Admitted to Practice
1992 (Latvia)
1987 (New York, USA)
1986 (Connecticut, USA)
Experience
1992 to date - Co-Founder and Partner, LAWIN Riga office (previously „Klavins & Slaidins”), Latvia
1991 - Legal consultant, Latvian Supreme Council Committee on Legislation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia
1990 - 1991 Lecturer on American Contract Law, University of Latvia, Faculty of Law, Riga, Latvia
1988 - 1991 Associate, Baker & McKenzie, New York, USA
1986 - 1988 Associate, Finley, Kumble, Wagner, Heine, Underberg, Manley, Myerson & Casey New York, USA
Education
1986 Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, USA, J.D. degree
1983 Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA, B.A. degree, cum laude
Languages
English, Latvian
Membership
International Bar Association (IBA)
2009 to date - Vice-Chair, Europe/Middle-East/Africa Regional Managing Partners Committee, Lex Mundi Association
2000 to date - Official Legal Counsel, the Swiss Embassy in Latvia
1996 to date - Member of the Board of Directors, Arbitration of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Riga, Latvia
2000 - 2004 Republic of Latvia Designate, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
1993 - 2002 Member of the Board of Directors, the Senator August Leber Legal Scholarship Foundation, USA
1996 - 1998 Country Representative for Latvia, American Bar Association Section of International Law and Practice Central European Law Committee, USA
1992 - 1993 Member of the Board of Advisors, American Bar Association Dictionary of Legal Synonyms Latvian/English
1989 - 1991 Vice President, USA Latvian-American Bar Association, USA
Other activities
2003 to date - Board of Directors, the New Theater of Riga Foundation
1994 to date - Guest Lecturer on Law and the legal profession at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, the Riga Graduate School of Law, and the University of Latvia
2001 - 2008 Board of Directors, the Latvian National Opera Foundation
1996 - 1997 Member of the Legal Affairs Committee, Soros Foundation Latvia
1996 Vice-President, Riga Rotary Club, Riga, Latvia
1992 - 1994 Board of Directors, the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia
1990 - 1991 Lecturer on American contracts law, University of Latvia, Law Faculty, Riga, Latvia