Aurelija Balčiūnė
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Provided by Aurelija Balčiūnė
Practice Areas
Asset & Project Financing
Capital Markets
Corporate Governance
Financial Services Regulatory
Funds
Compliance
Private M&A
Venture Capital
Joint Ventures & Commercial Cooperation
Set-up of Legal Entities
Fintech
EU Law
Internal Investigations
Career
Aurelija Balčiūnė is a Managing Associate at the Banking and Finance Practice Group. She has over 10 years of legal experience. Her main areas of expertise include compliance, anti-money laundering (AML), financial regulatory and structured-finance. Aurelija has extensive experience in AML matters and has counselled international and local banks, fintech and other companies on AML and compliance issues. Her professional interest also covers aviation and aircraft finance which originates from her previous work experience at an aviation group of companies and the Civil Aviation Administration.
Aurelija Balčiūnė is a legal counsel with a business-driven mindset. During her legal practice, Aurelija has counselled international and local banks and companies on various regulatory and compliance matters, participated in the most renown market deals and M&A transactions, acquisition of large-scale debt portfolios and structured financing transactions. She regularly upgrades her knowledge on AML matters by participating in international conferences and events and is a regular speaker and lecturer on the AML topic.
Her most significant deals include advising DNB on the creation of Luminor (the largest ever transaction in the Baltic banking market) and acting for Citibank on a EUR 930m senior and mezzanine financing to Technopolis Group (one of the largest financing transactions).