Linda is an expert in Intellectual property and IT. She is a leading expert on media and privacy rights as well as on data protection issues.
She has accumulated extensive experience by representing clients in proceedings about invoking false information, defamation and compensation for non-material damage. She provides legal assistance to local and foreign clients on data protection issues.
Linda holds seminars and delivers speeches at conferences related to journalistic and mass media rights, especially protection of journalists’ information sources. Linda has also participated in international research by preparing reviews on the data protection situation in Latvia, e.g., Data Protection: Laws of the world and Data Protection & Privacy – Jurisdictional Comparisons, as well as representing Latvia in global summits on European data protection – Annual European Data Protection Intensive.
- IP, IT and telecoms - Rising star, Legal 500 2020
- Languages
- Latvian, English, Russian
- Education & membership
- Dr.iur. in progress, University of Latvia, Faculty of Law, Riga, Latvia (since 2017)
- Master’s degree in Law, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia (2008)
- Bachelor degree in Law, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia (2006)
- Latvian Bar Association (since 2008)
- Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
- Member of the Ethics Committee of the Latvian Advertising Association
- Lecture, Intellectual Property and Protection, Riga Technical University
- Publications
- COBALT successfully represents Latvian Television in a unique copyright and competition dispute with All Media Latvia regarding TV format
- COBALT advised Also Latvia on corporate and commercial issues
- COBALT advised Michael Kors
- COBALT advises Latvian National Television (LTV)
- Legal advice daily to TNT Latvia
- General legal assistance to Mylan
- General legal assistance to GlaxoSmithKline
- General legal assistance to Roche
- General legal assistance to Abbott Laboratories
- Legal advice to Microsoft
- General legal assistance to Abbvie
- Legal assistance to FedEx
- Representation of AS Cits medijs in defamation lawsuits
- COBALT advises National Electronic Mass Media Council
- COBALT advises Wikimedia on Latvian tax matters
- COBALT represented public institutions in legal disputes related to former shareholders of Parex bank
- COBALT advises Norwegian company B2Holding AS in acquisition of leading debt recovery service provider SIA Creditreform Latvija
- COBALT advises leading advertisers on advertising law issues
- COBALT advises Norwegian company B2 Holding in acquisition of loan portfolio from Latvijas Krājbanka
- COBALT represents LTV journalist Ilze Nagla at the ECHR
- COBALT advises Google on data protection issues
- COBALT advises MTG group companies