With offices in both Vilnius and Kaunus, Magnusson‘s ’skilled’ EU and competition practice handles a broad set of unfair competition work ranging from merger clearances to contentious and non-contentious public procurement issues. Managing partner Ligita Ramanauskaitė oversees a broad set of corporate and competition mandates, acting for a plethora of domestic and international clients. With extensive experience in the field, Marius Endzinas is praised by clients for his ‘deep insights’ regarding public procurement and tendering issues; he leads the firm's public procurement practice.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A professional team always chooses the most suitable ways to represent their client. And that's exactly what this law firm is.’

  • ‘Human attitude to the client and always professional solutions.’

  • ‘We have been been a client of Magnusson for many years, and the EU and Competition team handles several our matters each year. The most important thing which we get from Magnusson is that when they are evaluating our situations, they are very focused on creating value for us, not only coming up with formal legal solutions or proposals, but also thinking about how our company’s decisions based on those proposals will affect our business, financial costs, the image of the company, etc.’

  • ‘Partner Marius Endzinas is Magnusson's expert for public procurement issues. He is very client-oriented, which, together with his creativity and deep experience in the field, allows him to provide us with sharp evaluations and effective solutions for each situation we are in.'

  • ‘Marius Endzinas has deep knowledge in the field of public procurement and has been working with us for many years, so he is able to pick the solutions that we need and find the most effective way to achieve them. His insights give us good understanding of the situation.’

  • ‘The EU and competition team of Magnusson Lithuania has been serving us in the fields of competition and public procurement. The team has skilled experts in both of these fields, as well as a very strong focus on how their advice fits our goals and expectations. They know our business, and this allows them to provide us with a very tailored service.'

  • ‘Partner Marius Endzinas is our key contact for the matters concerning EU and competition. His team is very skilled and professional. Marius always gives his deep insights as to the pros and cons of any legal option being considered, which allows us to assess the risks and make decisions. We know him as someone rather reserved about promising, but delivering results instead.’

Work highlights

  • Successfully represented Plungės lagūna, a construction company, in a public procurement dispute regarding the results of a public tender administered by the Lithuanian Road Administration for maintenance of a regional road segment.
  • Representing Kautra in a dispute over the results of a public procurement tender for passenger services in the Municipalities of Klaipėda City and Klaipėda Region.
  • Advising Dobeles dzirnavnieks, a Latvian manufacturer of grain mill products, during a merger clearance procedure in Lithuania.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ligita Ramanauskaitė, Marius Endzinas