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Practice areas:

Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking and Finance, Insurance, Capital Markets and Derivatives, Competition, Employment and Immigration Law, Corporate and Commercial

Career:

• Since 2009 senior associate at TARK GRUNTE SUTKIENE 
  • TARK GRUNTE SUTKIENE represents Audi dealers Moller group in receiving the Latvian Competition Council’s merger permit for merger  with the leading Volkswagen dealers in Latvia - November, 2011
  • TARK GRUNTE SUTKIENE advises "Latvijas Biznesa banka" in the merger of operations with "Eesti Krediidipank" - March, 2011
  • TARK GRUNTE SUTKIENE advised ERGO's life insurance companies cross-border merger in the Baltics - January, 2011
• 2005-2009 senior associate at Loze, Grunte & Cers
• 2003-2005 senior associate at Grunte & Cers
• 2002-2003 associate at Grunte & Cers
• 1999-2002 legal assistant at Grunte & Cers

Education:

• 2006 Riga Graduate School of Law (LL.M.)
• 2003 Department of Law, University of Latvia (Mag.iur., Dipl.iur.)
• 1999 Latvian Academy of Arts (B.A.)

Publications:

Has published several articles about Banking and Finance, Insurance, Competition law, Company law and Commercial law and contracts, including:

• The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Cartels & Leniency, Latvia - 2009
• Manual of Contracts, "Dienas Bizness" - 2008, 2009

Has made a number of presentations on M&A, Competition, Company law, Commercial law and contracts, including:

• Current commercial law issues in the European Union, Riga - May 2011
• Corporate governance in a distressed context, Helsinki - June 2009
• Influence of amendments to the Commercial Law on the current and future commercial transactions, Riga - March 2009
• Influence of amendments to the Competition Law on retail trade, Riga - November 2008
• Comments to the new regulation of the Competition Law, Riga - July 2008
• Cross-border mergers, Riga, June 2008

Andra Rubene on challenging decisions of the state notary of the Enterprise Register, "Dienas Bizness" - April 2012
Andra Rubene comments on importance of evaluation of legal services providers, "Dienas Bizness" - January 2012
Andra Rubene and Ivars Grunte on further increase in M&A deal numbers in Latvia on commercially reasonable terms, "RigaNOW!" - October 2011
Andra Rubene and Ivars Grunte on return of M&A activity and corporate start-ups in Latvia, - June 2011
M&A newsletter 2011 - March 2011
Andra Rubene on conclusion of administrative agreements with the Latvian Competition Council, Dienas bizness - October 2010

Membership:

• Latvian Bar Association (admitted 2002)

Languages:

Latvian, English, Russian