Filips K Kļaviņš

Practice Areas

M&A

Capital Markets

Private Equity

Finance

Commercial Transactions

Corporate Governance & Advisory

Foreign Direct Investment

Venture Capital & Start-ups

Energy & Infrastructure

General Commercial & Compliance

Professional Memberships

Latvian Bar Association, Member

International Bar Association (IBA), Member

Since 2008: Best Lawyers | Advisory Board, Member

Since 2000: Swiss Embassy in Latvia, Official Legal Counsel

Since 2015: Latvian Foster Family Association, Member of Advisory Board

2009-2011: Lex Mundi Association, Vice-Chair Europe/Middle-East/Africa Regional Managing Partners Committee

2003-2014: New Theater of Riga Foundation, Member of the Board of Directors

2004-2006: Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art, Member of the Board of Directors

2001-2008: Latvian National Opera Foundation, Member of the Board of Directors

2000-2004: International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Member of the Board of Directors Arbitration

1996-2014: Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Member of the Board of Directors Arbitration

1996-1998: American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice Central European Law Committee, USA

Country Representative for Latvia

1993-2002: Senator August Leber Legal Scholarship Foundation, USA, Member of the Board of Directors

1992-1994: American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia, Member of the Board of Directors

1992-1993: American Bar Association Dictionary of Legal Synonyms Latvian/English, Member of the Board of Advisors

1991: Latvian Supreme Council Committee on Legislation and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Legal Adviser

1990-1991: University of Latvia Law Faculty, Lecturer on American Contract Law

1989-1991: USA Latvian-American Bar Association, USA, Vice President

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Latvia, New York (USA), Connecticut (USA)

Languages Spoken

Latvian, English

Education

Experience

Filips Kļaviņš is a senior partner at Ellex in Latvia and is also one of the firm’s co-founders. His expertise includes cross-border mergers and acquisitions work (including project management), complex due diligence and transaction documents, team leading and negotiation.

Filips has advised a broad range of foreign investors and local market leaders on major precedent-setting matters. He is also one of the firm’s leaders on complex real estate projects.

Also admitted to the Bar in New York and Connecticut, Filips began his law career in New York with the law firms “Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey” and then “Baker & McKenzie”.