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<h1>About Us</h1>
<p>
Lawyer Simonas Reksnys is closely related with the attorneys, working in
Vilnius 2nd law firm that is the oldest law firm in Lithuania existing
so far, and a member of international legal networks: AQUIL, lawyrs.net,
and EIN-Law.net. His published works include Employment Law, 550 pages,
isssued in 2003.
</p>
<p>
The lawyer can provide legal consultations in the following languages:
English, Russian, Italian, French, Polish, Lithuanian, Norwegian,
Spanish, German.
</p>
<p>
Our law firm has been working since the year 1946 in Vilnius, the
capital of Lithuania. We provide high-level legal services to Lithuanian
and international clients.
</p>
<p>
Our law firm in Vilnius, Lithuania, follows very carefully all
tendencies of the development of our profession in Europe. We have also
the representing attorneys in Klaipeda our Lithuanian seaport city and
Kaunas the second largest city of Lithuania.
</p>
<p>Our legal practice might be divided into four main areas.</p>
<h2>1. Consultation of clients in many areas of the law</h2>
<p>
The main principle of law firm is the counselling of clients in many
areas of the law. We have made it a priority that our clients do not
have to think where to find the right person to solve their problems -
our clients know that the lawyers are always ready to help them.
</p>
<h2>2. Representation of clients in court</h2>
<p>
A legal dispute is a natural part of the modern society and every person
has a constitutional right to protect their interests in court. The
judicial system is a collection of strictly formalized procedures and
thus requires appropriate skills and experience. The quality of
attorneys at law is especially important since the lack of it can lead
to a negative result in dispute at court. Law firm has a wide range of
experience representing client’s interests in civil, criminal and
administrative cases of all instances of courts.
</p>
<h2>3. Preparing of contracts and other legal documents</h2>
<p>
Most of judicial disputes are in one way or another to do with
contractual relationships. Therefore it is imperative to have contracts
prepared so that the rights and responsibilities of the parties are
defined with appropriate clarity and all applicable legal acts are
considered. To reach an optimal solution and also to avoid possible
legal disputes in the future, it is necessary to attain the services of
a lawyer when preparing contracts or other legal documents. Law firm has
extensive experience in preparing all kinds of juridical documentation,
ranging from simple petitions to governmental agencies to complicated
contracts.
</p>
<h2>
4. Reestablishing the freedom to move, releasing out from closed-type
facilities - jails, mental hospitals, migrant camps
</h2>
<p>
Only in the year 2022, our law firm participated and played essential
role in over 150 court processes of releasing of over 150 migrants from
Asia and Africa, that were kept in special closed-type migrant camps.
</p>
<h1>Preparation of Contracts and Other Legal Documents</h1>
<p>
After the Republic of Lithuania restored its independence on 11 March
1990, the Lithuanian law was reformed fundamentally. The main accent of
the reform in business and civil law areas was passing of the new Civil
Code and the Code of Civil Procedure of the Republic of Lithuania. Our
lawyers actively contributed to the preparation of these Codes.
</p>
<p>
Before Lithuania became a full member of the European Union, the
Lithuanian law was basically reviewed in accordance with the EU acquis
communautaire. Now the Lithuanian legal system being a contemporary law
system is based on European law traditions and has features of both the
continental and common law systems.
</p>
<p>
At The law firm we focus on understanding the industries in which our
clients work and develop long term client relationships.
</p>
<p>
In order to provide with the highest quality legal services, the
professional law partnership has formed the teams of lawyers
specialising in the following legal services areas:
</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Company law</p></li>
<li><p>Immigration</p></li>
<li><p>Distribution, pharmacy and health law</p></li>
<li><p>Competition law</p></li>
<li><p>Finance and Banking</p></li>
<li><p>European Union law</p></li>
<li><p>Transport</p></li>
<li><p>Insurance</p></li>
<li><p>Environmental law</p></li>
<li><p>Energy law</p></li>
<li><p>Real estate law</p></li>
<li><p>Labour law</p></li>
<li><p>IT and Intellectual Property</p></li>
<li><p>Dispute Resolution</p></li>
<li><p>Migration, Visas and Citizenship</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Company Law</h1>
<p>
Company law includes establishment of companies, meetings of
shareholders and other bodies, appointment and revocation of members of
the bodies, corporate governance, increase and decrease of share capital
and similar regulation.
</p>
<p>
Our firm law lawyers provide the following services related to company
law in Vilnius and Lithuania:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
consult on the establishment of companies and other legal persons,
draft the required documents;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>consult on increasing or decreasing share capital;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
provide legal assistance in the conversion of companies and other
legal persons;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
assist in selection and reorganisation of management structures of
companies and company groups;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
evaluate tax issues of the selected corporate management structures;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
consult and provide solutions regarding issues of competence,
restriction of functions and responsibility of the governing bodies
and their members;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
consult in organising shareholders meetings and other bodies,
appointing and recalling the members of management bodies;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>consult on shareholder rights and their implementation;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
provide assistance in preparing (shareholder) voting, vote transfer
and other agreements;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>draft regulations of management bodies;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
provide assistance in investigation of the activities of legal
persons;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
consult on the issues of securities, the tender offers, mandatory
sale and acquisition of shares as well as other issues related to
the securities market;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
consult and represent clients in shareholder disputes, disputes
between shareholders and governing bodies, in negotiations or in
court;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>provide assistance in liquidation procedures.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>
Our lawyers have extensive experience in company law, they successfully
consult and represent the interests of the clients. Our experience has
been proven many times while preparing shareholders’ cooperation
agreements, assisting to achieve peaceful settlement agreements in the
disputes between shareholders both in pre-trial stage and in court, to
choose adequate legal remedies in disputes between shareholders and
governing bodies (initiating investigation of legal person and its
managing bodies, preventive claims, combining revoking of managing
bodies with non-competition agreements etc.). Other examples of
successful actions of our lawyers in company law include collaborative
work of our lawyers with tax experts while analysing company conversion.
</p>
<p>
Our lawyers draft documents and provide assistance in establishing
companies not only in Lithuania, but also in other countries. Our
lawyers are recognised experts in EU company law, they participate in
the work of the EC, have published a number of articles on EU law
problems (e. g. expedience of establishing a European company, etc.)
</p>
<p>
Our lawyers closely cooperate with the specialists of the Register of
Legal Persons, take part in various working groups related to the legal
regulation of companies.
</p>
<h1>Migration, Visas, and Citizenship</h1>
<p>
As Lithuania is a part of the Schengen area, our law firm lawyers assist
in getting invitations, Schengen visas, life and work permits and the EU
citizenship.
</p>
<h1>Distribution, Pharmacy and Health Law</h1>
<p>
Pharmacy law regulates the production, distribution, marketing,
registration of prescription and non-presciption pharmaceutical
substances. Medicine law regulates health sector matters, our lawyers
have experience in consulting the companies supplying medical equipment
to private and budget clients. Distribution law includes distribution,
agency, commercial representation, commission, franchise as well as
other similar transactions.
</p>
<p>
Our firm law lawyers provide the following services related to
distribution in Vilnius and Lithuania:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
provide legal advise on distribution, agency, commercial
representation, commission, sale-purchase, supply, franchise and
other related issues;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>draft agreements and standard terms and conditions;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
provide legal consulting on issues related to conducting
transactions;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>represent clients in negotiations on transactions;</p></li>
<li><p>provide strategic advise on transaction structure;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
represent clients in disputes arising from business transactions;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
provide legal advice and assistance in relation to licensing and
permits for client business and business organisation;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
provide legal advice on business structuring and related issues.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Our lawyers successfully use their wide experience and knowledge while
consulting our clients on choosing and implementing optimum distribution
schemes, preparing agreements and contracts, drafting standard terms and
conditions as well as providing legal advise on various business related
issues.
</p>
<h1>Competition Law</h1>
<p>
Competition law is one of the most topical branches of law in business
today. The practice of competition law includes the protection of
freedom of fair competition. Following Lithuania’s accession to
the EU, EU legislation on competition and prohibitions on restrictions
on competition is directly applicable in Lithuania.
</p>
<p>Our lawyers provide the following competition law services:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Advising on the application of Lithuanian and EU competition law;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
legal assistance in defending the right to fair competition of
economic operators;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
advising on the compliance of transactions with competition law
rules;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
advising on restrictive agreements and concerted practices and
exemptions from such agreements, possible abuse of dominant
position, unfair competition, misleading and comparative
advertising;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
advising on concentrations and preparing notifications of proposed
concentrations;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
representing clients’ interests before the Competition Council
and the European Commission in relation to alleged or actual
infringements of restrictive agreements and other competition law
rules;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>advising on the granting and legality of State aid.</p></li>
</ul>
<p>
Our lawyers have successfully represented major companies before the
Competition Council and the courts, advising clients on the application
of European Union and national competition law.
</p>
<p>
Our lawyers represent clients’ interests before the Competition
Council in connection with its investigations, including investigations
into possible abuse of a dominant position, in providing written
commitments to the Competition Council, and in defending the
client’s interests in court in relation to the implementation and
application of the legal norms relating to the investigation and the
commitment.
</p>
<h1>Finance and Banking Law</h1>
<p>
Finance and banking law is a branch of law, which includes financing of
companies and projects, banking and stock market.
</p>
<p>
Our firm law lawyers provide the following finance and banking law
services in Vilnius and Lithuania:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
consult and assist in preparing various financial transactions and
schemes: from routine credit contracts to structuring financing
projects upon acquisition of
</p>
</li>
<li><p>assets or restructuring of property and companies;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
consult in the field of corporate finance: funding of share capital,
lending, borrowing;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
consult on legal issues related to banking and securities market;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
consult financial institutions on contractual, corporate law and
regulatory aspects;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
prepare various financing documents: letters of intent, term sheets,
comfort and mandate letters, loan, credit line, lease agreements,
promissory notes, mortgage agreements and mortgage bonds, various
confirmations and guarantees, etc.;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
provide counsel related to trading and registration of securities
including preparation and registration of sale-purchase agreements,
notifications on material events, information disclosure and tender
offers;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
represent clients in all the transaction stages: from preparation of
transaction structure, legal audit, draft agreements or other
documents to negotiations, contract conclusion, registration of
security instruments, provision of legal opinions and supervision of
project implementation;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
provide counsel to both the public sector (mostly municipalities)
and private companies on Private Public Partnership projects:
selection of a partnership structure, preparation of tender
documents, negotiations and conclusion of concession or other
agreements.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>#European Union Law</p>
<p>
European Union (EU) law is constantly evolving, from its initial focus
on the smooth functioning of the internal market to areas such as
foreign and security policy, border control, asylum and visa regimes,
policing, the judiciary, etc. In the latter sectors, decisions are
generally taken by intergovernmental rather than Community methods.
</p>
<p>
Successful application of EU law requires not only a thorough knowledge
of the general principles of EU law, but also of the entire Community
acquis. This includes not only directives, regulations, decisions,
opinions, recommendations, resolutions, international treaties concluded
by the Communities and other legal acts, but also the case law of the
European Court of Justice, quasi-judicial decisions, etc.
</p>
<p>Our lawyers provide the following legal services related to EU law:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Advising on the free movement of goods, services, people and capital
within the EU;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
advising on public procurement, competition, environment, energy,
customs policy and regulation, tax systems, transport and other
areas; providing valuable legal advice on the compliance of national
legislation with EU law, as our lawyers are involved in the
transposition of EU law into national legislation;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
protecting clients’ interests in case of conflicts between
national and EU law;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
represent clients in disputes before national and EU institutions on
the application of EU law.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h1>Transport Law</h1>
<p>
Transport is one of the biggest, most important and intensely developing
areas of economy in Lithuania. Common transport policy is one of the
priotities of the EU. Lithuania’s participation in international
treaties and conventions in the area of transport aimed at unifying
transport rules on the international level is important for Lithuania’s
membership in the EU.
</p>
<p>
Transport law is a branch of law regulating various treaties of carriage
of passengers and goods, legal status of transport workers, custom
procedures of transporting goods, civil liability of freight carriers,
etc. Considering the importance of transport law, our lawyers give their
special attention to subjects of transport law — carriers, consignors,
consignees, legal relations of passengers, responsibility.
</p>
<p>
Our firm law lawyers provide the following services related to transport
law in Vilnius and Lithuania:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
provide counsel related to carriage of passengers and goods on local
and international routes by road, rail, sea and air, as well as
freight forwarding and agency;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
draft and review agreements, consult on national and international
legislation regulating transport;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
prepare legal opinions on application and restriction of and release
from carrier civil liability, and distribution of civil liability
among haulage participants;
</p>
</li>
<li><p>represent our clients in court and arbitration.</p></li>
</ul>
<h1>Insurance</h1>
<p>
Insurance relations cover contractual relations for life and non-life
insurance, legal relations for reinsurance, the management, control and
finance of insurance companies and the state supervision of insurance
activities. Insurance law also covers the establishment of insurance
companies, the licensing and operating conditions for branches of
foreign insurance companies established in the Republic of Lithuania and
insurance intermediaries, etc.
</p>
<p>
Our lawyers provide assistance in the following insurance law matters:
</p>
<ul>
<li><p>Advising on insurance and reinsurance issues;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
solving problems related to various types of life and non-life
insurance;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>assistance in specific areas of credit and surety insurance;</p>
</li>
<li><p>drafting and reviewing insurance contracts and rules;</p></li>
<li>
<p>
assessing the performance of insurance undertakings with regard to
compliance with legal requirements;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
representing clients in disputes arising between the insurer, the
policyholder and third parties;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
advising on the acquisition, restructuring and reorganisation of
insurance undertakings at national and international level.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h1>Environmental Law</h1>
<p>
Environment protection is a very important task for the quality of life
of the current and future generations. Therefore environmental law is
currently one of the most rapidly developing areas of law both in the EU
and Lithuania. Lately, a very important process is has been
harmonisation of Lithuanian law with EU law and problems of evaluating
impact on the environment. The harmonisation process is important not
only in transposing EU rules into the national law, but also in
implementing them in practice.
</p>
<p>
In Lithuania currently all the principles of EU environmental law are
complied with: high level of environmental protection, caution and
preventive actions, source of damage, “the polluter pays”, integration,
sustainable development, etc.
</p>
<p>
Our firm law lawyers provide the following services related to
environmental law in Vilnius and Lithuania:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
take part in the implementation of environmental projects developed
by international and EU organisations;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
provide counsel to local and international companies on the issues
of environmental law;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
analyse legislative acts and perform reviews of compliance with the
EU and international legislation and prepare draft legislative acts;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
provide counsel to international financial organizations working on
environmental projects in Lithuania.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
Our environmental law team was formed directly in response to the ever
increasing needs of our clients. Our professionals hold law degrees from
Lithuanian and foreign universities, and have obtained further
qualifications through local and international specialised training
programmes and working side by side with the best European specialists
in the field of environmental law.
</p>
<h1>Energy Law</h1>
<p>
Energy law covers the use of energy resources - water, electricity, gas,
oil and other resources - and the regulation of companies operating in
the energy sector.
</p>
<p>Our lawyers provide the following services:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
Advising on the use of energy resources, project financing and
development, energy trading and supply, energy market regulation and
reform;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
advising local and foreign companies investing in heat and energy
facilities;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
advising on the privatisation and restructuring of energy
facilities;
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
participating in the drafting of energy legislation and analysing it
for compliance with EU energy legislation standards.
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h1>Real Estate Law</h1>
<p>
Real estate law includes transactions related to real estate, use and
management of real estate, territory planning, construction and related
legislation.
</p>
<p>Our lawyers provide the following real estate law services:</p>