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Provided by Ellex Valiunas

Ellex Valiunas has the largest and the most experienced antitrust / competition team in Lithuania. Ellex attorneys provide both conventional and innovative legal solutions for clients on a full range of competition and EU law issues in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, and at EU level.

  • Our firm has an exclusive portfolio of the most complex and high-profile cases in all areas of competition law, including antitrust, merger control and state aid.
  • Our professionals have excellent understanding of various industries as well as extensive knowledge of economic and business processes.
  • Our track record of advising and representing clients in landmark competition matters includes matters involving regulators and contentious matters at various dispute resolution venues, both national and European.

Being a full-service law firm, Ellex in the Baltics offers a full range of Brexit legal services, including legal solutions in banking and finance, taxes, customs, product compliance, transport, labor mobility, intellectual property, data protection, and dispute resolution.


Chambers Review

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Competition/Antitrust - Lithuania

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

With its broad and experienced team, Ellex Valiunas remains the leading law firm on the Lithuanian competition market. The team assists clients with obtaining competition law approval for mergers, including representing clients in ex-post reviews and appeals against prohibitions. It is also active in behavioural investigations and challenges to fines. Team members offer further expertise in state aid matters.

Work Highlights

  • Ellex Valiunas represented the Lithuanian Chamber of Notaries in a challenge to an authority cartel investigation.

Strengths

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We appreciate the team's deep knowledge, wide range of practice and business mindset. The lawyers are super accessible and very good at project management.

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I would highlight the team's hands-on approach, attention to detail and strategic thinking.

Competition/Antitrust respondent
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The work is excellent and the lawyers are experienced and we like working with them.

Competition/Antitrust respondent
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We appreciate the team's knowledge, expertise and understanding of the processes at the Competition Council.

Competition/Antitrust respondent
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The team distinguishes itself with an outstanding level of expertise. The blend of profound insight, swift responsiveness and unwavering commitment to deadlines went beyond what we had anticipated.

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Notable Practitioners

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Marius Juonys
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Marius Juonys
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Band 1

Marius Juonys is highly regarded for his broad competition law practice that covers both transactional and contentious competition law work. He assists clients with merger control filings, as well as advising on challenges to merger prohibition decisions. He has notable experience in investigations into alleged abuses of dominance or cartels and in appeals against fines.

He is an excellent attorney.

Marius Juonys is the best lawyer in the market.

He is a guru of merger control and is very good at navigating the process, building the strategy and thinking through the various stages.

Marius Juonys is always approachable and reachable. He has a lot of experience, and knows how we are thinking so we can align our risk tolerance and get great expertise on the business side as well.

I think he is excellent on competition; a true expert. I like his writing, advice and presentation skills.

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Karolis Kačerauskas
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Karolis Kačerauskas
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Band 2

Karolis Kačerauskas stands out for his ability to handle state aid matters, especially within the energy sector.

Karolis Kačerauskas has the ability to navigate complex legal landscapes with remarkable elegance, outstanding insights and precision, which is strategically aligned with our goals.

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Lauras Butkevičius
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Lauras Butkevičius
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Band 2

Lauras Butkevičius often acts for associations and industry bodies on behavioural investigations and appeals against authority decisions. He has further experience as a monitoring trustee in merger clearance matters.

He always understands our needs and handles matters not formalistically but taking into account the specifics of our sector. He tries to see the bigger picture.

He is solution-oriented and his creative thinking skills are top level.

Lauras Butkevičius is very strong lawyer with high client care capabilities. He knows both European and national competition law and its practice.

Lauras Butkevičius is a very dynamic partner who thinks quickly.

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Marius Juonys
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Marius Juonys
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Karolis Kačerauskas
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Karolis Kačerauskas
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Lauras Butkevičius
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Lauras Butkevičius
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Band 2
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