About
Guntars Zīle is head of the M&A practice group. He has more than 20 years of experience in transactional work and has represented numerous local, as well as multinational companies and PE funds (like Marguerite, East Capital, BaltCap, Stora Enso, AXA Private Equity, Carlsberg, MISC Berhad, etc) in large scale M&A transactions. Guntars also advises on product and service liability and safety matters and performs regulatory work for manufacturers of the pharmaceuticals and healthcare service providers.
Practice
- Compliance
- Construction, Zoning & Planning
- Copyright & Related Rights
- Environment & Natural Resources
- Joint Ventures & Commercial Cooperation
- Marketing & Advertising
- Private Equity
- Private M&A
- Private Wealth
- Product Liability and Consumer Protection
- Public M&A
- Real Estate Transactions
- Venture Capital
Recognition
CV
Experience
Publications
- Corporate/Commercial – Band 2, Chambers Global and Europe 2025
- Commercial, Corporate and M&A – The Legal 500 Hall of Fame 2025
- M&A – Highly regarded, IFLR1000 2024
Languages
- Latvian, English, Russian
Membership & education
- Latvian Bar Association (since 1999)
- International Bar Association (since 2007)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (since 2011)
- Riga TechHub Founder Member (2012)
- Legal advisor to the board, Latvian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (since 2021)
- LL.M., University of Latvia, Faculty of Law (2001)
- LL.B., University of Latvia, Faculty of Law (1999)
