Sorainen‘s finance and insurance department is led by the duo of Tomas Kontautas, who focuses on regulatory matters, and Augustas Klezys, who covers a range of transactions and fintech licensing issues across the EU. Further work in the fintech space for the practice include handling the establishment of new companies and acquisitions in addition to electronic money and crypto matters, areas for which senior associate Liutauras Vasiliauskas is noted. The firm also advises on anti-money-laundering matters, with Akvilė Jurkaitytė and Goda Drasute being key names in this space. The practice also recently recruited anti-money laundering expert Eimantas Vytuvis.
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‘Partner Augustas Klezys has deep knowledge and understanding of the financial market and, as such, can navigate the client through complex matters utilising his out-of-box thinking abilities.'
‘Tomas Kontautas - great commercial sense, very approachable. Akvilė Jurkaitytė - effective and approachable.'
‘They are approachable, we can treat them as an extension of our in-house team.’
‘We enjoy working with Liutauras Vasiliauskas - he is thorough, knowledgeable and a strong sense of intellectual curiosity.’
‘Concrete, accurate, practical.’
Leading individuals
Partner and Head of the Finance & Insurance in Lithuania. Although my passion is insurance law, over the years I have also developed a strong banking regulatory profile while dealing with complex regulatory matters of traditional financial market players and the fintech industry. The regulatory world is dynamic, always related to the bigger picture – transactions, competition law, disputes, government relations. I am happy to navigate clients through all these fields.
Next Generation Partners
As a partner with the firm’s Finance & Insurance team and a business sector enthusiast, all my energy goes into providing cross-practice advice to financial sector companies.
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Tomas Kontautas, Augustas Klezys