With ‘exceptional knowledge of employment law’, WIDEN’s broad employment practice is often at the forefront of legal developments, regularly acting before the Lithuanian Supreme Court. Household name clients include PepsiCo, Lidl, Rail Baltica, and Ryanair, and recent cases range from acting in employee and employer misconduct and unfair dismissal claims to advising on trade union activities and collective actions. Fielding a deep bench of employment specialists, the team is jointly led by managing partner and employment litigation specialist Tomas Bagdanskis, Vilius Mačiulaitis, who is a former chief of the Lithuanian state labour inspectorate, and Mantas Mikalopas, who focuses on labour relation disputes. Other key names include Svetlana Naumčik for migration matters, and Aistė Leščinskaitė, who handles work accidents and occupational disease issues.
Testimonials
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‘We’ve been collaborating with the firm for a long time and the employment law team is great to work with not only when it comes to taking care of the daily matters of the company but also when it comes to representation in courts. We’ve always trusted them because the team is very dependable, responsive, and professional. The lawyers collaborate really well with each other, and the team is very diverse.’
‘Exceptional knowledge of employment law. Out of the box thinking on difficult issues.’
Key clients
- Rail Baltica
- DS-1
Work highlights
- Acting for the Rail Baltica Global Project after the procurement process.
- Represented Petro Transport in a case that was resolved with the Supreme Court of the Republic of Lithuania specifying the provisions of legal acts regarding information provision to foreign employees.