Associate

Daina Buķele

About

Experience

Daina is in charge of our Competition law practice and deals with merger notifications, assessment of vertical and horizontal cooperation agreements, dominant position in retail sector and state aid issues, as well as consults and represents clients in Latvian Competition Council. Apart from Competition law Daina works with general EU Law, M&A transactions, Labour law and Commercial law issues.

Daina also pursues an academic carrier and since 2005 is a lecturer in Baltic International Academy as well as from time to time acts in a capacity of the national expert in different EU Law and EU Competition law associated surveys and research projects.

Industries

Education

University of Latvia. LL.M. (with merit)
Riga Graduate School of Law. LL.M. in International and European Law
King’s College London. Postgraduate Diploma in EC Competition Law

Career

Daina joined us in 2006.

Languages

Latvian, English, Russian

Notable cases and deals

Successfully advised OPTIBET in obtaining competition clearance from the Latvian Competition Council

We congratulate our client OPTIBET on its success.

Skrastiņš & Dzenis assisted SIA Venden in drafting an exclusive distributorship agreement in Baltics and Commonwealth of Independent States

Skrastiņš & Dzenis assisted SIA Venden, one of the oldest and largest natural spring water suppliers in Latvia operating the largest fully automated line of production in Baltics, to expand their activities in the coffee distribution field and have assisted in drafting an exclusive distributorship agreement in Baltics and Commonwealth of Independent States with one of the leading Belgium coffee industry players.

Legal research and due diligence for operation of Energy Services Companies (ESCO) in Latvia

Along with the colleagues from the UK, Skrastiņš & Dzenis team, headed by the partner Verners Skrastins and including associates Andra Berzkalne, Linda Purenkova and Daina Bukele, has been involved in a legal research and due diligence project aiming to assess the availability of long term financing and legal framework for operation of Energy Services Companies (ESCO) and energy efficiency projects related to deep renovation of the Soviet period residential buildings in Latvia.