Dace Luters-Thümmel (Latvia/Lettland)
Profile in members database: Dace Luters-Thümmel
E-mail: Latvia@ewla.org
Latvian
German attorney-at-law, admitted to the German and Latvian Bar (since 1994 / 2005)
with offices in Düsseldorf/Germany and Riga/Latvia
Master Degree in German Law of Rheinische-Friedrich-Wilhelm-University of Bonn, Germany
Master of European Legal Studies of European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), Luxembourg, and Université Nancy 2, France
Professional Experience:
• Former Legal and EU Policy Counsel of the Christian Democratic Party's Vice-Chairman at the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) and the Länder-Parliament of Northrhine-Westphalia (Landtag) related to drafting new legislation and commenting on draft laws
• International Affairs Official of the German Chamber of Auditors (i.e. German equivalent of Chartered Accountants) with responsibilities concerning EU, FASB, IASB, GATS, WTO related legislation and bilateral relations with other EU- and Non-EU-countries
• Head of the Regional Office of the German Chamber of Auditors for the 5 Northern Länder of Germany
• Second Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of Latvia in Germany
• Team Leader and Lead Legal Expert in PHARE-projects of the European Commission at the Latvian Parliament (Saeima) and the Latvian Ministry of Justice concerning the transposition of the acquis communautaire into Latvian legislation and its implementation
• Twinning-Expert for the European Commission in the Candidate States and New Member States (e.g. Latvia, Malta, Turkey)
Memberships:
• Chairman of the German-Latvian Lawyers Association (DLJV, www.dljv.de)
• President of the European Umbrella Organisation of all Latvian Associations in Europe (ELA, www.ela-online.eu)
• President of the Latvian Community in Germany (LKV, www.lk-v.de)
• Member of the European Movement in Latvia and of the working group "European
Enlargement" of the European Movement International
• Member of the Latvian Lawyers Association
• Member of the Düsseldorf Bar and the Latvian Bar
• Member of the German Female Lawyers Association (DJB)
Specialisation:
• EU Law, Commercial/Corporate Law, International Public Law, Eastern European Law
Languages:
• Latvian, German, English, French, some Spanish, some Russian
Publications:
• Editor and co-author of the "EU Law-Handbook for Legal Practitioners" (Eiropas Savienības tiesību rokasgrāmata praktizējošiem juristiem), Tiesu Namu Aģentūra, Riga, to be published in July 2007
• Co-author of the book "Foreign Family Law" (Ausländisches Familienrecht), C.H. Beck, Munich, to be published in summer 2007
• Co-author of the book “Management Guide Latvia” (Management Guide Lettland), Cross-Culture Publishing, Frankfurt am Main, July 2006
• “EU Enlargement from the Perspective of the small Candidate Country Latvia”, published in: Studien des Instituts für Ostrecht e.V. (Studies of the Eastern Law Institute Munich), volume no. 50: S. I. Oksaar/ N. v. Redecker (Hrsg./publisher): Deutsch-Estnische Rechtsvergleichung und Europa (German and Estonian Comparative Law and Europe), Peter Lang Verlag, Munich, 2004
• „Civil Law Reform in the Baltic countries” (Civiltiesibu reforma Baltijas valstis), published in “Likums un Tiesibas” (Latvian Law Journal) volume no. 4, no. 8 (36), Ratio iuris, Riga, August 2002
• Co-author of the “Handbook on European Enlargement”, T.M.C. Asser Instituut, Institute for Private and Public International Law, International Commercial Arbitration and European Law, The Hague, The Netherlands, August 2002
• "On the Draft of the Commercial Code of the Republic of Latvia" in the German Law Journal "Wirtschaft und Recht in Osteuropa" (Economics and Law in Eastern Europe) No. 4/1997 of 20th April 1997, published by Verlag C.H. Beck, Munich
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E-mail: Latvia@ewla.org