Latvia’s Competition Authority has a struggle on its hands: government enthusiasm has dried up since the financial crisis crippled the country and the enforcement agency has suffered serious cuts. But it still manages to pack a punch – Rosalind Donald investigates

Since the global financial crisis struck in 2008, Latvia’s GDP has fallen further than any of its European counterparts. M&A has been almost non-existent and the country’s Competition Council has been forced to downsize. For many smaller Latvian competition practices, work has all but dried up. Rosalind Donald investigates the firms that are managing to succeed in straitened times

Latvia's three leading competition practices are all led by women. It's also a relatively young bar, with a legal market that has arisen quickly and recently. The paucity of competition specialists in Latvia makes it tricky to judge the market by the standards GCR typically applies to more mature jurisdictions. Here, we define a competition specialist as someone devoting 30 per cent or more of their time to competition matters.

The arrival of a new leader at Latvia’s Competition Council has been warmly welcomed by stakeholders.But more change is needed, reports Julius Cavendish

Adopting a more outward-looking approach than her predecessor, Ieva Jaunzeme has improved the reputation of Latvia’s Competition Council. Julius Cavendish asks her about her first 18 months as its chair

Latvian firms have only recently had cause to start offering competition services on a widespread basis. But, as Julius Cavendish reports, demand is growing fast