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Dr. Rimantas Daujotas
International-disputes expert with a broad range of experience in international-law matters
+37052000777 rimantas.daujotas@motieka.comExperience
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Rimantas has extensive experience in international arbitration, particularly in disputes arising under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties and high-value commercial agreements. He serves as a consultant and/or representative to numerous private parties and foreign governments, and his experience includes representing clients in commercial and investment arbitrations administered under ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, ICC, LCIA, and other rules. He also regularly sits as an arbitrator or expert in international disputes, and he is listed as a recommended arbitrator by numerous arbitral institutions around the world.
In addition to his international and high-value arbitration work, Rimantas represents clients in high-profile lawsuits, including cases heard by the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.
He also advises clients on international investment and energy law, FIDIC construction disputes, international human rights law, international trade law and sanctions, and international public law matters.
Rimantas is recommended by international ranking services such as GAR100, Who’s Who Legal Arbitration, Who’s Who Legal Commercial Litigation, and Chambers and Partners.
Working languages: English, Russian, Lithuanian
The University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, MSt in Entrepreneurship
The University of Cambridge, Certificate & Diploma in International Relations
Harvard Business School, Diploma in Negotiations
Queen Mary University of London, PhD in Investor-state Arbitration and Public International Law
Vilnius University, PhD in Investor-state Arbitration
National University of Singapore, Visiting scholar (International Arbitration)
Columbia Law School, Visiting scholar (International Arbitration)
University of Edinburgh, LL.M. in International Commercial Law
Paris Arbitration Academy, Diploma in International Arbitration
Memberships:
Lithuanian Bar Association
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
Swiss Arbitration Association
Young International Arbitration Group (London Court of International Arbitration)
Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC)
Russian Arbitration Association
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Columbia International Arbitration Association
Legal and policy changes implemented as a result of the war
13 March 2023The 2nd Edition of Arbitration in Lithuania is online
19 February 2020The Arbitral Tribunal’s anti-suit injunctions in European Union Law
11 May 2018Victory of E energija in the case against the Republic of Latvia
22 January 2018Arbitration between Philippines and China on territories located in the South China Sea
12 July 2016Theory of the arbitration: the perspective of legal realism
28 June 2016Why Hague Court cancelled arbitration decision between Yukos and Russia?
20 April 2016International economy sanctions: structure and disputes
29 March 2016Global territorial dispute resolution: main methods and principles
3 March 2016Yukos arbitration: tribunal’s jurisdiction and standards of investors’ protection
26 November 2015Vienna convention on the law of treaties and treaty interpretation
28 October 2015Published the book on international investment law and arbitration in the Baltics
2 September 2015Challenge of arbitrators in international investment arbitration
6 May 2015The concept of legitimate expectation in investor-state arbitration
21 July 2012Experience
Rimantas has extensive experience in international arbitration, particularly in disputes arising under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties and high-value commercial agreements. He serves as a consultant and/or representative to numerous private parties and foreign governments, and his experience includes representing clients in commercial and investment arbitrations administered under ICSID, UNCITRAL, SCC, ICC, LCIA, and other rules. He also regularly sits as an arbitrator or expert in international disputes, and he is listed as a recommended arbitrator by numerous arbitral institutions around the world.
In addition to his international and high-value arbitration work, Rimantas represents clients in high-profile lawsuits, including cases heard by the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Court of Human Rights.
He also advises clients on international investment and energy law, FIDIC construction disputes, international human rights law, international trade law and sanctions, and international public law matters.
Rimantas is recommended by international ranking services such as GAR100, Who’s Who Legal Arbitration, Who’s Who Legal Commercial Litigation, and Chambers and Partners.
Working languages: English, Russian, Lithuanian
Industries
Education and Memberships
The University of Cambridge, Judge Business School, MSt in Entrepreneurship
The University of Cambridge, Certificate & Diploma in International Relations
Harvard Business School, Diploma in Negotiations
Queen Mary University of London, PhD in Investor-state Arbitration and Public International Law
Vilnius University, PhD in Investor-state Arbitration
National University of Singapore, Visiting scholar (International Arbitration)
Columbia Law School, Visiting scholar (International Arbitration)
University of Edinburgh, LL.M. in International Commercial Law
Paris Arbitration Academy, Diploma in International Arbitration
Memberships:
Lithuanian Bar Association
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration
Swiss Arbitration Association
Young International Arbitration Group (London Court of International Arbitration)
Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC)
Russian Arbitration Association
Singapore International Arbitration Centre
Columbia International Arbitration Association
Recognition
Insights
Legal and policy changes implemented as a result of the war
13 March 2023The 2nd Edition of Arbitration in Lithuania is online
19 February 2020The Arbitral Tribunal’s anti-suit injunctions in European Union Law
11 May 2018Victory of E energija in the case against the Republic of Latvia
22 January 2018Arbitration between Philippines and China on territories located in the South China Sea
12 July 2016Theory of the arbitration: the perspective of legal realism
28 June 2016Why Hague Court cancelled arbitration decision between Yukos and Russia?
20 April 2016International economy sanctions: structure and disputes
29 March 2016Global territorial dispute resolution: main methods and principles
3 March 2016Yukos arbitration: tribunal’s jurisdiction and standards of investors’ protection
26 November 2015Vienna convention on the law of treaties and treaty interpretation
28 October 2015Published the book on international investment law and arbitration in the Baltics
2 September 2015Challenge of arbitrators in international investment arbitration
6 May 2015The concept of legitimate expectation in investor-state arbitration
21 July 2012