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Maris Liguts joins FORT legal as a partner

Law Firm FORT has expanded its pan-Baltic Banking & Finance team with the addition of attorney-at-law Maris Liguts as a partner in FORT’s Riga office. Maris Liguts joins FORT as from May 2023.

FORT team widely recognised in the Legal 500 EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) 2023 Guide

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The Legal 500’s EMEA Green Guide 2023 Edition released

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The Legal500 Private Practice Arbitration Powerlist in CEE Region with FORT experts

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Tech Developments Driving Legal Evolution in Estonia

CEE Legal Matters published an article, how tech development is driving and helping to development law in Estonia. In addition to other specialists in their field, our partner Merit Lind also gave her expert opinion.

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The European Blockchain Sandbox has been launched – applications are now open for the first cohort!

We are very excited to be involved in the initiative by the European Commission, helping to foster a dialogue between regulators and blockchain innovators. The European Commission in partnership with the consortium led by Bird & Bird and OXYGY have launched a pan-European sandbox for innovative use cases involving Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). FORT is covering the Baltic region.

Following comprehensive market research FORT team in all three Baltic States ranked in the Chambers Global Legal Guide 2023

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New Fee Charged from Producers of Electricity in Latvia – Capacity Reservation Charge

From the year 2023, a fee shall be charged from producers of electricity for reservation of the system’s capacity/standby which has been approved by the Latvian Public Utilities Commission (PUC) under a decision passed on the 12^th of January. The new fee will provide a clear picture as to which electricity production projects under development are the feasible ones

Official electronic address – mandatory for all legal entities in Latvia from 1 January 2023

Already as of 1 January 2023, all legal entities – private and public limited liability companies, associations, foundations and other legal entities registered in the registers in Latvia – are obliged to register and use an official e-address or digital mailbox.

On 6th October 2022 the Council of the European Union adopted the 8th package of restrictive measures against Russia. The Council agreed to extend the prohibition of various services and decided to include architectural and engineering services as well as IT consultancy services and legal advisory services.

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