Krišjānis Bušs specializes in Banking and Finance, Intellectual Property and AML/CFT matters. He has significant experience in advising both Latvian and international clients in large-scale cross-border financing, M&A and capital markets transactions, including issue and listing of bonds on the Baltic Bond List of Nasdaq Riga.
Krišjānis has authored a number of scholarly publications, including a commentary on the Constitution of the Republic of Latvia, and has taught law at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. He is a recipient of the prestigious J. William Fulbright scholarship.
- Languages
- Latvian, English
- Education & membership
- LL.M., Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, Missouri, USA (2015)
- LL.M., University of Latvia, Faculty of Law (2014)
- LL.B., University of Latvia, Faculty of Law (2012)
- Visiting student, International and European Law, Utrecht University, School of Law, Utrecht, the Netherlands (2011)
- Latvian Bar Association (since 2016)
- Fulbright Association (since 2014)
- Publications
- Latvia: Navigating the Jungle – Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Compliance
- FATF Expands Gray List, Renews All ‘Countermeasures’ Against Iran
- Latvian Officials Freeze More Than €30 Million Held at US-Targeted Bank
- Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU Member States
- Commentary of Articles 47, 57 and 58 of the Satversme
- Latvian Supreme Court rules on the calculation of damages for copyright infringement
- Freedom of Expression and Protection of Journalistic Sources
- Commercial agreements
- Litigation as an abuse of a dominant position: an EU competition law example
- LATVIA: Major Changes in Industrial Property Regulation
- Copyright and Free Speech: The Human Rights Perspective
- Facebook Case: News on Personal Data Transfer to the U.S.
- FDI Moot 2013: Second Highest Ranked Respondent Memorial
- Right to Privacy as a Limitation to Freedom of Expression
- General Principles of Right to Privacy in Europe and the United States
- COBALT advised Swedbank on evaluating structural changes at the Baltic level
- COBALT advised Luminor, Nordea and DNB on closing transaction with Blackstone
- COBALT advises airBaltic on issue of EUR 200 million bonds
- COBALT advised Luminor on cross-border merger
- COBALT advised Luminor on EUR 1 billion majority stake acquisition by Blackstone
- COBALT advised Luminor on obtaining ECB approval for cross-border merger in the Baltics
- COBALT advises Storent Investments on issue of EUR 10 million bonds
- COBALT successfully defends Ir Nauda trademark
- COBALT advises Luminor on reorganising its management structure
- COBALT advised Latvenergo on corporate governance matters related to the reduction of company’s share capital
- COBALT advises managers of the Baltic entities of pharmaceutical wholesale company Oriola in management buy-out
- COBALT advised DNB on the creation of Luminor – largest ever transaction in the Baltic banking market
- COBALT advises AS Storent Investments on the acquisition of Cramo operations in Latvia and Kaliningrad