OREANDA-NEWS. May 13, 2013. The Latvian Competition Council has completed a two-year investigation into the major fuel retailers in Latvia and has concluded that there is no illegal agreement or concerted action between them. SORAINEN supported Statoil throughout the investigation, since a dawn raid in May 2011, as well as advised the client in the course of all proceedings of the investigation, including issues related to seized electronic information analysis, interrogations and preparation of closing arguments.

The matter also involved significant novel legal privilege protection issues, which are as yet without developed precedent in Latvia in the context of competition law matters. This allowed SORAINEN, acting for Statoil, to contribute to the development of practice in this matter, which has crucial importance for all businesses.

The client was advised by partner Rudolfs Engelis, senior associate Ieva Andersone and associate Ringla Viksne.