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LATVIA ABOUT VITA LIBERTE Vita has over 20 years of industry experience advising Latvian businesses on complex business issues. Over the course of her career, she has worked with public, private and non-profit entities in widely diverse industries including manufacturing, distribution, technology, financial services, healthcare and real estate. Vita’s experience includes corporate, partnership, and individual taxation, as well as mergers and acquisitions, international tax planning. She has extensive experience in the areas of acquisitionduediligenceprocedures, private equity transactions, acquisition and divestiture transactions, net operating loss limitations, and consolidated tax return filings. She has helped clients develop tax-planning strategies focused on deferring and minimizing tax and accumulating wealth. Vita regularly participates as a speaker at local and international conferences, reporting on current legislative issues. She is the founder of the Latvian Public and Private Partnership Association (PPPA). She holds a master’s degree in International law from the prestigious New York University. As International Liaison Partner for the firm, Vita is also responsible for communication and international business development across the BDO worldwide network. FIRM PROFILE Why Choose BDO? Our common goal is to provide exceptional customer service, and we invest in close, long-term customer relationships. We want to offer the best expertise in our field and in-depth sectoral knowledge to help our clients achieve their goals. Internationally, BDO is the leading expert organisation specialising in financial management in the SME sector. BDO’s global network extends across 162 countries and territories, with 80 000 experts working out of 1,500 offices. Audit reports issued by our company are recognized by all foreign and international companies and organizations. The third year in the row BDO’s Global Outsourcing team won prestigious award at the 2017 The Rewards (formally Payroll World Awards) in London. BDO’s Global Forensic Services team received the Investigations Consultancy 2018 award at the Fourth Annual Global Investigations Review Awards. Global Investigations Review (“GIR”) is a news service providing global coverage of government enforcement and regulation and also ranks investigations specialists annually. BDO has been awarded the prestigious Network of the Year 2018 Award by the International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) for the fastest growing global organisation in the accounting and auditing profession for the last 10 years. ONE ORGANISATION – GLOBALLY CONNECTED BDO’s global organisation extends across 167 countries and territories, with 88,120 peopleworking out of 1,617 offices – and they’re all working towards one goal: to provide our clients with exceptional service. Our firms across the organisation cooperate closely and comply with consistent operating principles and quality standards. That means local resources who understand your business, your local and international markets and the specifics of your industry: all backed by a truly global organisation. The fee income of all BDO firms, including the members of their exclusive alliances, was US$9.6 billion as of 30 September 2019 EXCEPTIONAL CLIENT SERVICE, DELIVERED ACROSS THE WORLD BDO’s vision is to be the leader for exceptional client service. This is not about reinventing our profession’s approach to service, but about delivering our services exceptionally well – and delivering that high quality consistently in every office, every country and every territory where we have a presence. No matter where you do business, we have people who can help. CONTACT www.bdo.co.uk 61