Motieka & Audzevičius achieves recognition among Lithuania’s top law firms in Legal 500 2024 rankings across key practice areas: Dispute Resolution, Commercial Law, Corporate and M&A, EU and Competition Law, Real Estate and Construction, Tax, and Fintech.
8 lawyers are recommended in their respective practice areas.
Dispute Resolution team is praised by clients for its ‘exceptional combination of expertise, innovation, and dedication’ and ranked in Tier 1. Legal 500 mentions that our firm is regularly at the forefront of high-stakes international arbitrations and disputes before top Lithuanian and European courts. With over two decades of dispute experience, Ramūnas Audzevičius is a highly regarded litigator and arbitrator with substantial experience representing clients before the ECHR, CJEU, and Lithuanian Supreme Court, among other courts across Central Eastern Europe. New York-qualified Justinas Jarusevičius is another key name for high-profile and multi-jurisdictional litigation, whereas Jovitas Elzbergas specialises in real estate and construction litigation. Highlighted for his ‘quality of advice‘, Rimantas Daujotas excels in arbitration proceedings, while Valentas Mitrauskas acts as lead counsel on public procurement disputes and Edvinas Lenkauskas focuses on tax disputes. Further key names include associates Albertas Šekštelo, Denis Parchajev, and Mantas Juozaitis.
Acting on both the buyer and seller sides, our team, ranked in Tier 2, excels on a broad scope of corporate, M&A, and private equity transactions, including those that involve shareholder disagreements, and is praised by clients for their ‘business acumen’ along with their ‘transparent’ and ‘tech-savy’ approach. Together, M&A expert Giedrius Kolesnikovas and highly active transactional lawyer Rokas Jankus lead the team, each bringing specialisms spanning from real estate and energy through to TMT. Key names of the associate bench include ‘exceptional team lead’ Laurynas Ramonas, sustainability and environment expert Aivaras Grigas, and head of legal due diligence projects Darius Amšiejus.
The ‘very strong and mature’ competition team is divided between the practice’s two heads; co-head and competition litigation expert Henrikas Stelmokaitis focuses on investigations relating to cartels, state aid issues, and other anti-competitive behaviour, while Laurynas Ramonas is particularly prominent on merger control work and has led on several notable cases. In support of the pair is Valentas Mitrauskas, who is highly skilled in public procurement litigation at a national and EU level.
The real estate and construction team is led by Jovitas Elzbergas, who is highly experienced in handling complex disputes concerning commercial properties, project development and leasing matters. The client base includes large developers and construction companies, as well as public sector authorities. The practice is best known for its established strength in contentious work, however, the team is also adept at advising on commercial transactions and planning matters. Senior Associate Donatas Lapinskas brings experience in handling construction and territorial planning work, and Aivaras Grigas handles a range of transactional work, including leaseback transactions.
The tax practice is well-versed in advising on the tax aspects of transactions and investments, tax structuring and tax disputes. The ‘very professional and knowledgeable’ Edvinas Lenkauskas brings extensive experience in assisting clients with a broad range of contentious and non-contentious tax matters; he co-heads the practice with Mantas Juozaitis, who is sought after for handling tax litigation.
Our firm has expanded fintech work, assisting clients with a blend of anti-money laundering, regulatory and disputes work. Notably, under group co-head and disputes expert Justinas Jarusevičius, the team has been particularly active in its representation of financial institutions and other fintech companies in litigation against the Bank of Lithuania, the industry regulator. On the compliance, regulatory and licensing front, co-head Sigita Zavišienė and Samanta Blėdienė who is expert in AML and counter-terrorist financing advice.
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