Sandis Bertaitis

Partner, Attorney at Law

Contact:

LATVIA

tel +371 6770 4080
gsm+371 2976 0042
sandis.bertaitis[at]fortlegal.com

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Sandis Bertaitis is an attorney-at-law having experience of fifteen years in providing legal assistance, which he has accrued practicing in leading international law firms of Latvia. Since establishment Sandis is a partner of Law firm FORT.

International legal rating directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 have appreciated professional performance of Sandis for several consecutive years and ranked him among top experts of real estate thanks to his excellent legal expertise and high efficiency. Moreover, the above rating directories have also acknowledged professional activities of Sandis in dispute resolution practice for several years in a row, where Sandis is being praised for his ability to find the most suitable solution and focus on the outcome to be achieved.

CV

CAREER

From 2011
Partner, Attorney-at-law at Law Firm FORT (previously Law Firm ADVERSUS)

2008-2011
Attorney-at-law at Law Office Liepa, Skopina/BORENIUS

2004-2008
Lawyer at Law Office Klavins, Slaidins/LAWIN

2002-2004
Assistant Lawyer at Law Office Markvarte & partneri

EDUCATION

University of Latvia, Latvia (Bc.phil., cum laude)
University of Latvia, Latvia (LLM)
University of Latvia, Latvia (LLB)

MEMBERSHIP

Latvian Bar Association
Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS, Member of the Board
Mediation & ADR (Alternative Dispute Resolution)
Society of Ojars Vacietis, Member of the Board

LANGUAGES

Latvian, English, Russian

PUBLICATIONS

Date	Title	Language	Edition	No	Authors
16.06.2015	Control of the Court in the Administrative proceedings: current problems	LAT	Jurista Vards	24(876)	Bertaitis S.
06.01.2015	Supreme Court with Limited liability	LAT	Jurista Vards, Domnica/Eseja	–	Bertaitis S.
08.07.2014	Legal Aspects of the Energy Production Support System	LAT	Jurista Vards	26 (828)	Bertaitis S., Caics A.
03.06.2014	State should not tolerate unlawful practice in alternative dispute resolution	LAT	Jurista Vards	22 (824)	Bertaitis S.
29.04.2014	Critics of court performance: can a court make a mistake at all	LAT	Jurista Vards	17 (819)	Bertaitis S.
04.02.2014	How administrative courts performs: opinion of authorities and attorneys at law	LAT	Jurista Vards		Bertaitis S.
11.12.2012	Structure and function of Public Utilities Commission in the electric and heat power sector	LAT	Jurista Vards	50 (749)	Cirule D., Bertaitis S., Grisane A.
10/2012	Comment on Adjustment of Rent in Case of Forced Lease of Land	LAT	Jurista Vards		Bertaitis S.
10/2012	EU Mediation Law and Practice (Chapter regarding Latvia)	ENG	Oxford University Press, edited by Giuseppe De Palo and Mary B. Trevor		Bertaitis S., Matjusina R., Olevska I.
07/2012	Comment on the Judgment of the Administrative Regional Court in the Case of Electricity Tariffs	LAT	Jurista Vards		Bertaitis S., Cirule D.
12/2011	Legal Certainty as a Cornerstone of Tax Law	LAT	Jurista Vards		Bertaitis S., Rumba K.
11/2010	International Public Procurement (chapter regarding Latvia)	ENG	Oxford University Press, Center for International Legal Studies		Bukaldere I., Bertaitis S.
03/2010	Division of Competence between Notaries and Civil Registry Offices	LAT	Jurista Vards		Bertaitis S.
01/2010	Few Notes on Mediation and Implementation Thereof	LAT	Ifinanses.lv		Bertaitis S., Olevska I.
12/2009	Principles of Business Transactions	LAT	Ifinanses.lv		Andronova J., Bertaitis S.
10/2009	The Constitutional Court of Latvia revokes the Restrictions to land lease	ENG	Real Estate Newsletter		Bertaitis S.
05/2009	Establishing Rent in Case of Forced Lease of Land	LAT	Jurista Vards		Bertaitis S.
03/2009	What will Mediation Be Like in Latvia?	LAT	Saldo		Bertaitis S.
08/2008	Legal Framework of Forced Lease of Land to be Revised	LAT	Saldo		Bertaitis S.
11/2006	The enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial cases in the new EU member states	ENG	Law in transition online, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development		Bradautanu V. (Ed.)