Pavels is an associate at VARUL law office in Riga, Latvia. He specialises in drafting employment, transfer and sponsorship agreements. He also represents athletes in transfer and employment related disputes before the competent bodies. His additional area of expertise is corporate, media law as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Pavels has worked at Eversheds (Riga Latvia) from 2007-2010 and was a trainee in a Swiss law firm in Geneva in the sports arbitration department in 2012.

Pavels has an International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport ("FIFA Master") and is a president of the Latvian Association of Sports Law (LASL).

Languages include Russian, English, Latvian, French.