immigration teams.
Diāna is an LL.M. Public International Law student at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Her thesis focuses on maritime law and analyses jurisdictional issues in the ITLOS Tribunal concerning the Kerch Strait incident. Diāna has also authored articles in the areas of international law, environmental law, and human rights law.
Prior to joining VILGERTS, Diāna worked at one of the largest driving schools in Latvia, where she assisted the driving school in all of its legal matters, including matters concerning contract and employment law. In addition, Diāna acted as a Climate Reality Leader within the Climate Reality Project that works towards achieving sustainable development and solving the climate crisis by educating people worldwide. She also completed a commercial law internship at the Bright Network, assisting clients with recruitment matters. Bright Network works with international companies, such as Dyson, KPM, Goldman Sachs, and American Express.
CAREER
2022 / Junior Associate, VILGERTS
2022 / Lawyer, SIA “Presto Autoskola”
2020 / Climate Reality Leader, The Climate Reality Project
2020 / Commercial Law Intern, Bright Network
2019 / Legal Assistant, VILGERTS
2017 / Legal Intern, Kreics un Partneri
EDUCATION
2020 / Leiden University, The Netherlands, LL.M. in Public International Law
2019 / Lyon Catholic University, France, Business Courses
2020 / Coventry University, United Kingdom, LL.B. International Law (Hons)
VILGERTS’ advises East Capital Real Estate on its EUR 53 million acquisition of the iconic “Place 11” office building in Riga (GLA 16,000 sqm) from the Hanner Group. According to Colliers, this is the largest commercial property transaction to have occurred in Latvia during 2022.
November 9, 2022