The dispute resolution team at Ellex receives a strong workload from both public and private clients including the Ministry of Justice and Litgrid. Fielding a large practice, the firm has a diverse offering, providing assistance on matters ranging from unfair competition claims through to criminal proceedings, with several recent cases emerging from the energy and transport sectors. Commercial and investment litigator Giedrė Aukštuolienė and Miroslav Nosevič, who is an experienced litigator and arbitrator, jointly head up the practice. The team also benefits from the experience of Valentinas Mikelėnas and Egidijus Baranauskas, both former judges of the Supreme Court of Lithuania, and Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan, who focuses on professional negligence claims. Key names at the associate level include Rūta Jasilionė, who covers family law and white-collar issues, and Agnė Kisieliauskaitė, who handles EU and Brexit-related disputes. Tadas Varapnickas joined the team from TGS Baltic in 2023.
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'The members of the dispute resolution practice at Ellex are highly competent, very experienced and refreshingly dynamic.'
‘Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan and Agnė Kisieliauskaitė are experts of their legal fields. In particular they impressed with their deep insight into the factual circumstances of the case.’
‘Experienced; hard-working; always thinking one step ahead, good tactician; good timing and works organiser, completes tasks on time; closely cooperates with other legal practice groups, which allows resolving disputes in a professional manner; suitable for complex cases; respectful communication with the customer, listens to the customer.’
‘Good knowledge of EU material law and litigation process at the EU Court of Justice. The team we worked with met all the expectations.’
‘Straightforward communication on professional ground. Very effective in lawyer-to-lawyer communication by the individuals of the team. Great time planning and execution of the plan.’
‘Partner Miroslav Nosevič is very good professional with extensive practice in litigation and arbitration. He also understands our industry.’
‘Strong capacity to go deep in details and build adequate strategy and actions plan. Always relevant towards the context. Ellex partners and associates showed strong preventions measures and anticipation so protected myself and my company from traps and risks prepared by opposite party.’
‘Ellex's strength is that they have the highest expertise, competence and qualification at each level, which enable Ellex to adapt to each individual case by scope and budget, still to deliver the highest quality. ’
Key clients
- Litesko, UAB (part of Veolia group)
- ELEKTRUM LIETUVA, UAB and Windfarm Akmenė Two, UAB
- Toksika, UAB
- Litgrid AB
- The Republic of Lithuania, represented by the Ministry of Justice
- AB „LTG Infra“
- Įmonių grupė Alita, AB
- Scylla AG
- Group of companies: Coca Cola HBC Lietuva, UAB; Rimi Lietuva, UAB; Orkla Foods Lietuva, UAB; Norfos mažmena, UAB; Skuba, UAB, Švyturys-Utenos alus, UAB
- Kauno regiono atliekų tvarkymo centras, VšĮ
- Western Shipyard (part of BLRT Grupp)
Work highlights
- Representing the Republic of Lithuania before the Court of Justice of the European Union, where Lithuania and 6 other Member States are seeking annulment of certain provisions of the so-called Mobility Package.
- Successfully represented Litesko, UAB (part of Veolia group) in reaching an amicable settlement in the private-public sector dispute over the Alytus city Heating & Electricity Infrastructure.
- Successfully represented the interests of Litgrid, AB before the Supreme Court of Lithuania in the case regarding the civil liability of a Lithuanian electricity transmission system operator.
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Giedrė Aukštuolienė, Miroslav Nosevič