Ellex Klavins

Ellex Klavins is Latvia's largest and most prestigious law firm, headquartered at K. Valdemara iela 62 in Riga's Quiet Centre (Klusais centrs) district, the leafy Art Nouveau quarter between the Old Town and the Esplanade park. Founded in 1998 and tracing its roots to the earliest post-independence commercial law practices, the firm has approximately 90 zverinati advokati and juristi making it the biggest legal team in the country. Ellex Klavins is consistently ranked Tier 1 by Chambers Europe and Legal 500 for Corporate/M&A, Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution, EU & Competition, and Real Estate. The firm is part of the Ellex alliance spanning all three Baltic states (Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania) and advises on Latvia's most significant cross-border transactions, privatisations, and capital markets deals. Ellex Klavins's clients include major Nordic and European banks, international private equity sponsors, Latvian state-owned enterprises, and technology companies. The firm regularly appears before the Latvian Supreme Court (Augstaka tiesa) and the Constitutional Court (Satversmes tiesa), and plays a leading role in shaping Latvian commercial law under the Komerclikums (Commercial Law) and EU harmonisation.