Ieva Azanda, Of-counsel

office(at)lkoslaw.fi

Ieva Azanda - Professional Experience

Recent legal expertise and achievements

• Competition/ state aid investigations: Advises on most of the major competition investigations initiated by the national competition authority, as well as represents the clients before the European Commission in state aid cases.
• Litigation: Represents clients in complex court cases in various areas of the law and industry sectors.
• Regular day-to-day advice and contract negotiations: Handles ongoing legal matters of clients, as well as helps to draft and negotiate complex agreements.
• Compliance: Helps clients to ensure relevant compliance work in areas of competition law, GDPR, AML and sanctions.

Languages

• Latvian, English, Russian
  

Career

• Azanda & Associates (2015 – present), owner
• Sorainen (2014-2015), partner
• Spīgulis, Kukainis & Azanda (2012-2014), partner
• Borenius Latvia (now Cobalt) (2004-2012)
• Lecturer at Riga Stradins University, University of Latvia, Riga Graduate School of Law, Riga Business School (various years and periods 2008-2021)

Education

• LL.M (Finance) at Institute for Law and Finance with distinction
• LL.B Concordia International University Estonia with distinction

• Latvian Collegium of Sworn advocates, admitted 2004
  

Professional Experience

Ieva Azanda has been advising clients in relation to various business-related matters since 2004 in the capacity of associate and partner of Latvian law firms. Currently Ieva is an owner of a boutique Latvian law firms specializing in complex competition and litigation cases, as well as transactional and compliance work. Ieva helps clients to establish or acquires businesses in Latvia, as well as facilitates the needs of Latvian based companies that are growing and looking for expansion on new markets. In addition to daily legal advisory work, Ieva has 15 years of experience as a lecturer at various higher education facilities.