During more than a decade of legal practice, we have built strong relationships with Latvian public authorities which give us and our clients the benefit of direct access to key public decision-makers. Our public and administrative law experts have advised public agencies, regulatory authorities and other public bodies. Moreover, our lawyers have accumulated extensive experience in advising clients in relation to potential challenges to administrative decisions and statutory appeals. We have been acting for both claimants and defendants. Our advice in the area of public and administrative law is integrated with other practices of our law firm, such as corporate, finance and real estate, enabling us to cover the entire spectrum of issues of which public and administrative law forms the key element.
Our principal practice areas within public and administrative law include:
- Tender procedures and public procurement
- Public finance
- Advice on constitutional, administrative and local government issues
- Advice on matters involving territorial zoning and grants of construction permits and licenses
- Judicial review, contentious administrative proceedings and litigation
- Representation in constitutional court proceedings
- Representation in administrative proceedings regarding decisions taken by governmental, municipal and other authorities
- Representation in disputes with the Consumer Rights Protection Centre
- Representation in administrative litigation
- Applications and other documents in respect of administrative disputes
- Representation in negotiations on administrative agreements in administrative proceedings