Banking, finance and capital markets in Lithuania

‘Open-minded and agile.’

‘In our experience no other Lithuanian top tier legal firm could do a better job for us.’

‘What we need in legal advice is speed, efficiency, effectiveness, reliability, completeness, understanding of our needs, creativity and proactivity in providing solutions. That’s what we get with Cobalt individuals, particularly Akvile Bosaite, Elijus Burgis and Eva Suduiko.’

‘In my opinion, Ellex B&F practice is the largest and one of the most professional in the Baltics market. The team is young, smart, and qualified, thus the lawyers work very efficiently and are full of professional spirit. Our experience working together with Ellex is always successful.’

‘Good technically but also pragmatic, commercial and responsive.’

‘We have worked with Giedrius Stasvecius and Ieva Dosinaite on some quite innovative arrangements. Both have very good technical knowledge and a good sense of what the regulator will think but are commercial and pragmatic as well as responsive.’

‘One of the biggest law firms with integrated approach and approachable partners.’

‘Partner Giedrius Stasevicius has been our key contact person for more than 10 years and we have been getting high quality and cost effective legal advice on financing, banking and M&A issues.’

‘We chose Ellex due to its expertise in local legislation, diverse abilities and relationships with ancillary advisors that assisted us with our regulatory requirements.’

‘We required in depth expertise and assistance from the ground up and everyone we dealt with at Ellex provided us with the knowledge and expertise we needed. It was important that we had confidence in the people we were dealing with and we found everyone at Ellex stood out in this respect.’

‘It is a reliable and consistent practice, providing relevant context and details to their advice and conclusions. Good team to discuss and look for creative solutions together.’

‘Agnė Sovaitė have been very responsive, efficiently organized regulatory filing process and successfully guided us through a complex regulatory approval process in Lithuania.’

‘Professional and experienced team, always available, supportive and collaborative.’

‘They have really strong professionals in every field, whom we can fully trust, and do not seek any other help from the side. They go deeply into details of the question. As mentioned above, the most valuable qualities is the knowledge of the industry, and wish to go deeper, to understand the specifics in every case and give the advice depending on the context.’

‘Very experienced capital markets team, they are well aware of the market and it shows in their work.’

‘From our point of view, TGS Baltic has a unique approach towards the client: they really “owned” all our company’s projects we have handled together.’

‘Vidmantas Drizga and Mantas Gofmanas are both exceptional professionals in the spheres of capital markets in Lithuania. Vidmantas pairs extensive expertise in capital markets with a unique strategic business-minded approach, while Mantas stands out due to his ability to come up with unconventional solutions to the most complex issues.’

‘The capital markets team lead by Vidmantas Drizga and supported by Mantas Gofmanas provide an excellent offering. They are very on the ball in terms of market movements and client contacts. They are efficient and offer practical and commercial advice in a very user friendly manner. They are our go to firm in Lithuania.’

‘This is one of the leading law firms in the market. The firm has managed to maintain its leading role for decades.

‘All members of TGS have a very strong sense of commercial need. TGS always has a very commercial approach. TGS also keeps an eye on today’s realities and is an extremely forward thinking company.’

‘Vilius Bernatonis is not only the best team player the client can have, but also the best lawyer who has a vast knowledge. Vilius listens to his clients and always puts his clients’ legal interests first. His ability to find solutions in difficult situations is simply incredible. I can without a doubt recommend Vilius for all banking and financial operations and I would strongly consider him for extremely complex operations and innovative projects.’

‘I believe TGS’ strength is in their people. The ones I had opportunity to meet and work with were super professional, forthcoming and collaborative, putting client needs and experience before financials and formal contractual arrangements. Extensive network of contacts (not necessarily coming from legal background) facilitates solution resolution as legal aspects of the work are complemented with necessary subject matter expertise (e.g. payments, etc.).’

‘Always good with communication and clear and concise information always provided.’