About
Irina Kostina is Associate Partner and Head of the Employment law practice at Ellex Klavins in Latvia, specializing in employment and dispute resolution matters. She advises on executive and director employment relationships, multi-jurisdictional transfer of undertakings and reorganisations, internal investigations, outsourcing and posting of employees, and represents clients in administrative, civil and arbitration proceedings; she has served as an Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration of the Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 2016.
Practice areas
EmploymentLitigationArbitrationCorporate / M&ATax
Office
Expertise
Employment issues for directors and executivesMulti-jurisdictional transfer of undertakings and reorganisationsInternal investigations relating to employee breachesOutsourcing and posting of employees (cross-border, corporate/tax interfaces)Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awardsRepresentation in administrative, civil and arbitration proceedings
Education
- Riga Graduate School of Law — LL.M., Law & Finance (with merit), 2018
- University of Latvia, Faculty of Law — Master of Laws (LL.M.), 2007
- University of Latvia, Faculty of Law — Professional law degree (dipl.iur.), 2006
Admissions
- Member, Latvian Bar Association
- Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
- Member, European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA)
- Member, International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)
- Member, The Foreign Investors' Council in Latvia (FICIL)