The ‘very professional and responsive’ team at Ellex is well versed in a wide range of commercial, civil, white-collar, and insurance-related disputes. It represents clients in a broad range of complex corporate and commercial disputes, including cross-border disputes that span across the Baltic region, as well as further afield in Europe. The ’very experienced’ and ‘always professional’ practice head Daiga Zivtiņa boasts expertise in arbitration and litigation proceedings. The team is complemented by Ilga Gudrenika-Krebs, who has expertise in real estate and construction-related disputes, and Irina Rozenšteina, who has experience with administrative proceedings in employment, public procurement, and tax matters.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Daiga Zivtiņa - Very experienced, always professional, easy to reach.'
  • 'The team and individuals from the firm are very professional and responsive.'
  • 'Prompt answers, looking for several solutions.'
  • 'Daiga Zivtiņa - very interested in supporting educational sector and finding the best solutions for our issues or questions. Quickly involving relevant team members to respond to our question.'
  • 'Very knowledgable, fast responses and experienced.'
  • 'Daiga Zivtiņa is very experienced, with always professional responses and easy to reach in case of any urgent questions.'
  • 'Young, creative lawyer team with wide experience in legal practice.'
  • 'Lawyers were very easy to work with as they explained all the details in a way it was very easy to understand.'

Key clients

  • Republic of Lithuania
  • UAB Darnu Group
  • UAB Mitnija
  • AB LTG Infra
  • Orlen Lietuva, AB
  • Nium EU, UAB
  • Republic of Lithuania
  • SGS Germany GmbH
  • UAB Jonavos vandenys
  • Šarūnas Narbutas

Work highlights

  • Acting as co-counsel to the Republic of Lithuania in a bilateral investment treaty arbitration case brought up by one of the largest potash fertiliser producers in the world, state-owned Belarussian company OAO Belaruskali.
  • Represented UAB Darnu Group, one of the largest real estate development companies in Lithuania, in a dispute.
  • Advising AB LTG Infra on litigation and pre-litigation disputes and in parallel in the negotiations with its contractor – joint venture partners Elecnor Servicios y Proyectos S.A.U. (Spain) and Instalaciones Inabensa, S.A. (Spain) – regarding the execution of the EUR422m contract related to the electrification of the Vilnius railway hub and line to Klaipėda.

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Daiga Zivtiņa

Other key lawyers

Ilga Gudrenika-Krebs, Irina Rozenšteina