Providing ‘swift, efficient, and pragmatic guidance’, WALLESS’ practice is led by Povilas Zukauskas on the corporate and M&A front, and Laura Ziferman on competition and regulatory affairs. M&A expert Dovile Burgiene is a highly recognised name for transactions and negotiations, as is Andrius Ivanauskas in the realm of M&A, private equity and venture capital deals. With broad experience, the practice has seen several major transactions in the banking and energy sectors. Beyond these, the firm is further noted for its assistance to municipalities, startups, and multinationals, together with its broad sector experience spanning healthcare, tech, life sciences, and IT.
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‘WALLESS' team has very strong expertise and great attitude in corporate & tax. Creativity of lawyers in difficult situations helped us a lot.’
‘The team is an excellent specialist in its field, responsible, fast-working, always taking into account the client's needs.’
‘Amazing level of partner' engagement in the subject matter.’
‘The team is large and highly specialized. Their M&A group includes VC practice while IP/GDPR are supported by regulatory group. The advice I received was quick and to the point.’
‘The WALLESS team offers us swift, efficient, and pragmatic guidance on a variety of issues related to commercial, corporate law, and M&A. We highly appreciate their team's practical approach, rapid responsiveness, and continuous accessibility. We appreciate that they proactively initiate contact with us, present their suggestions and insights first, which is an approach that greatly appealed to us. Walless team is able to manage huge complex transactions involving cross border elements and financing with difficult structures and taxation issues.’
‘Dovile Burgiene - wide network, accessibility, business-oriented mindset. Povilas Zukauskas - calm manner, negotiation skills, emotional intelligence.’
‘We are very happy with the level of the client service. The team never misses the deadlines, the responses are of high quality, straight to the point, and we do not have to worry that the assignment will be done on time and with the highest care and quality. We feel that the team is doing their best to help grow our business and searches for various solutions rather than giving formal legal advice.’
‘Our primary contact is Laura Ziferman. She supervises all the assignments. She is very responsive; her advice is straight to the point and reflective of business needs. We also work a lot with Marius Dobilas. He has exceptional expertise in drafting of contracts in highly regulated area of waste treatment. He is also our primary contact for public procurement matters. His drafting skills are outstanding, he keeps us up to date and suggests the best course of actions.’
Key clients
- Vilnius City Municipality Administration
- Kaunas City Municipality Administration
- Affidea Group
- Yukon Advanced Optics Worldwide UAB
- Booking.com
- Modus Group
- Kotryna Group
- DAO Family
- Inchcape
- Tamro/Benu (Phoenix Group)
- Press Glass
- Šiaulių bankas
- Accel
- Uphold
- CCC S.A.
- GoIndex
- Bolt
- CV Group (carVertical)
- Lidl
- And many others
Work highlights
- Advised AB Šiaulių bankas in acquiring retail investment fund and pension fund management businesses in Lithuania as well as a life insurance business in Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia of Invalda INVL.
- Advising Ignitis Renewables in all aspects of a complex large-scale transaction with E Energija concerning the acquisition of 100% of shares in two Lithuanian companies developing an onshore 300MW wind farm project.
- Represented Eglės Sanatorija in a high-value deal impacting the Lithuania healthcare sector.
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Povilas Zukauskas, Laura Ziferman