Retail

Who We Are

Strength of IPR team and competition expertise offers unmatched broad service scope. If necessary, real estate lawyers are ready to help anytime.

Practice In Detail
  • Anchor Tenant Leases
  • Construction of Shopping Centres
  • Landlord-Tenant Disputes
  • Lease of Retail Premises
  • M&A of Shopping Centres
  • Merger Control
  • Option Agreements
  • Zoning & Planning
Clients
  • Airo Catering
  • B2B EU
  • Bootex
  • Converse Netherlands
  • Decathlon
  • East Capital Real Estate
  • EASTCON AG LV
  • ELVI
  • Firma Madara 89
  • Hilti Services Limited
  • Iepirkumu grupa
  • Latvijas Pārtikas tirgotāju asociācija
  • Moller Baltic Import
  • Narvesen
  • Nike Europe
  • RIMI
  • Stockmann

Team

Experience

VILGERTS assisted a leading mobile operator in launching its first service involving biometric data. The service identifies people entering end-users premises based on their fingerprint and then compiles an attendance sheet, salary calculation etc.

Assisting operator of retail department store in a case where the Consumer Rights Protection Centre claimed breach of rules for indicating the prices in case of special price for loyal customers.

Advising Balcia Insurance SE (previously BTA Insurance Company) in a merger deal with Vienna Insurance Group AG. VILGERTS prepared all the necessary documents, including merger notification, and carried out an in-depth analysis of the effects of the merger in all three Baltic States. The merger was successfully cleared in all three Baltic States, namely, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

We assisted BPM Capital with legal due diligence and preparation of legal documentation in respect of financing of management buy-out and further development of Optometrijas Centrs SIA, the leading Baltic optics chain operating stores with brands as “Vision Express”, “Pasaules Optika” and “Optio."

Acted for a department store before the State Language Inspectorate for mislabelling products in breach of the State Language Law.

Advising Iepirkumu grupa SIA (Top!) concerning interpretation of specific provisions of the Unfair Retail Practices Prohibition Law.

Representing RIMI Latvia SIA in public consultation process about the Guidelines on the Unfair Retail Commercial Practices Prohibition Law drafted by the Latvian Competition Council.

Assisting a leading direct marketing business in a dispute with the Latvian DPA. We attained the best attainable result for the client.

Acting on behalf of Latvian Food Retailers' Association in lobbying process before the Parliament of Republic of Latvia regarding adoption of the Unfair Retail Practices Prohibition Law.

Advising Antalis AS on Latvian and EU competition law in a litigation with the Latvian Competition Council for revocation of a decision finding a prohibited agreement.

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