Admitted to Practice
1990, Attorney at Law (Lithuania)
Experience
1992 to date – Co-Founder and Managing Partner, LAWIN Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai
Education
2000 Baltic Management Institute (BMI), Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA) degree
1996 Studies at Academy of American and International Law, Dallas, Texas, USA
1994 Studies at Queen Mary & Westfield College, London University, UK
1989 Vilnius University, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree
Languages
Lithuanian, English, Russian, Polish
Membership
2010 – to date Advisory Board, Law Firm Management Committee, International Bar Association (IBA)
2007 – to date Advisory Board, European Regional Forum, IBA
2006 to date – Board Member, Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration
2004 - 2006 Co-Chair, European Regional Forum, IBA
2002 - 2005 Deputy Chairman, Council of Lithuanian Bar Association
2000 - 2005 Member of General Professional Program Committee, IBA
1998 to date - Board Member, Law Clinics of Vilnius University
1995 to date - Recommended arbitrator of Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration
1994 - 1997 President, Lithuanian Young Bar Association (LJAA)
1991 - 2000 - Vice-President, Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)
Other activities
2010 to date – Chairman of the Board, Invest Lithuania
2009 to date – Member, Investment Advisory Council at Ministry of Economy
2008 - 2009 President, Vilnius Old Town Rotary Club
2007 to date – Chairman of the Board, Investors’ Forum
2007 to date - Vice President, Lithuanian Business Confederation/ICC Lithuania
2007 – 2010 - Member of Committee for Investment Promotion and Business Environment Improvement under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
2005 - 2007 Council Member, Lithuanian Economic Development Agency
2004 to date - Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Thailand
2004 to date - Board Member, Association Mentor Lietuva
2004 to date – Chairman of the Board, Lecturer in Corporate Governance, BMI (Baltic Management Institute)
2003 - 2009 - Board Member, Alumni of Vilnius University
Publications
Author of:
2003, Corporate Governance in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia: the balance between shareholders and other stakeholders, Leaders' Magazine Yritystalous, issued by Rastor Publications
1993, Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Europe/Lithuania, issued by Kluwer Law & Taxation Publishers, (reviewed annually)
Co-author of:
2004, Company Law in Europe: Lithuania, issue 29, issued by Butterworths, LexisNexis
2003, Corporate Governance; issued by UAB “Verslo Zinios”
1998, Doing Business in Lithuania, issued by Law Firm Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai LAWIN, Lithuanian Free Market Institute, Lithuanian Development Agency
1995, Cross Border Debt Recovery, issued by Lawyers International INKASSO Limited