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16 high evaluations for LEADELL team in Baltics at the latest edition of Legal 500 | International Recognitions
The leading international publication “Legal 500” has recognised LEADELL law firms for 16 times in their latest rankings.
According to the feedbacks given by our clients, LEADELL attorneys at law in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have been recommended as experienced and excellent experts in following practice areas:
– Banking, Finance and Capital markets
– Commercial, Corporate and M&A
– Dispute Resolution
– Employment
– Real Estate and Construction
– Tax
– Intellectual Property
– Projects and Energy
– Shipping and transport
The expertise of LEADELL Fogels & Vītols has been recognised in Banking, Finance and Capital markets, Dispute Resolution, Employment and Real Estate and Construction practice areas.
The managing partner Kārlis Vītols admits that evaluation is very important not only because of it being received from an international publication, but more so because of the feedback received from the clients, which shows the mutual trust and security, which are the main values of our office. “We are going in the right direction in the culture of providing legal services and our clients have appriciated it, “ Kārlis Vītols notes, “I am also very proud for the achievements of our colleagues in Estonia and Lithuania.”
Our Lithuanian colleagues LEADELL Balciunas & Grajauskas has received recognitions in 8 practice areas while Estonian office LEADELL Pilv in 4 plus special recognition from the clients is given to the managing partner Aivar Pilv and partner Pirkka-Marja Põldvere.
Since 1991, Legal 500 has been providing readers with an annually updated, impartial, third-party opinion on the leading law firms and lawyers in countries across the region, and the coverage extends to the Caucasus and Central Asia. Current rankings and information online are taken from The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 2020 edition, which was published on 15 April 2020.
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