Zane Veidemane – Bērziņa

Associate Partner

Co-Head of the Banking & Finance practice group

Latvia

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Zane Veidemane – Bērziņa is an associate partner and Co – Head of the Banking & Finance practice group. Zane has extensive experience in financial regulatory matters gained throughout her two decades long career in a law firm as well as in-house in one of the leading credit institutions.

She advises banks and other financial service providers on a wide range of complex issues, including market entry, licensing, internal controls, new product launches, compliance issues, supervisory affairs as well as acquisitions and restructuring within the financial sector. She is particularly passionate about innovative payment solutions and digitalisation.

Zane also has a unique experience with state aid matters, including financing of significant infrastructure projects and implementation of restructuring aid in various industries, such as banking, transportation, energy.

Zane holds a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certificate from the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) and advises clients on AML/CTF related matters.

2003 – 2004

Lund University (Sweden)

LL.M., European Union Law (with distinction)

1999 – 2003

Concordia International University (Estonia)

LL.B., European Union and International Comparative Law (Magna Cum Laude)

2022

Helsinki University, Faculty of Law

Erasmus exchange program

Since 2019

Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)

Member

Since 2017

Latvian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Committee for the development of financial sector

Member

Since 2010

Attorney at Law (Latvia)

2024

Crypto-asset service providers are on the move to find their residence: will Latvia make the 'shortlist'?
Early this summer the Crypto-Asset Services Act was adopted in Latvia – the concise legislative act consisting of only ten articles specifies a few aspects of application of the EU legal framework governing crypto-assets and related services, and does not introduce fundamental changes in this field per se.

2020

Report on decision of Latvian Competition Council in case regarding resale price maintenance, Oxford Competition Law Case Reports

2019

“Vai esam gatavi 14.septembrim?” (Are we ready for September 14?), db.lv

2017

“EK iesaistās banku un FinTech cīņā” (European Commission engages in the fight between banks and FinTech), db.lv

2011

“Netaisnīgas cenas jēdziena piemērošanas problēmas” (Challenges with the application of competition law notion of “unfair prices”), Jurista vārds
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