Marta Cera is a partner and Co-Head of the Banking & Finance practice group.
Marta is a highly regarded expert in cross-border financing transactions, capital market transactions, and financial regulatory matters. Marta also frequently provides legal assistance in M&A transactions involving significant financing aspects. Marta has developed the firm’s investment fund practice and serves as a member of the board of the Latvian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association.
Client testimony, Chambers Europe 2025:
Marta delivers exceptional legal services, demonstrating deep expertise in banking and finance matters. Her responsiveness, strategic approach and attention to detail are invaluable.
Marta Cera is very responsive and always shows a good understanding of the key issues in transactions. She is very commercial and creative at finding solutions to issues.
Renewal of Adven financing platform
Sunly, a renewable energy producer, raises €300 million
Financing of Latvia’s largest standalone solar PV plant
Merito Partners has been launched in Latvia
Maag Group acquires HKScan’s Baltic businesses
Initial public offering of Enefit Green shares
Bite Group’s EUR 700 million bond issuance and financing
UnifiedPost Group acquires Fitek Holding
Enefit Green acquires Nelja Energia
2017
Riga Graduate School of Law
2015
Riga Graduate School of Law
2012
University of Greenwich
Since 2022
Latvian Bar Association
Since 2020
Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
Since 2020
NASDAQ First North
Since 2017
International Bar Association (IBA)
2024
Aircraft Finance and Aircraft LiensThe chapter on Aircraft Finance focuses on laws relating to aircraft registration, security, and enforcement, whereas the Aircraft Liens chapter covers the rights of third parties to seize and detain aircraft. Reflecting the global reach of the aviation industry, the work provides country-by-country guidance currently covering over 150 jurisdictions.
The Latvia chapters have been prepared by Ellex experts Marta Cera, Beata Plocina and Niklavs Zieds.
2020
COVID-19 – Opportunities. CEE finance and capital markets 2020–2021The CEE banking and finance practice at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer – jointly with leading firms in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region as part of their StrongerTogether network – presents an annual update highlighting market trends and legal developments in the banking, finance and capital markets sectors in CEE. This year’s publication focuses on opportunities in the CEE region as a result and in the aftermath of COVID-19.
Ellex is the author of the Latvia and Lithuania chapter of the guide. The co-authors of the Latvia chapter are Associate Partner Valters Diure and Senior Associate Marta Cera. The Lithuania chapter has been prepared by Senior Associate Neringa Mickevičiūtė.
2018
Latvian government looks to repair reputation with AML overhaulAssociate Marta Cera comments on the Moneyval AML report and the adopted regulatins made in response by the Latvian government.
