About
Toms Šulmanis heads the Employment & Immigration practice group in COBALT Latvia. Toms has 20 years of experience in the fields of M&A, Corporate/Commercial, Real Estate and Employment, including representation of clients in acquisition and sale of trade centers, commercial and residential developments, advice on all aspects of construction process, drafting and negotiating of commercial leases. Toms has also represented clients in complex corporate and employment matters, like restructuring of operations, redundancies, dealing with trade unions.
Practice
- Business Immigration
- Commercial Agreements
- Construction, Zoning & Planning
- Corporate Governance
- Corporate Restructuring
- Employee Incentive Plans
- Employment Disputes
- Employment, Management Agreements
- Internal Investigations
- Joint Ventures & Commercial Cooperation
- Private M&A
- Private Wealth
- Real Estate Transactions
- White Collar Crime
- Employment – Band 1, Chambers Europe 2025
- Employment – Next generation partner, The Legal 500 2025
- Corporate/Commercial – Band 3, Chambers Global and Europe 2025
- M&A – Highly regarded, IFLR1000 2024
Languages
- Latvian, English, Russian
Membership & education
- Latvian Bar Association (since 2007)
- LL.M., University of Latvia, Faculty of Law (2005)
- LL.B., University of Latvia, Faculty of Law (2003)
Latvian electronic identification cards now available for foreigners (2021 - 10 - 28)
COVID-19 in Latvia: Ius Laboris Back to Work Guide for International Employers (2020 - 09 - 08)
Crisis solutions for HR management (2020 - 06 - 30)
COVID-19 in the Baltics and Belarus: FAQs by employers (2020 - 04 - 03)
COVID-19 in Latvia: Procedure for payment of idle time compensations (2020 - 03 - 27)
CEELM COVID-19 Comparative Legal Guide: Contracts in Latvia (2020 - 03 - 20)
Baltic Employment Law News – May 2019 (2019 - 05 - 13)
What preparations are being made for Brexit in terms of immigration rules in Latvia (2019 - 02 - 22)
Baltic Employment Law News – November 2018 (2018 - 11 - 27)
Baltic Employment Law News – November 2017 (2017 - 11 - 01)
Baltic Employment Law News – March 2017 (2017 - 03 - 20)
Comparative Investment Guide to the Baltics – July 2016 (2016 - 07 - 28)
Amendments to the Labour Law – June 2016 (2016 - 07 - 05)
Boardroom in today’s dynamic business environment (2015 - 10 - 05)
Invalidation of employee’s termination notice (2015 - 03 - 31)
Amendments to the Labour Law – December 2014 (2014 - 12 - 22)
New regulatory framework for construction – December 2014 (2014 - 12 - 04)
Corporate Law News – July 2014 (2014 - 07 - 02)
To purchase business or company…What’s better? (2014 - 01 - 03)
Corporate Law News – December 2013 (2013 - 12 - 02)
IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee: Treasury Shares Guide 2012. Latvia chapter (2012 - 05 - 02)