Name
Gints Vilgerts
Managing Partner
Languages
English, Latvian, Russian
Location
Latvia
Primary practices:
M&A, Litigation & Arbitration
Secondary practices:
Corporate, Insurance, Real Estate & Construction, Shipping & Transport
Contacts
+371 29 107 768
gints.vilgerts@vilgerts.com
Contacts
+371 29 107 768
gints.vilgerts@vilgerts.com
Primary practices:
M&A, Litigation & Arbitration
Secondary practices:
Corporate, Insurance, Real Estate & Construction, Shipping & Transport
Profile
Gints Vilgerts, LL.M. is the founder and managing partner of the firm since 2008. His practice focuses on all aspects of M&A, corporate restructuring, real estate and complex commercial dispute cases.
During his practice in Latvia and abroad (Russia, Belarus, Lithuania, Estonia), since 2010, he has participated in more than 100 transactions of total deal-size in excess of EUR 2 billion for clients from more than 10 jurisdictions.
Gints Vilgerts has been a guest lecturer at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, the Riga Graduate School of Law and the Riga Business School.
Gints Vilgerts is a "Chambers & Partners Europe" and "Legal 500" recommended practitioner in Latvia in the areas of M&A, corporate, real estate, construction and finance.
Chambers and Partners Europe 2014: "He puts everything into a business perspective and has brilliant ideas for how to solve our problems. He comes up with amazing solutions."
Legal 500 2012: “Excellent negotiation skills.” “Vilgerts has always been impressive, and his work remains equally so, chiefly due to the level of service and quality of output.”
Gints is included in The Best Lawyers in Latvia 2016 in following practice areas - Banking and Finance law, Corporate and M&A law, Litigation, Real Estate law.
Career
2008 / Partner, VILGERTS
1997 – 2006 / Partner, Sorainen
Education
1996 / University of Wales, LL.M. in Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs
1995 / University of Latvia, Bac.iur.
Membership
2011 – 2015 / MRICS
2003 / Latvian Bar Association
Experience
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
Legal support (together with Storm Legal) to Prime Prometics SIA, cosmetics e-shop business, and its shareholder KE Ventures SIA in connection with investment by Draugiem Capital I SIA to intensify international expansion.
October 10, 2022
Advised Summus Capital OÜ, a leading Baltic real estate investment holding group, on the completion of its buy-out of Mirrow Institute OÜ from LSREF3 Riga Plaza SIA, one of the largest shopping malls in Riga with NLA more than 50,000 m2 .
July 30, 2022
Advising Longo Group AS, a leading pan-Baltic used car retailer, on the issuance of its secured bonds (total EUR 5 million) and acting as collateral agent in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
July 28, 2022
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