Data Protection: Data transfers to US stopped.

European companies must stop transferring personal data to partners, mother companies or rep offices in the U.S. if they rely on the Safe Harbour arrangement as the only legal basis for such transfer. The Court of Justice of the European Union invalidated the European Commission’s decision on the adequacy of the Safe Harbour arrangement for processing European’s data. The publication recommends the most effective short and long-term solutions in this case.

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by Ineta Krodere, Partner, Latvia

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Successful representation of BAO in disputes for collection of insurance indemnity against Compensa Vienna Insurance Group and BTA Baltic Insurance Company.

Advising BAO AS, a leading Latvian waste management company, with its filing of an appeal to the Procurement Monitoring Bureau regarding the results of a high-profile tender.

Advising East Capital Real Estate Fund IV on the various legal aspects of its EUR 83,000,000 (approximate) acquisition of 100% of the shares in Deglava Real Estate SIA (a subsidiary of ICA Gruppen (Sweden)), which owns a modern 94,000 square meters logistical and office center in Riga.  The transaction is one of the largest and most significant real estate transactions to occur in Latvia during 2023.

Representing VW dealers in several follow-on antitrust damages litigations.