Juozas Rimas

Corporate Governance

Corporate Restructuring

Funds

Joint Ventures & Commercial Cooperation

Private Equity

Private M&A

Public M&A

Set-up of Legal Entities

Dr Juozas Rimas is a Partner and the Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania, specialising in the fields of M&A (Private Equity) and Corporate Law. Juozas Rimas holds a PhD in Law (2010), which he received from Vilnius University for a thesis on corporate law issues in private equity transactions. Dr Rimas has provided transactional and corporate advice to GE, Moog Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Gjensidige, Deutsche Bank, Samskip and many other clients.

Since 2010 Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association

Comparative Investment Guide to the Baltics 2026 (2026 - 07 - 01)

Baltic Private M&A Deal Points Study 2024 is out now: Energy & Utilities sector is most active in the M&A market (2024 - 10 - 01)

Cross-Jurisdictional Guide on the Implementation of the Mobility Directive in EU Member States (2023 - 11 - 07)

Baltic Private M&A Deal Points Study 2022 (2022 - 12 - 21)

Baltic Corporate Law News – July 2017 (2017 - 07 - 27)

Requirement to be satisfied prior to acquisition of all or part of business of the proper fulfilment of the information and consultation obligation (2016 - 09 - 28)

Comparative Investment Guide to the Baltics – July 2016 (2016 - 07 - 28)

M&A – Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 2026

Commercial, Corporate and M&A – Leading Partners, The Legal 500 2026

Corporate/Commercial – Band 3, Chambers Global 2026

Corporate/Commercial – Band 3, Chambers Europe 2026

M&A – Highly Regarded, IFLR1000 2025

Corporate/Commercial – Band 3, Chambers Global 2025

Corporate/Commercial – Band 3, Chambers Europe 2025

Commercial, Corporate and M&A – Leading Partners, The Legal 500 2025

Commercial, Corporate and M&A – Leading Individual, The Legal 500 2024

Corporate/Commercial – Band 3, Chambers Global 2023

Corporate/Commercial – Band 3, Chambers Europe 2023

Kapitel became an investor in the Rūdninkai defence campus PPP project

2026 - 07 - 20

In one of the largest healthcare investments in the Baltics, Mehiläinen acquires inMedica

2025 - 01 - 09

Logistics group Alsendo acquires Lithuanian company Siusk24

2024 - 11 - 13

Wood pellets manufacturer UAB Granulita becomes part of GreenGroup

2024 - 02 - 29

Sygnity S.A. acquires Edrana Baltic, UAB

2024 - 01 - 03

Venture capital firm Highland Europe invested in PVcase

2023 - 07 - 18

An international group is entering the Lithuanian educational publishing market: it will help create more modern tools for schools

2023 - 05 - 30

COBALT advised the seller on sale of SBS Group to ARKANCE

2023 - 02 - 27

COBALT advised Kongsberg on its acquisition of NanoAvionics

2022 - 07 - 12

COBALT advises MEKO on the acquisition of Koivunen

2022 - 07 - 04

COBALT advised Avena Nordic Grain on selling its grain trade business to Scandagra Group

2022 - 04 - 05

COBALT assisted Aviva in the successful closing of the sale of Aviva Poland and Lithuania to Allianz

2021 - 12 - 02

COBALT advises on the sale of the Apotheca pharmacy chain

2021 - 11 - 05

COBALT advised Novian group on acquisition of Elsis PRO

2021 - 10 - 27

COBALT advised a strategic investor on the acquisition of 25% shares of Light Conversion

2021 - 07 - 26

COBALT advised Aviva on the sale of its shareholding in Aviva Poland and Lithuania to Allianz

2021 - 03 - 29

COBALT advised Levine Leichtman Capital Partners on acquiring Creditinfo

2021 - 03 - 17

COBALT advised AGACAD shareholders on the sale of its shares to the French company ARKANCE

2021 - 02 - 15

COBALT advised the shareholder of Engagecraft on the sale of its shares to Fan19

2020 - 02 - 26

COBALT advised Iron Wolf Capital in its investment in Integrated Fiber Optics

2020 - 01 - 30

COBALT advised STADA Arzneimittel on the acquisition of Walmark

2019 - 11 - 12

COBALT advised Silberauto on selling its business in Estonia and Lithuania

2019 - 09 - 24

COBALT advises BaltCap on selling Fitek

2019 - 04 - 02

COBALT advised Dasos Capital on its acquisition of Euroforest’s Lithuanian forest assets

2019 - 01 - 30

COBALT advises Cgates on the acquisition of telecommunications services provider Splius

2019 - 01 - 30

COBALT represented Debifo in its merger with the Dutch company Factris

2019 - 01 - 15

COBALT advised Furniture1, UAB on the sale of 30% of its shares to Bygghemma Group

2018 - 09 - 07

COBALT is advising AMC III on sale of shares in the refrigerated equipment manufacturer UAB Freor LT

2018 - 08 - 08

COBALT and CMS advised PFR TFI on the acquisition of a minority stake in UAB EMP recycling

2018 - 01 - 12

COBALT advised AB Rokiškio sūris on the acquisition of its 10% shareholding by strategic investor Fonterra

2017 - 11 - 24

COBALT advised on sale of MTG Baltic subsidiaries

2017 - 10 - 18

COBALT advises Santa Monica Networks on sale of its Finnish-Baltic subsidiaries

2017 - 03 - 20

COBALT advised Gjensidige on the completion of the merger of Baltic companies

2016 - 10 - 31

COBALT advised Cgates on its recent acquisitions of several telecommunication services providers

2016 - 09 - 16

COBALT advised INVL Technology in acquisition of Algoritmu sistemos

2016 - 03 - 21

COBALT client Gjensidige completes PZU Lietuva acquisition

2015 - 09 - 30

Advising Deutsche Bank as one of the providers of financing for the unprecedent acquisition of a loan portfolio from bankrupt AB bank Snoras

2015 - 09 - 18

COBALT advised Cgates on acquisition of 5 telecommunication companies

2015 - 07 - 13

COBALT represented BaltCap on the acquisition of the remaining shareholding in Ecoservice

2015 - 02 - 26

COBALT represented Mezzanine Management Group on its debut investment in the Baltics to UAB Freor LT

2015 - 02 - 19

COBALT advised shareholders of Cgates in the sale of their shareholding to East Capital

2015 - 02 - 13

COBALT advised Gjensidige on the acquisition of PZU Lietuva

2015 - 02 - 03

COBALT advised UAB Cgates on the acquisition of three Lithuanian cable TV and Internet providers

2014 - 11 - 20

COBALT advised Herkules Private Equity Fund II on the sale of Estrella Maarud

2014 - 05 - 29

COBALT advised BaltCap on the acquisition of shares in UAB Ecoservice

2014 - 04 - 14

COBALT advised UAB Fegda on the acquisition of controlling interest in UAB Tilsta

2013 - 07 - 29

COBALT led an unprecedented transfer of good bank assets to a major Lithuanian bank

2013 - 05 - 15

COBALT advised BaltCap on the investment in the chain of branded coffee shops Coffee Inn

2013 - 01 - 11

COBALT advised Eesti Post on the acquisition of Unipakas

2012 - 10 - 11

2010 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, PhD in social science, law

2005 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Master’s in Law degree

2000 Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University