The Chat Chamber Riga Graduate School of Law

With Ēriks Kristiāns Selga, PhD cand., University Hong Kong, we discussed a variety of topics, including:

• Data governance and data sharing in context of AML;

• Economic and security trends of Europe;

• Resiliency to crises and the psychology of war;

• Perception of historical events;

• Consumption of content and informative spaces, the paradox of free speech and disinformation;

• Legal and cultural identities, as well as responsibility for a state.

Raimonds Slaidiņš, co-founder and senior partner at Ellex in Latvia. In Ellex, he leads the firm’s mergers & acquisitions practice and is part of the Ellex leadership team’s Coordinating Committee.

As American Latvian he shared his path of life which eventually led him to Latvia during the times of change in 1990s and how various coincidences resulted him participating in a foundation of a law firm. We addressed such questions as how hard or easy at that time was to become a lawyer in Latvia with U.S. legal background, what it takes to work in M&A and how to always stay trustful to your gut feeling and stay positive no matter what!

Sergejs Jakimovs is a visiting lecturer at RGSL, focuses on VC consulting, structuring IPR and investment deals, heavy-IP commercialisation, as well as co-founder of Vortex Oil Engineering and Koatum.

Daiga Auziņa-Melalksne, Head of Nasdaq Baltic markets, CEO Nasdaq Riga, Associate Vice President. 

Adam Bodnar, PhD, Law Professor at SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, ex-Ombudsman of Poland, a former lawyer, human rights activist.

Nils Muižnieks is the Regional Director for Europe at Amnesty International and a previous Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe. We meet at a politically sensitive climate, given the invasion. Despite his broad range of interests, Nils with lightness can link together economics, security, human rights, politics, history, freedom of expression, and trafficking. His witty responses and personal background contribute to the value of the latest discussion, so do listen to it to learn about minority rights, inclusion, international order, refugees, as well as upcoming challenges for Europe.