Practice area

• Legal services in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
• Taxation in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
• Tax Consulting in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
• Litigation in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
• Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia
  
• Finance and Banking in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
• Patents and Trademarks Law in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
  
• Regulatory Compliance in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

Education

John Marshall Law School, Chicago, IL, USA; (LL.M., 1995);

Recipient of the U.S. Senator Edmund F. Muskie scholarship, (1994);

Institute of International Affairs (International Business Studies, (1994); 

Law School of the University of Latvia (LL.B., 1993).

Work Experience

Founder of Gencs Valters Law Firm (since 2000);

Chairman of the Norwegian Chamber of Commerce in Latvia (2008 -2011);

Lecturer in the Stockholm's School of Economics in Latvia (2000);

Head of Tax & Legal department of Ernst & Young Latvia, Head of Tax ad hoc group of the Foreign Investors Council in Latvia (1998-2002);

Member of the Working Group on Intellectual Property Protection and Enforcement Issues appointed by Prime Minister (1999);

Member of the Working Group on Tax Law appointed by the Prime Minister (1997);

Welsh & Katz, Ltd., Chicago (1995);

Legal Counsel for Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Latvia (1994).

Publications

• EUROPEAN TAXATION, 2007 (IBFD) International Income Tax Changes in Latvia; 
  
• TAX ANALYSTS (USA) country correspondent; 
• BNA World Intellectual Property Report; 
  
• Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Trademarks in Latvia;
  
• EIPR International Bar Association, 1997. 
  

Member

Attorney in Latvia, Latvian Bar Association; Attorney in Estonia, Estonian Bar Association; attorney in Lithuania, Lithuanian Bar Association, International Bar Association, AIPLA; FICPI, ECTA;AIPPI; ES USA & CANADA; ITMA; INTA; MARQUES, GRUR, International Tax Planning Association; Latvian Patent Attorney, Latvian Trademark Attorney, Latvian Design Patent Attorney, Association of Latvian Patent Attorneys; European Patent and Trademark Attorney.

Languages

English, Latvian and Russian