Marta Urbāne

Work experience

2014 - Present	Head of the Study Programme "International Business and Law" Faculty of European Studies
2014 - Present	Assistant Professor Faculty of European Studies, Department of International Business and Economics Courses: Introduction in the Theory of Law; International Commercial Law; EU Law, International Competition Law
2013 - Present	Lecturer University of Latvia, European studies Courses: EU Treaties and Institutions, EU Single Market
2009 - 2013	Lawyer Gratus Ltd. Drafted various memorandums; particularly law analysis and strategy development in cases involving litigation, insolvency or international trade
2009 - 2010	Lawyer Spilbridge Attorneys at Law
2006 - 2007	Assistant, Corporate Banking Department, Trade Finance Unit Nordea Bank Finland Plc Latvia branch Handled guarantees, export and import letters of credit, export and import documentary collection; Consulted corporate clients on international trade finance; Summarized legislation on international trade finance; Substituted head of trade finance during her absence.

Education and training

2010 - 2014	Dr.iur., International Law University of Latvia, Faculty of Law Theme of dissertation: "Provisional measures in International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes" The International Academy for Arbitration Law in Paris, MIDS Scholarship Recipient, July 2011 The Hague Academy of International Law, the Hague Academy Scholarship Recipient, July-August 2013 United States of America Law Summer School in Latvia, July 2013 Doctoral School "European Integration and Baltic Sea Region Studies (EIBSRS)": Member
2012 - 2012	Erasmus programm Universität Salzburg, Faculty of Law Courses: Doctoral seminar (Assessment: Excellent); International Trade and Business law (Assessment: Excellent), Comparative International Sales Law ( Assessment: Good)
2007 - 2009	LL.M International Trade and Business Law Universidade Catolica Portuguesa Dissertation: "Public policy exception under New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of 1958 to the enforcement of international arbitral awards" Fifteenth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, Austria: Participant, 2008 Sixteenth Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, Austria: Couch of team, 2009
2002 - 2007	Second-level professional higher education degree in Law University of Latvia, Faculty of Law Diploma work "Legal Problems in the Use of Documentary Credits"
2002 - 2006	Bachelor’s degree of professional higher education in Business Administration Banking Institution of Higher Education Bachelor's Paper "Compliance with International Trade Requirements"

Achievements

Continuing education a.o. qualification upgrade

Course: Novelty in the ethics of research, 24.02.2016-09.03.2016
Course: Effective management of research, 03.05.2016-17.05.2016
Creative Industries Conference, 19.02.2016

Field of research

International Commercial Law
EU Law
Commercial Law
International Investment Law

Head of the study programme

Rīga Stradiņš University, Professional Master, Full-time studies, International Business and Law

Supervised study course

European Law, Introduction in the Theory of Law, International Commercial Law, International Competition Law

Supervised and reviewed student research papers

Supervised:

Master's theses: 6

qualification papers:15

Reviewed:

Master's theses: 7

qualification papers: 15

Publications

D.Škutāns., M.Ābula. Parliament against the Supreme Court. 16 June 2009, "Jurista Vārds" (in Latvian)
M.Ābula. Provisional measures in arbitration proceedings in Latvia. Proceedings of the 52nd International Scientific Conference of Daugavpils University (2010), ISBN 978-9984-14-482-5 (in Latvian)
M.Ābula. Provisional Measures in International Commercial Arbitration in the European Union Context. „European Intigration and Baltic Sea Region: Diversity and Perspectives"conference Volume 1, 2011. ISBN 978-9984-45-398-9 (in English)
M.Ābula. Provisional Measures in International Arbitration. Proceedings of the 53nd International Scientific Conference of Daugavpils University (2012), ISBN 978-9984-14-563-1 (in Latvian)
M.Ābula. "Ex parte" provisional measures in international commercial arbitration. „Международная и внутригосударственная правовая политика в условиях глобализации: проблемы теории и практики" (сборник статей по материалам международной научной конференции 13-15 октября (2011), Тambov, Russia, ISBN 978-5-4343-0048-3 (in English)
M.Ābula. The Role of National Courts in Provisional Measure Proceedings in International Arbitration. Collection of Articles of 70^th conference of University of Latvia (2012). (in Latvian)
M.Ābula. Jurisdiction of International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) to decide on provisional measures. Journal of the University of Latvia, No.4. Sciences of Law for Future, 2013. (in Latvian)
·M.Ābula, I.Dovladbekova, A.Berķe-Berga. Review of the legal issues of employee share ownership in EU. International Conference "New Challenges of Economic and Business Development – 2016: Society, Innovations and Collaborative Economy": Riga, Latvia, May 12–14, 2016. Proceedings. Riga: University of Latvia, 2016, ISBN 978-9934-18-140-5, p. 11.
M.Ābula. Evaluation of Investment Court system. Latvijas Universitātes 74. Zinātniskās konferences rakstu krājums, Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2016, ISBN 978-9934-18-157-3, p. 24.
M.Ābula. Plaģiāts akadēmiskajā vide. Akadēmiskā dzīve, Rīga: LU Akadēmiskais apgāds, 2016/2017, ISBN 978-9934-18-198-6, US ISSN 0516-3145, 118-122.lpp.
▪ A.Berķe-Berga, I.Dovladbekova, M.Ābula. Managerial ownership and firm performance: evidenceof listed companies in the Baltics. Polish Journal of Management Studies, 2017, Vol.15, No 2.p.273-
283.
▪ M.Ābula. Investor state arbitration as part of EU's judicial system. EU and comparative law issuesand challenges series (ECLIC), Issue 2, 2018, ISSN 2459-9425, p.687-699.26.