Krisjanis Buss is a Senior Associate at COBALT Legal, where responsibilities include advising on Banking & Finance, Financial Services Regulatory, AML/CFT and Sanctions Compliance, as well as Capital Markets, Funds, Asset, and Project Financing since October 2015. Previous roles include Associate at COBALT Legal focusing on Banking & Finance and Intellectual Property, Fulbright Scholar conducting research on intellectual property and civil liberties at Washington University in St. Louis, and Senior Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, involved in drafting defense positions for the European Court of Human Rights. Additional experience encompasses roles as a Research Scholar at the University of Latvia Foundation and a Lawyer at Citadele banka, with an early position as a Trainee at Latvijas Krājbanka. Krisjanis Buss holds multiple law degrees, including an LL.M. from Washington University in St. Louis and an LL.M. from Latvijas Universitate, complemented by a Bachelor's degree in Law from Latvijas Universitate and a visiting student experience at Utrecht University.