Managing Partner
English, Latvian, Russian
Latvia
M&A, Litigation & Arbitration
Corporate, Insurance, Real Estate & Construction, Shipping & Transport
+371 29 107 768
gints.vilgerts@vilgerts.com
+371 29 107 768
gints.vilgerts@vilgerts.com
M&A, Litigation & Arbitration
Corporate, Insurance, Real Estate & Construction, Shipping & Transport
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.
2008 / Partner, VILGERTS
1997 – 2006 / Partner, Sorainen
1996 / University of Wales, LL.M. in Legal Aspects of Marine Affairs
1995 / University of Latvia, Bac.iur.
2011 – 2015 / MRICS
2003 / Latvian Bar Association
GIVEN Jewellery AS, a leading jewellery network “Given by Grenardi”, on the issuance of its secured bonds (EUR 4 million) and acting as the collateral agent in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
July 8, 2022
Acting as the collateral agent in Latvia following the issuance of its secured bonds (EUR 9 million) by Primero SV1 OÜ.
June 30, 2022
Advising Delfin Group, a leading financial service provider, on the insurance of its unsecured bonds (EUR 10 million).
June 29, 2022
Advised BPM Capital OÜ on its mezzanine loan financing to Digital Mind AS for the acquisition of Lithuanian IT company Alna.
May 30, 2022