Editorial

Mediāciju kopumā un arī tieši komercmediāciju Latvijā nepieciešams attīstīt, intervijā Dienai šovasar atzina tieslietu ministrs Dzintars Rasnačs. Pagaidām mūsu valsts sabiedrībā un arī uzņēmēju vidū izpratne par mediācijas būtību, pielietojumu un tās sniegtajām iespējām ir vāja, atzīst gan tieslietu ministrs, gan arī sertificēti mediatori. Read more...

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Vārda “mediācija” pieminēšana ikdienas sarunā bieži izraisa pārpratumu, ja sarunu biedrs to būs sajaucis ar meditāciju un sāks atrunāties, ka viņam šīs ezotēriskās lietas ir svešas un nesaprotamas. Zinošākie teiks, ka tas ir kaut kāds jauns konfliktu risināšanas veids. Un tikai pavisam nedaudzi varbūt atcerēsies par mediācijas procesu Stokholmā, kurā, tiesa, nesekmīgi tika mēģināts risināt domstarpības vilcienu iepirkuma lietā starp VAS “Pasažieru vilciens” un CAF. Read more...

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It is not that often when news from the Riga stock exchange trigger a public discussion. The public announcement in September when 43.25% of the shares outstanding (or, 45,187,392 shares to be precise) in Ventspils Nafta AS had been sold by Latvijas Naftas Tranzits AS to Euromin Holdings (Cyprus) Limited was an exception that caused a very heated debate. Just to remind, the total reported transaction value was EUR 79.98 million, while the price per single share was EUR 1.77. This price implied the enteprise value of EUR 304.20 million and valued the VN business at 5.1x its year 2014 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA).

Is this an adequate price, or, as some claim, have we just witnessed a steal of the century? Read more...

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Louis XIV, the king of France, has been credited (albeit, not everyone agrees to this) with coining the phrase L'Etat, c'est moi, or, I am the State. Things have changed since then and not many rulers are still around who can claim the same thing. But each of us probably has come across business owners who fully identify themselves with their companies. Read more...

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