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Dispute Resolution - Lithuania
What the Team is Known For
Ellex Valiunas fields a top-ranked disputes team with extensive coverage spanning litigation, arbitration and white-collar crime. The law firm offers notable experience in large shareholder disagreements, contentious contract matters and sanction disputes, as well as legislative and regulatory litigation. It also acts for a significant pool of international and domestic clients from a variety of sectors, including financial services, energy and transportation. The team is also a popular choice for the enforcement of arbitral awards.
Strengths
The firm offers a wide range of legal services, in-depth analysis and efficiency.
The team is focused on an extremely high level of service, and feedback is fast in all cases.
The lawyers are excellent in terms of understanding the matter at hand, and are very good at going deep into the case.
The lawyers go deep into the details, are aware of all of the issues and are always very well prepared.
The lawyers are very quick with their well-explained and proactive advice.
Work Highlights
Ellex Valiunas represented Darnu Group in litigation against Lietuvos radijo ir televizijos centras regarding the annulment of a real estate sale and purchase contract and the application of restitution.
Notable practitioners
Valentinas Mikelėnas is a highly experienced lawyer who has reputable expertise in legislative litigation, and also assists with sanction disputes and shareholder arbitrations.
Valentinas Mikelėnas is definitely the most respected figure.
Valentinas Mikelėnas is highly respected.
She is a very pragmatic lawyer who is always able to quickly understand the main issues of any matter and is great at presenting an action plan that is realistic and puts the client’s interest first.
Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan is able to deliver very creative solutions to legal issues.
She offers impressive knowledge and engagement, and is always pleasant and very efficient.
Vilija is a well-established figure in the market, known as one of the key litigators in Lithuania.
Vilija is a legend.
He is very impressive.
He is a strong lawyer who has very deep knowledge and knows his cases extremely well.
Egidijus Baranauskas is an extremely experienced professional in providing legal services.
Miroslav Nosevič is intellectual and smart.
Miroslav is a highly reliable advisor.
Miroslav is a specialist with extensive experience and deep knowledge, and goes deep into the essence of the problem.
He is a very experienced litigator and arbitration specialist.
He never misses the point, always sees the bigger picture and pushes the project forward even when the situation seems to be unresolvable.
Giedrė Aukštuolienė is an experienced lawyer representing clients in both litigation and arbitration. She often acts on contractual and shareholder disputes. In addition, she represents clients in regulatory disputes.
Giedrė shows exceptional empathy and attention to detail.
Her commercial awareness is particularly impressive, as she aligns legal strategy with business objectives, offering solutions that are both practical and forward-thinking.
Her client service is outstanding, with a proactive approach that ensures we always feel supported and informed.
Giedrė Aukštuolienė is an excellent litigator.
Tadas Varapnickas acts on a broad range of contentious mandates, from construction disputes and cases related to the performance of contractual obligations to issues arising from anti-AML orders. His matters regularly entail cross-border elements.
Tadas is always available and replies quickly.
Tadas Varapnickas is a solid and creative lawyer.
Tadas Varapnickas provides prompt responses.
Simona Budreikaitė is widely regarded as an impressive up-and-coming practitioner in the field of dispute resolution. She assists with arbitration proceedings related to shareholder disputes, construction cases and investment treaties.
She is well organised, has strong case analysis and strategy arrangement, and meets deadlines on time.
Simona is highly skilled in drafting documents and very attentive to every detail. She is also very communicative and responsive.
Simona Budreikaitė is a very good dispute resolution lawyer.