Matīss Rostoks

Managing Partner / Attorney at law, Latvia

My areas of expertise

  • Real estate
  • Corporate and M&A
  • Restructuring and Insolvency
  • Tax

Summary

Matīss has over 10 years of experience in legal services and his main practice areas include corporate law and dispute resolution. Besides being involved in numerous M&A and competition law projects, he is also a recognized expert in IP matters.

Matīss has received his bachelor’s degree in Law at the University of Latvia, further specializing in EU and Competition law at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. For further qualifications, Matīss has completed a master’s program at the Riga Graduate School of Law.

Matīss is currently a partner at the Magnusson Latvia office, as well as a member of the Latvian Bar association.

While being an expert in his own field, Matīss also shares his knowledge with law students across various Latvian universities and he is fluent in three languages – Latvian, English and Russian.

Professional experience

Law Firm Magnusson
Attorney

Law Firm Deloitte Legal
Senior Associate

Riga Graduate School of Law
Guest Lecturer

Law Firm Tark Grunte Sutkiene (now TGS Baltic)
Associate, Assistant Attorney- at- Law

Law Firm Spīgulis, Kukainis & Azanda
Associate

Law Firm Borenius (now Cobalt)
Associate

District Court of Riga
Court secretary

Sworn Attorney at Law / Insolvency Administrator
Trainee

Education

  • Mag.iur. (Dipl.iur) at Riga Graduate School of Law
  • LL.M. at the University of Amsterdam
  • LL.B. at the University of Latvia
  • Secondary school diploma at the Riga State Gymansium No. 1

Bar Admissions

Latvian Collegium of Sworn Attorneys

Languages

  • Latvian (native)
  • English (C2)
  • Russian (B1)

Awards and rankings

  • First place in Kārlis Dišlers Constitutional Law moot court in 2012
  • Ranked Tier 3 of the Legal 500 in Latvia in 2019 listing in Tax with previous workplace Deloitte.