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Dr Toms Krūmiņš

Senior Associate / Latvia

Contacts

toms.krumins@cobalt.legal

About

Toms is a Senior Associate at COBALT working in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group.

He specializes in International and European Law, particularly Private International Law and International Civil Procedure, Commercial and Investment Arbitration, as well as Human Rights Law and Constitutional Law.

Toms has represented clients in numerous international (for example, ICC) and national arbitration proceedings, and successfully acted before the Constitutional Court of Latvia, the Supreme Court of Latvia, the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as helped clients to succeed before the European Court of Human Rights.

Toms holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Copenhagen. His research focused on the dichotomy between arbitration and human rights, in particular the interplay between setting-aside proceedings and parties’ procedural human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.

Toms has authored or co-authored many publications, including a monograph ‘Arbitration and Human Rights’ (2020) published by Springer.

Practice

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Languages

Latvian, English

Membership & education

Latvian Bar Association (since 2021)
Ph.D. University of Copenhagen (2019)
International Academy for Arbitration Law (scholarship recipient), Paris, France (2017)
The Hague Academy of International Law: Private International Law Summer Course (2015)
LL.M (cum laude) in International and Comparative Private Law, University of Groningen, Faculty of Law, Groningen, the Netherlands (2014)
LL.B in European and International Law, Maastricht University, European Law School, Faculty of Law, Maastricht, the Netherlands (2013)

Experience

Environmental organisations secure a landmark victory before the Constitutional Court

ICC International Court of Arbitration and Latvian courts rule in favour of shareholders of a food wholesaler

COBALT wins a landmark case before the Constitutional Court on the lack of setting aside mechanism for arbitral awards

COBALT secures non-enforcement of a Russian court judgment in Latvia

COBALT successfully represents biogas power plants before the Constitutional Court

COBALT secures a major win at the European Court of Human Rights in a case regarding arbitrary eviction from a home

COBALT advised Latvijas Finieris on the launching of the most extensive investment project in Latgale in recent years

Latvian Constitutional Court initiates proceedings regarding the impossibility to challenge and annul arbitral awards

COBALT successfully represented a client before the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union

COBALT represents the Parliament of the Republic of Latvia before Constitutional Court regarding administrative-territorial reform

COBALT successfully represents Betsafe Latvia in the Constitutional Court

COBALT represents hydroelectric power plants in the Constitutional Court

COBALT advises airBaltic on EUR 250 million investment in the company’s share capital by the Latvian government

COBALT provides legal assistance to the foundation APEIRONS in preparing an opinion for the Constitutional Court

COBALT successfully represents AS PNB Banka in the Constitutional Court

COBALT advised Luminor, Nordea and DNB on closing transaction with Blackstone

COBALT advised Luminor on EUR 1 billion majority stake acquisition by Blackstone

Publications

Arbitration in Latvia: A Summary (Including 2024 Amendments)

Latvia introduces a set-aside mechanism and other needed changes to its Arbitration Law

Recent Developments in Latvian Arbitration Law

Latvian Constitutional Court: Absence of a Mechanism for Setting Aside of Arbitral Awards Violates the Rights to a Fair Trial

Absence of the set-aside action under Latvian law: a comparative and historical perspective

Clifford Chance Unilateral Option Clauses Survey 2021

Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the EU Member States

Arbitration in Latvia: A Cautionary Tale?

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