Dr. Toms Kr\u016bmi\u0146\u0161 is a Senior Associate at COBALT working in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice group. He is a renowned arbitration expert in Latvia, specializing in International and European Law, particularly Private International Law and International Civil Procedure, Commercial and Investment Arbitration, as well as Human Rights Law and Constitutional Law. Toms has represented clients in numerous international (for example, ICC) and national arbitration proceedings, and successfully acted before the Constitutional Court of Latvia, the Supreme Court of Latvia, the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as helped clients to succeed before the European Court of Human Rights.<\/p>\n
Toms holds a Ph.D. degree from the University of Copenhagen. His research focused on the dichotomy between arbitration and human rights, in particular the interplay between setting-aside proceedings and parties\u2019 procedural human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights.<\/p>\n
Toms has authored or co-authored many publications, including a monograph \u2018Arbitration and Human Rights\u2019 (2020) published by Springer. He regularly speaks on topics related to arbitration, private international law and international civil procedure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“I am very honoured to be selected as a VIAC Ambassador for Latvia \u2014 especially at a time when the arbitration landscape here is significantly evolving and improving. Recent legislative reforms have strengthened Latvia\u2019s arbitration framework, bringing it more closely in line with internationally recognized standards and enhancing the system\u2019s overall predictability and credibility. Having helped catalyse these developments, I am particularly motivated to continue this work. VIAC has long embodied the qualities Latvia\u2019s arbitration framework now seeks to reinforce \u2014 neutrality, consistency and international credibility \u2014 and I look forward to promoting its strengths throughout the Baltic region, with a particular focus on increasing its visibility and use in Latvia.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":10265,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"class_list":["post-10263","ambassador","type-ambassador","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambassador\/10263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambassador"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ambassador"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viac.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}