Practice areas

We have expertise in all areas of commercial law.

Business acquisition

  • Legal assessment of a business environment
  • Selection of the legal form and management structure for legal entities
  • Establishing legal entities
  • Reorganisation (takeovers, break-ups, spin-offs, and transformations) of companies
  • Company acquisition transactions
  • Share sale and purchase transactions
  • Shareholders’ agreements
  • Joint activity agreements
  • Legal audits
  • Management agreements
  • Representation in negotiations

Business development

  • Labour relations
    • Employment contracts and full material responsibility agreements
    • Confidentiality and non-competition agreements
    • Internal work rules, regulations, and job descriptions
    • Consulting on issues of staff recruitment, dismissal, and the imposition of disciplinary penalties
    • Representation in labour disputes
  • Public procurement
    • Legal assessment of public procurement documents
    • Representation in procurement procedures and in relations with contracting authorities
    • Representation in pre-trial and judicial disputes
  • Trade
    • Purchase and sale agreements
    • Commercial representation agreements
    • Distribution agreements
    • Franchise agreements
    • Service agreements
    • Agreements on the transfer and licensing of intellectual property
    • Consulting on the regulation and conduct of trade
  • Real estate
    • Legal due diligence of real estate
    • Commercial rent agreements
    • Preparation of preliminary and main agreements on the purchase, transfer, sale, and lease of real estate
    • Contractor agreements and subcontractor agreements
    • Design work, general contractor, and technical supervision of construction work agreements
    • Consulting on the implementation of real estate development projects
    • Consulting on detailed planning, establishing the procedure of use, and other issues related to the management, use, and disposal of real estate
    • Representation in relations with governmental authorities, contractors, and intermediation agencies
  • Competition
    • Consultation on issues of unfair competition, cartels, abuse of dominant position, concentrations and acquisitions, State aid and other aspects of the application of EU competition law and of Lithuanian law.
    • Representation before the competition authorities: the European Commission, the Lithuanian Competition Council and Lithuanian and EU jurisdictions.
  • Transport
    • Carriage, freight-forwarding, and agency (commercial representation) agreements
    • Consulting on issues of carriage by road (CMR; TIR)
    • Consulting on issues of carriage by sea (Hamburg; Hague-Visby)
    • Consulting on issues of carriage by rail (COTIF; CIM; SMGS)
  • Taxes
    • Consulting during company inspections by the tax authorities
    • Preparation of inquiries to the tax administrator regarding tax clarifications
    • Pricing of related-party transactions
    • Consulting on tax planning and optimisation issues
    • Representation in relations with the tax administrator
  • Company management
    • Shareholders’ agreements
    • Conflicts between minority and majority shareholders
    • Regulating the responsibilities of a chief executive officer
    • Resolution of conflicts of interest
    • Resolution of company management deadlocks
    • Initiating a company operations examination process
    • Confidentiality and data protection
    • Contestation of a company’s transactions
    • Representation in disputes relating to damage caused by management bodies
  • Resolution of disputes in court and arbitration
    • Shareholders’ disputes
    • Real estate disputes
    • Labour disputes
    • Disputes over the provision of goods or services
    • Disputes over the carriage and forwarding of goods
    • Tax disputes
    • Disputes over public procurement procedures
    • Disputes over unfair competition
    • Disputes over damage compensation
    • Disputes in so-called “phoenix” cases
    • Debt recovery
    • Disputes concerning the application of European Union law before the Lithuanian and EU institutions and the Lithuanian and EU Courts
  • Immigration
    • Temporary and permanent residence permits in the Republic of Lithuania
    • Work permits in the Republic of Lithuania
    • Representation in the Migration Department and Labour Exchange of the Republic of Lithuania

Business termination

  • Consulting business administrators
  • Consulting on the responsibilities of company shareholders and management bodies to creditors and representation in disputes
  • Defending creditors’ claims in bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings
  • Representation at creditors’ meetings
  • Consulting debtors
  • Purchase/sale of claims in bankruptcy proceedings
  • Managing company liquidation procedures