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Industries

Energy

We advise businesses in electricity, gas, oil, mining and renewable energy sectors. Our services encompass a wide number of aspects of the industry, including upstream exploration, extraction and production, midstream transportation, pipelines and storage and trading operations.

Our experience in litigation and transactions brings expertise to all sides of complex disputes and crises, including successfully defending clients against private, government, and class action lawsuits. Our team constantly analyses new environmental legislation, regulations, cases, policies and trends, with a focus on relevant business opportunities and risks.

We advise Amber Grid, Dalkia, Gazprom, Litbioma, Lotos Geonafta, Reenergy.

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Experience Highlights


Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
09 July, 2018
The Court of Appeals awarded a group of co-authors of a patent an unlawfully withheld remuneration

Our team has successfully represented co-authors of a patent before the Court of Appeal of Lithuania.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
04 July, 2018
Successfully defended former CEO against 1,5 million USD damage claim

After winning the case at the Court of the first instance our team has successfully defended a former CEO of the oil trading company at the Court of Appeal of Lithuania against the 1.5 million USD damage claim brought by the company it used to manage.

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Jovitas Elzbergas
Jovitas Elzbergas
02 July, 2018
Successfully represented a client in a case brought by the State Tax Inspectorate

Our team has successfully represented our client (as a defendant) before the Klaipėda Regional Court in a civil case brought by the State Tax Inspectorate.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
14 June, 2018
Successfully represented a biofuel supplier before the Supreme Administrative Court

Our team has successfully represented our client large biofuel supplier before the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania (SAC) against Competition Council.

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Giedrius Kolesnikovas
Giedrius Kolesnikovas
09 January, 2018
Advised Grupa LOTOS S.A. on the sale of shares

Our team has advised Grupa LOTOS on the sale of shares of AB LOTOS Geonafta – a Lithuanian entity active and leading in oil exploration, prospecting and production in Lithuania.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
10 July, 2017
Represented co-authors of a patent in a claim against the Polish energy concern

Our team has successfully represented co-authors of a patent before the Court of Appeal of Lithuania.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
14 April, 2017
Victory before the Supreme Court of Lithuania

Our team has successfully represented co-authors of a patent before the Supreme Court of Lithuania in a dispute involving request to reopen proceedings.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
12 April, 2017
Represented Gazprom, a major player of international energy industry

Our team has represented Gazprom, a major player of international energy industry, before the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
22 December, 2016
Case before the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania

Our team in partnership with Dentons, the world's largest law firm, has represented PAO Gazprom before the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
02 November, 2016
Successfully represented one of the major Serbian energy companies

Motieka & Audzevičius has successfully represented one of the major Serbian energy companies before the Supreme Court of Lithuania.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
22 June, 2016
Successfully defended Gazprom in major SCC arbitration

Motieka & Audzevičius has once again successfully represented OAO Gazprom in major SCC arbitration against Lithuania.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
08 February, 2016
Case before the Supreme Court of Lithuania regarding the obligation to pay a special fee

Our team has successfully represented the operator of Lithuania’s Natural Gas Transmission System before the Supreme Court of Lithuania in a case regarding the obligation to pay a special fee for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
26 October, 2015
Successfully represented Gazprom before the Supreme Court of Lithuania

Motieka & Audzevičius has successfully represented OAO Gazprom in a hotly debated litigation before the Supreme Court of Lithuania as well as the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
07 August, 2015
Represented the co-authors of the patent before Lithuanian Supreme Court

Motieka & Audzevičius has successfully represented the co-authors of the patent before Lithuanian Supreme Court in the dispute where Polish energy concern has filed a claim for the invalidation of a Lithuanian patent.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
19 June, 2015
Represented a waste management company in a complaint to the European Commission

Our team represented a waste management company in a complaint to the European Commission against the Lithuanian Government.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
13 May, 2015
Represented Gazprom before the Court of Justice of the European Union

Our team has represented Gazprom in a hotly debated case before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

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Giedrius Kolesnikovas
Giedrius Kolesnikovas
25 June, 2014
Gazprom sells its stakes in Lithuanian gas companies

Motieka & Audzevičius advised OAO Gazprom, Russian giant and Europe's top gas supplier, in the proceedings related to transfer of its 37.7% stake in energy companies, AB Lietuvos dujos and AB Amber Grid.

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Ramūnas Audzevičius
Ramūnas Audzevičius
02 June, 2014
Case at the European Commission

The Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian electricity transmission system operators, which are owned by their respective states, have signed an agreement on the unified use of the Baltic electricity infrastructure.

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Jovitas Elzbergas
Jovitas Elzbergas
16 April, 2014
Represented a company acting in the energy sector

Motieka & Audzevičius has represented a Lithuanian limited liability company acting in the energy sector and an investor from the Netherlands in a dispute with the Republic of Lithuania.

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Giedrius Kolesnikovas
Giedrius Kolesnikovas
28 February, 2014
Acquisition of greenfield wind park

Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevičius acted as legal counsel for a local energy investor on the acquisition of a greenfield wind park project and the construction of the wind park.

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