Ivars Slokenbergs Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Ivars Slokenbergs, the Founder of Slokenbergs PLLC, is an experienced New York Attorney and international business advisor, serving the needs of Baltic and other European companies and investors doing business in the United States or seeking entry to the US market. www.slokspllc.comQualifications:► 15 years of experience in the United States, including as commercial litigator at global New York law firm (White & Case LLP) and as senior diplomat for Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the United Nations.► 15 years of experience in the Baltic States, including as Senior Counsel for leading law firm (Ellex Klavins), as (former) Vice-Chairman of the Foreign Investors' Council in Latvia and as (former) President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia.Legal / Business Consulting Services offered:► Corporate: company establishment; equity structuring; corporate governance structuring; securities law compliance; stock option plan and other employee equity incentive establishment► Transactions: corporate mergers & acquisitions; share purchase and / or asset transfer transactions; equity investment and convertible debt transactions; joint venture agreements► Commercial: goods / services sale-purchase agreements; distribution agreements; technology & know-how licensing agreements; E-commerce documentation► Employment: employment agreements; employment / labor compliance► Intellectual Property Protection: Trademark and Copyright registrations; trade secret protection; software, know-how and other IP licensing and acquisition agreements► Regulatory: advice on compliance with US and state regulatory institutions► Business Immigration: e.g., L-1 and E1 / E2 visas for investors, traders and international managers► Business services: assistance with opening bank accounts; company representation; market entry► Connections: access to network of USA contacts, including specialists such as cross-border tax / accounting advisors and patent attorneys

New York, United States

The Latvian National Opera Guild is a New York based non-profit that has raised more than USD $1.8 million in charitable donations, and directed much of that towards support of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNO). Latvijas Nacionālās operas ģilde ir Ņujorkā reģistrēta bezpeļņas organizācija, kura savā pastāvēšanas laikā ziedojumos ir savākusi vairāk nekā 1.7 miljonus (ASV) dolāru, no kuriem lielākā daļa ir izmantota Latvijas Nacionālās operas un baleta projektu atbalstam. https://www.lnogasv.org/

Chicago, Illinois, United States

The Latvian American Chamber of Commerce (LACC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to fostering its members' business interests and facilitating commercial contacts and building relations between the United States and Latvia. Responsible for enhancing relationships with cooperation partners in Latvia (LIAA, LTRK, AmCham, MoFA, US Embassy et al)http://www.latvianchamber.com/

Riga, Latvia (Working From New York Office As Of Jan. 1, 2017)

New York State Bar admitted Attorney—served at Ellex Klavins in Latvia (EU and NATO member since 2004; OECD member since 2016). Ellex is the leading business law firm alliance serving leading local companies and multinationals in the Baltic States. ► Led and advised on sophisticated cross-border transactions, including with deal values in excess of USD $500 million.► 50+ M&A transactions in diverse sectors—financial services, energy, aviation, telecoms, real estate, hospitality, infrastructure, media, IT, e-commerce, food & beverage, waste management, entertainment and retail.► 40+ commercial aircraft sale, leasing & finance transactions—advised aircraft owners / lessors / financing parties on leasing arrangements, mortgaging / pledging of aircraft and aviation regulatory matters. ► Clients and counterparties included US / European / Russian / Asian strategic and financial buyers / sellers, including corporates, private equity, infrastructure funds, high-net-worth individuals and State-owned entities.► Drafted transaction documents, including term sheets, confidentiality agreements, share / stock / asset purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, option agreements, merger agreements, and related real estate sale / lease, finance, security, pledge, escrow, commercial, transitional services, IP, IT and labor agreements.► Advised on transaction structuring, and legal, business and political issues impacting transactions. ► Advised on negotiation strategy, and negotiated transaction structure and documents with counterparties.► Advised on corporate governance structures and board fiduciary duties, and drafted corporate governance instruments.► Led due diligence teams, drafted DD reports and presented DD findings to client management.► Worked with global advisory teams, including leading US and European law firms, investment banks and auditors.(Associate, 2006-2013; Senior Associate, 2013-2015)www.ellex.lv/en

New York City Metropolitan Area

Atlas Air (Atlas Worldwide Holdings group) is the world's largest operator of cargo aircraft, including 100+ B747, B777, B767 and B737 aircraft, provided on dry lease, ACMI and CMI arrangements to operators globally. On limited 4-month contract assignment, I advised on dozens of aircraft purchase, sale and /or leasing / financing transactions.https://www.atlasair.com/

Riga, Latvia

The Latvian Transatlantic Organisation (LATO) is an NGO that promotes Latvia's active membership in NATO, as well as the study and discussion of Baltic, regional and international security matters. The Riga Conference—organized annually by LATO in cooperation with the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs—is the premiere international security conference held in Northern Europe, with the participation of 600+ high-level leaders and experts.► Supervised the development of the organization's programming, finances, staffing and conference organization.http://www.lato.lv/en/https://www.rigaconference.lv/

Riga, Latvia

Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Latvian Government's key partner for improvement of the business environment and investment climate in Latvia—the Foreign Investors' Council in Latvia (FICIL)—a policy-making NGO that unites many of the largest foreign investors as well as twelve foreign chambers of commerce in Latvia. The 30 corporate members of FICIL alone represent 30% of FDI, and generate 10% of the total tax revenue collected by Latvia. On the Board, I represented the interests of the American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia.FICIL’s agenda includes specific issues important to foreign investors, such as improvement of the legal system to protect investors, and development of a favorable tax regime, as well as broader structural issues, such as reform of the education and healthcare systems in Latvia, that are crucial for its long term development. Working with Government ministries and Parliament, FICIL seeks to solve problems through changes in legislation, administrative procedures and public policy. ► Cooperated with the Latvian President, Prime Minister, Government, Parliament, other institutions and members to achieve the FICIL agenda.► Ensured the relevance and authority of the organization through optimizing its agenda, assisting in drafting its position papers, contributing to its staff's development and responding to its members' concerns.► Moderated public discussions of the FICIL agenda, with the participation of high-level leaders.► Member of the Investment Protection working group.www.ficil.lv (Elected to the Board in March 2014, elected Vice-Chairman as of September 2014)

Riga, Latvia

The American Chamber of Commerce in Latvia (AmCham) is the leading foreign business organization in Latvia. AmCham’s mission includes the promotion of investment, trade, cooperation and friendship between the United States and Latvia, as well as the improvement of the business and investment climate in Latvia. AmCham serves as a knowledge and networking forum for its members as well as for the business, government and diplomatic communities in Latvia. ► Managed 9-member Board and Executive Staff, with responsibility for 140+ Chamber Members and six-figure annual budget, and represented the organization before high-level USA and Latvian officials.► Developed best-in-class organization through innovative programming and cooperation with key partners, over the course of chairing or hosting several hundred events and meetings.► Led Chamber's advocacy efforts to increase the competitiveness of the Latvian economy, including improving the governance of Latvian ports and the administration of insolvency cases, by initiation of public discussions, which included providing testimony to Parliamentary committee.► Partnered with Prime Minister and investment / development agency to develop investment / trading relationships between the USA and Latvia; delivered presentations jointly with the Prime Minister to investors and business groups during investment-promotion tour of the USA.► Authored Chamber's "Statement on Good Corporate Citizenship", and moderated public discussions on promotion of corporate social responsibility.(Elected to the Board in 2008; elected Vice-President in 2009; elected President and Chairman of the Board, 2010 – 2014)http://www.amcham.lv/en/home

New York, Ny

White & Case is a leading global law firm with 2,000+ lawyers operating in 44 offices in 30 countries around the world, serving multinational companies and sovereign entities.► Served in the Litigation Department of the New York office, where I specialized in commercial, intellectual property and antitrust / competition dispute resolution, in particular in biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device patent infringement and validity litigations.► Served as a key team member in several multi-year complex Federal court actions litigating the validity and infringement of US patents in the fields of molecular biology and plant genetics and relating to the invention, development and production of genetically modified corn. Managed multi-faceted discovery processes involving millions of pages of complex R&D and commercial / financial data, used for production of relevant documents to adversaries and for identification of key evidence to be used at trial. Identified key R&D documents to be used to support patents' invention story at trial. Conducted legal research, and authored or contributed to numerous pleadings, motions and appellate briefs. Participated in depositions of expert witnesses and prepared witnesses for testimony at trial. Served with teams working Federal court jury trials lasting several weeks, and on subsequent appeals.► Represented clients in numerous cases of antitrust investigations by the US Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission relating to acquisitions in the defense electronics, agricultural equipment, food & beverage, dairy, supermarket and IT sectors. Managed or participated in document discovery and review and document production processes. Responsible for management of teams of up to 50 lawyers and staff, and management of client relations.► Worked on commercial litigations in disputes relating to mergers & acquisitions, bankruptcies and energy project financing.http://www.whitecase.com/

New York, Ny

Following the regaining of Latvia's independence in 1991, the Government established its Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York. Drafted into Latvia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I was responsible for all political and legal affairs at the Permanent Mission in New York, and served as its chief researcher, analyst, strategist, negotiator and speech-writer. ► Headed a three-year effort to globalize the issue of the withdrawal of former Soviet military forces from the Baltic States, and through complex negotiations achieved the adoption of several UN General Assembly resolutions calling for such withdrawal.► Successfully lobbied UN member States to defend Latvia’s human rights record, in both the General Assembly in New York and the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva. ► Authored UN speeches by the Latvian President, several Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers, Justice Minister, Ambassador and other high-level Latvian officials, delivered at the General Assembly and Security Council in New York, as well as in conferences in Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Rio de Janeiro, Managua and others. ► Negotiated Latvia’s interests at global conferences related to human rights, non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, climate change, environmental project financing and others.► Advised the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on matters of public international law, including on a successful bid to decrease Latvia's UN dues contributions by several million dollars.► Served as UN election observer in South Africa during its first democratic election; while monitoring voting at a prison on election day, mediated a potentially violent dispute between prison guards and inmates.(Attaché as of November 1991; Counsellor as of June 1992)http://www.mfa.gov.lv/en/newyork

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