Competition

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Why us?

How can we help?

Experience highlights

Insights

Recognition

Competition law protects business and economic progress by making sure that new practices do not restrict competition. But businesses tend to be unprepared for the strict nature of competition-law enforcement. Motieka & Audzevičius’ team is always expanding its knowledge of business development and management, allowing us to ensure that our clients’ innovations comply with applicable legal requirements, and helping them find the ideal balance between progress and prudence.

We help both domestic and international clients implement projects of strategic importance to the Lithuanian, EU, and CIS markets, while advising them on complex matters of competition law and contract.

Our Strengths

Specialized and Collaborative Team. Our Competition Law team specializes exclusively in the field, allowing us to find non-standard solutions and achieve the most efficient results for our clients. These experts work closely with Motieka & Audzevičius’s Litigation team to address and resolve competition disputes, and with the firm’s Corporate Law team to recommend superior corporate and transaction structures and contract terms.

The Most Complex Matters. The significant projects that our team has worked on include:

  • Representing a client’s interests in a Competition Council investigation that led to the largest competition fine in the history of Lithuania.
  • Providing legal advice on Linas Agro’s acquisition of the Kauno Grūdai group – one of the largest concentrations in Lithuania in the last decade.
  • Representing Lithuanian national airlines against Latvian national airlines and Riga International Airport in the largest private enforcement case in Lithuania.

We represent clients in the Court of Justice of the European Union, in Latvian and Russian courts, in international arbitrations, and in the course of inspections conducted by the European Commission and Lithuania’s Competition Council.

We have obtained merger clearance from competition authorities for client transactions not only in Lithuania but also in Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Iceland, and other countries of the world.

Consistent Improvement. Members of our team regularly hone their skills in specialised study programmes at international universities such as Oxford, King’s College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Queen Mary University of London, among others.

Involvement in the Development of Case Law. We have many years of experience representing clients in competition-law cases and case law was developed in the cases we represented our clients. Therefore we not only know the case law but know what reasons led to its development. We are creative and flexible, and we are skilled at finding innovative solutions to pressing problems what helps us to channel the developments in a favorable manner for our clients. We follow Lithuanian, EU, and global competition-law issues and trends and stay abreast of all regulatory changes, knowing both their causes and their purposes. We maintain links with public authorities and are often able to communicate with officials to help prevent further legal problems.

International Recognition. The international Chambers Europe and Legal 500 law-firm directories have recognized our team as among the leaders in competition law in Lithuania.

Educating on Competition Law. We explain relevant competition regimes and the ways of dealing with them in a language that our clients understand, and we regularly provide training for our clients and their employees to help them avoid violations and fines.

After delving into a client’s problems and performing initial research, we explain to the client whether a template solution could work or a more creative and unique solution is required – or whether, in the particular situation the client finds itself in, it is best to do nothing at all.

Our biggest strengths are our understanding of our clients’ businesses and our ability to understand their interests to focus our efforts towards the desired goal.

Our knowledge of psychology and behavioural patterns in the public sector is another of our team’s distinctive features, which helps us find solutions that others tend not to notice.

Our services include:

  • Representing clients in competition-law disputes
  • Representing clients in Competition Council investigations and in cases resulting from its rulings
  • Representing clients in competition-law procedures and in disputes with state agencies
  • Assisting clients in obtaining clearance for their transactions from the Lithuanian Competition Council and from other countries’ competition authorities
  • Helping clients to comply with competition law
  • Reviewing agreements to assess compliance with competition-law regulations
  • Assessing potential transaction prospects and terms from a competition-law perspective.

 

Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Defended client’s interests in relation to an employee’s breach of a non-competition agreement

18 October 2023
Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Successful resolution of unfair competition case

13 October 2023
Tomas Petkevičius

Successfully defended clients against unfair competition claims

31 July 2023
Rokas Jankus

Advised Vet Ventures Europe on its strategic investment into the oldest veterinary clinic in Vilnius

2 June 2023
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

BaltCap Growth Fund received merger clearance for its strategic investment into Vet Ventures

5 April 2022
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

Marius Jakulis Jason controlled AAA Capital has received merger clearance to acquire Medicinos bankas

23 March 2022
Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Successfully represented clients in a competition case

2 February 2022
Henrikas Stelmokaitis, Ramūnas Audzevičius

Final victory in a vertical agreement competition case

11 November 2021
Giedrius Kolesnikovas

Represented Pharnasanta Group in receiving competition clearance to acquire the metrology center

21 July 2021
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

Linas Agro Group receives competition clearance for acquiring the agriculture giant Kauno grūdai

7 July 2021
Ramūnas Audzevičius

Supreme administrative court litigation in a fair trial and media-law case

6 May 2021
Ramūnas Audzevičius, Karolis Vaičekauskas

Successfully represented the bankrupt national airlines in a private enforcement case

18 February 2021
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

Represented the client in obtaining the authorisation of the Competition Council on acquisition of entertainment business

10 November 2020
Ramūnas Audzevičius, Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Represented a client in the first instance of a media-law case

2 April 2020
Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Successful representation during investigation of the Competition Council

26 March 2020
Ramūnas Audzevičius

Complex private competition enforcement case against AirBaltic and RIX

12 February 2019
Jovitas Elzbergas

Represented a leading waste management company

1 October 2018
Ramūnas Audzevičius

Jurisdiction approved by Court of Justice

10 July 2018
Ramūnas Audzevičius

A case against the Competition Council

14 June 2018
Ramūnas Audzevičius

A major step forward in a case against AirBaltic and RIX

2 March 2018

Legal 500

2024

Motieka’s competition team is very strong and mature. What makes them unique – competition team is divided into litigation and mergers. You can be assured that the team member will be not only knowledgeable but also experienced in what he or she does.

Chambers and Partners

2024

The team understand the exact competition regulations deeply and have deep experience in cases.

Legal 500

2023

Fast, out-of-the-box solutions, no drawbacks.

Chambers and Partners

2023

The firm has advised us on complex matters in a practical and pragmatic fashion.

Chambers and Partners

2023

The team provides extremely good responsiveness and level of service.

Legal 500

2022

Very committed team to deliver, well structured and prepared strategies for the client.

Legal 500

2022

What is unique about the Motieka’s team is its approach towards work. Where others say “impossible” – Motieka & Audzevicius team comes and does the impossible. Their communication with the client leaves a very good impression – maintaining both friendly and professional attitudes all the time. What is more, the team perfectly adapted to quarantine working conditions and provided excellent service.

Chambers and Partners

2022

The team always tries to understand the market and then uses the peculiarities of the market in solving the case. They always keep in touch with the client, evaluating and discussing all matters related to the case. This helps to deliver only the best results.

Chambers and Partners

2022

The team always notifies me about every single matter they have done regarding the case. Direct interaction provides the best results and shows the team’s orientation towards the client.

Chambers and Partners

2022

Motieka & Audzevicius is our go-to firm in all kinds of matters as they are focused on delivering the client the best possible solution, no matter the complexity.

Chambers and Partners

2021

Always bring a strategy that is effective in a legal and business perspective.

Legal 500

2020

The firm’s antitrust team is very aggressive and flexible. They identify the less obvious strategies and implement them flawlessly. The attention to the business side of legal questions is very commendable.

Legal 500

2020

Motieka & Audzevičius is vigorous and provides results. The team we work with never gives up and finds a solution in at first glance predetermined cases. Attention to peculiarities of our business (and understanding of them) is the most distinguishing characteristic of the team.

Legal 500

2020

The broad knowledge of the national, EU and worldwide competition case law and practical peculiarities of a number of industries enables the team to provide non-standard solutions. Even in situations that seem to bring no hope the team is always able to bring a strategy that is effective not only in legal but in business perspective as well.

Legal 500

2019

Motieka & Audzevičius provides its clients with a thorough, multi-level analysis of every situation and handles contentious work related to competition matters.

Legal 500

2015

The EU and competition team was noted for providing an exceptional performance which quickly gets to the heart of an issue.

Legal 500

2014

The EU and competition team was acknowledged for its business acumen and ability to think strategically.

Why us?

Competition law protects business and economic progress by making sure that new practices do not restrict competition. But businesses tend to be unprepared for the strict nature of competition-law enforcement. Motieka & Audzevičius’ team is always expanding its knowledge of business development and management, allowing us to ensure that our clients’ innovations comply with applicable legal requirements, and helping them find the ideal balance between progress and prudence.

We help both domestic and international clients implement projects of strategic importance to the Lithuanian, EU, and CIS markets, while advising them on complex matters of competition law and contract.

Our Strengths

Specialized and Collaborative Team. Our Competition Law team specializes exclusively in the field, allowing us to find non-standard solutions and achieve the most efficient results for our clients. These experts work closely with Motieka & Audzevičius’s Litigation team to address and resolve competition disputes, and with the firm’s Corporate Law team to recommend superior corporate and transaction structures and contract terms.

The Most Complex Matters. The significant projects that our team has worked on include:

  • Representing a client’s interests in a Competition Council investigation that led to the largest competition fine in the history of Lithuania.
  • Providing legal advice on Linas Agro’s acquisition of the Kauno Grūdai group – one of the largest concentrations in Lithuania in the last decade.
  • Representing Lithuanian national airlines against Latvian national airlines and Riga International Airport in the largest private enforcement case in Lithuania.

We represent clients in the Court of Justice of the European Union, in Latvian and Russian courts, in international arbitrations, and in the course of inspections conducted by the European Commission and Lithuania’s Competition Council.

We have obtained merger clearance from competition authorities for client transactions not only in Lithuania but also in Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Iceland, and other countries of the world.

Consistent Improvement. Members of our team regularly hone their skills in specialised study programmes at international universities such as Oxford, King’s College London, the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Queen Mary University of London, among others.

Involvement in the Development of Case Law. We have many years of experience representing clients in competition-law cases and case law was developed in the cases we represented our clients. Therefore we not only know the case law but know what reasons led to its development. We are creative and flexible, and we are skilled at finding innovative solutions to pressing problems what helps us to channel the developments in a favorable manner for our clients. We follow Lithuanian, EU, and global competition-law issues and trends and stay abreast of all regulatory changes, knowing both their causes and their purposes. We maintain links with public authorities and are often able to communicate with officials to help prevent further legal problems.

International Recognition. The international Chambers Europe and Legal 500 law-firm directories have recognized our team as among the leaders in competition law in Lithuania.

Educating on Competition Law. We explain relevant competition regimes and the ways of dealing with them in a language that our clients understand, and we regularly provide training for our clients and their employees to help them avoid violations and fines.

How can we help?

After delving into a client’s problems and performing initial research, we explain to the client whether a template solution could work or a more creative and unique solution is required – or whether, in the particular situation the client finds itself in, it is best to do nothing at all.

Our biggest strengths are our understanding of our clients’ businesses and our ability to understand their interests to focus our efforts towards the desired goal.

Our knowledge of psychology and behavioural patterns in the public sector is another of our team’s distinctive features, which helps us find solutions that others tend not to notice.

Our services include:

  • Representing clients in competition-law disputes
  • Representing clients in Competition Council investigations and in cases resulting from its rulings
  • Representing clients in competition-law procedures and in disputes with state agencies
  • Assisting clients in obtaining clearance for their transactions from the Lithuanian Competition Council and from other countries’ competition authorities
  • Helping clients to comply with competition law
  • Reviewing agreements to assess compliance with competition-law regulations
  • Assessing potential transaction prospects and terms from a competition-law perspective.

 

Experience highlights

Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Defended client’s interests in relation to an employee’s breach of a non-competition agreement

18 October 2023
Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Successful resolution of unfair competition case

13 October 2023
Tomas Petkevičius

Successfully defended clients against unfair competition claims

31 July 2023
Rokas Jankus

Advised Vet Ventures Europe on its strategic investment into the oldest veterinary clinic in Vilnius

2 June 2023
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

BaltCap Growth Fund received merger clearance for its strategic investment into Vet Ventures

5 April 2022
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

Marius Jakulis Jason controlled AAA Capital has received merger clearance to acquire Medicinos bankas

23 March 2022
Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Successfully represented clients in a competition case

2 February 2022
Henrikas Stelmokaitis, Ramūnas Audzevičius

Final victory in a vertical agreement competition case

11 November 2021
Giedrius Kolesnikovas

Represented Pharnasanta Group in receiving competition clearance to acquire the metrology center

21 July 2021
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

Linas Agro Group receives competition clearance for acquiring the agriculture giant Kauno grūdai

7 July 2021
Ramūnas Audzevičius

Supreme administrative court litigation in a fair trial and media-law case

6 May 2021
Ramūnas Audzevičius, Karolis Vaičekauskas

Successfully represented the bankrupt national airlines in a private enforcement case

18 February 2021
Giedrius Kolesnikovas, Laurynas Ramonas

Represented the client in obtaining the authorisation of the Competition Council on acquisition of entertainment business

10 November 2020
Ramūnas Audzevičius, Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Represented a client in the first instance of a media-law case

2 April 2020
Henrikas Stelmokaitis

Successful representation during investigation of the Competition Council

26 March 2020
Ramūnas Audzevičius

Complex private competition enforcement case against AirBaltic and RIX

12 February 2019
Jovitas Elzbergas

Represented a leading waste management company

1 October 2018
Ramūnas Audzevičius

Jurisdiction approved by Court of Justice

10 July 2018
Ramūnas Audzevičius

A case against the Competition Council

14 June 2018
Ramūnas Audzevičius

A major step forward in a case against AirBaltic and RIX

2 March 2018

Insights

Recognition

Legal 500

2024

Motieka’s competition team is very strong and mature. What makes them unique – competition team is divided into litigation and mergers. You can be assured that the team member will be not only knowledgeable but also experienced in what he or she does.

Chambers and Partners

2024

The team understand the exact competition regulations deeply and have deep experience in cases.

Legal 500

2023

Fast, out-of-the-box solutions, no drawbacks.

Chambers and Partners

2023

The firm has advised us on complex matters in a practical and pragmatic fashion.

Chambers and Partners

2023

The team provides extremely good responsiveness and level of service.

Legal 500

2022

Very committed team to deliver, well structured and prepared strategies for the client.

Legal 500

2022

What is unique about the Motieka’s team is its approach towards work. Where others say “impossible” – Motieka & Audzevicius team comes and does the impossible. Their communication with the client leaves a very good impression – maintaining both friendly and professional attitudes all the time. What is more, the team perfectly adapted to quarantine working conditions and provided excellent service.

Chambers and Partners

2022

The team always tries to understand the market and then uses the peculiarities of the market in solving the case. They always keep in touch with the client, evaluating and discussing all matters related to the case. This helps to deliver only the best results.

Chambers and Partners

2022

The team always notifies me about every single matter they have done regarding the case. Direct interaction provides the best results and shows the team’s orientation towards the client.

Chambers and Partners

2022

Motieka & Audzevicius is our go-to firm in all kinds of matters as they are focused on delivering the client the best possible solution, no matter the complexity.

Chambers and Partners

2021

Always bring a strategy that is effective in a legal and business perspective.

Legal 500

2020

The firm’s antitrust team is very aggressive and flexible. They identify the less obvious strategies and implement them flawlessly. The attention to the business side of legal questions is very commendable.

Legal 500

2020

Motieka & Audzevičius is vigorous and provides results. The team we work with never gives up and finds a solution in at first glance predetermined cases. Attention to peculiarities of our business (and understanding of them) is the most distinguishing characteristic of the team.

Legal 500

2020

The broad knowledge of the national, EU and worldwide competition case law and practical peculiarities of a number of industries enables the team to provide non-standard solutions. Even in situations that seem to bring no hope the team is always able to bring a strategy that is effective not only in legal but in business perspective as well.

Legal 500

2019

Motieka & Audzevičius provides its clients with a thorough, multi-level analysis of every situation and handles contentious work related to competition matters.

Legal 500

2015

The EU and competition team was noted for providing an exceptional performance which quickly gets to the heart of an issue.

Legal 500

2014

The EU and competition team was acknowledged for its business acumen and ability to think strategically.

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