‘Cobalt is a market leader in the Baltics (full service but with a particular focus on transactional work).’

‘Pro-business approach and commercial awareness at Cobalt are on a very high level since the beginning of the project (quotation and understanding of the background) through its implementation (structuring transaction in line with client’s business expectations) to its completion (corporate integration aimed at reaching ultimate business aim).’

‘We worked only with partner Juozas Rimas. He did an excellent job of working with the clients in parallel to manage their expectations regarding the scope, pricing, and overall project management. We are looking forward to having more joint projects (his commercial awareness adds efficiency to joint projects, especially in a cross-border context).’

‘Team has the advantage of having the widest composition of experts – new generation partners having good understanding about IT markets, together with the senior partners who gained valuable knowledge on strategic deals. For our IT business it is crucial for advisors to understand our language. The Ellex team certainly does.’

‘Ruta Armone was always quick to reach when needed, always understanding well the question and proactively suggesting the solution.’

‘Ellex is a clear legal market leader. M&A team is the largest in Lithuania and one of the big advantages of Ellex is that they develop unique and deep specializations which is needed for leadership in particular field. Ellex team is always number one choice in the vast majority of the largest and most difficult of our projects. One of the newest innovations Ellex has made, which is helping to work more comfortable, is their new document management system.’

‘The team has extremely good specialists and exceptional competencies. Compared to other firms, I would say Ellex is the absolute number one in Lithuania. We have been cooperating for a number of years and are not considering any changes. We give them the most important and the most complex projects and cases and are confident they will solve them in the highest possible way.’

‘Ellex always goes hand in hand with innovation. One of the recent examples is their newly implemented document management system, where you may work on the document online at the same time with the lawyers and even make changes on it.’

‘The whole corporate team has an exceptional competency. The managing partner Rolandas Valiunas is unparalleled in strategic matters and his partner Paulius Gruodis is the highest level lawyer in corporate matters.’

‘We work with TGS on various corporate matters. What stands out is the direct and continuous attention of the partners to our matters. We know them as leading experts in commercial agreements, labour and M&A matters. We like the response time and practical advice, as well as willingness to learn about our business.’

‘We work with Mindaugas Civilka, whom we know as a leading expert on corporate, commercial and TMT matters. Mindaugas keeps track on new developments and is an opinion leader in technology. Marius Matonis is our key contact for M&A matters and is a leading expert in the area.’

‘TGS Baltic team was able to manage and solve all issues with high proficiency.’

‘Partner Agnius Pilipavicius was the leading lawyer from TGS preparing strategy in order to solve our issue. His exceptional experience in shareholders disputes psychology and in deep knowledge of various methods usually used in such disputes was very useful. Agnius’ advices always were business and result oriented.’

‘TGS partner Agnius Pilipavicius is very experienced in corporate law and his advice helps us to find out of the box solutions for most corporate and corporate governance issues we are facing. We appreciate not only legal advice, but understanding of management principle, company’s psychology and business oriented approach.’

‘TGS team is well staffed, they have lawyers specialising in all the fields we needed – corporate, data protection, general commercial issues, tax issues and specific IT / intellectual property related issues. I was happy with the responsivity of TGS’ team and their expertise and knowledge about our industry.’

‘TGS works like my internal team and I appreciate that.‘

‘Our main contact in TGS is partner Agnius Pilipavicius. He has very good expertise in corporate law. Agnius shares his knowledge openly and always provides consultations which are business oriented.’

‘Flexibility, good speed, effective collaboration with the client and other advisers.‘

‘Extremely responsive and flexible team!‘

‘A legal advice by Glimstedt is always actionable. I.e. they indicate risks and options yet a clear actionable path is always visible.‘

‘Well respected team, offering a variety of legal services so that you can get a legal opinion on different kind of topics in one place’

‘We love Motieka’s “skin in the game” approach, as their investment fund is one of our early investors, allowing us to trust that they are highly motivated to achieve the best results in providing services to us, as it directly affects themselves.’

‘Flexible on tasks, available with even short notice, always trying to help and think broader’

‘Motieka & Audzevicius handles all of our most complex legal issues, starting from corporate day-to-day issues, disputes, ending with representation in our funding rounds. We are confident that we are provided with top-notch legal services not only in Lithuania, Eastern Europe, but probably in the whole of Europe.’

‘Motieka & Audzevicius‘ team is delivery-focused and always ensures the interests of the clients being satisfied according to all the needs. Therefore, we trust them not only with legal issues but with some project management as well, for instance, supervising our foreign lawyers.’

‘The firm provides the comfort of offering fixed prices for the project, which allows us to plan our budget and evaluate the pricing even before the work commences. We are well familiar with their developed billing system, which we find transparent and efficient.’

‘We love Motieka’s “skin in the game” approach, as their investment fund is one of our early investors, allowing us to trust that they are highly motivated to achieve the best results in providing services to us, as it directly affects themselves.’

‘Giedrius Kolesnikovas is a business-oriented attorney, who is always up to date on what is happening with his clients’ businesses, what are the trends and what are the current ups and downs. He has also grafted this mindset to his team, as you can always expect small talk and business-oriented questions prior to every meeting from Rokas Jankus and Laurynas Ramonas as well. Both Rokas and Laurynas are our go-to team, demonstrating not only deep knowledge and commercial understanding of M&A peculiarities, but also understanding of our business sphere, thus successfully assisting us with industry-specific issues and contracts.’

‘Motieka & Audzevicius demonstrated not only deep knowledge and commercial understanding of venture investment peculiarities but also a deep understanding of our business sphere, thus successfully assisting us with industry-specific issues and contracts.’

‘The firm suggests a flexible and transparent fee structure agreed for each project for our comfort, which we have rarely seen in our experience with other firms. The firm, to our experience, is always up to date with technology that facilitates and speeds up the processes for us as well.’

‘Rokas Jankus was the lead in investment transaction and covered all items from A to the Z smoothly, we were impressed by his experience and legal knowledge.’

‘Motieka’s legal team before giving legal advice wants to understand the business and industry of the client. “One-size-fits-all” approach does not exist to Motieka & Audzevicius. Furthermore, the firm stands out with their solutions for and proactivity in dead-end situations, which are controlled with their explicit negotiation skills. When a transaction is about to crash the lawyers always seem to find the right way and deliver the successful closing.’

‘Giedrius Kolesnikovas and Rokas Jankus are our contact persons in the M&A department. Giedrius is a professional with solid experience in mergers and acquisitions comparing with other well-known corporate lawyers in the pan-Baltic region. Alongside his legal knowledge, Giedrius is familiar with the peculiarities of business industries which helped us find a common language with counterparties in M&A transactions. Rokas Jankus has explicit legal knowledge in the M&A sector and economically focused legal mindset while advising on investment issues.’

‘Strong knowledge of Lithuanian- and German-regulated environments.’

‘Very thoughtful towards clients’ needs and focusing on every detail.’

‘I really appreciated the hands on mentality of the partner I worked with. He immediately recognized the problem at hand and suggested several solutions. After we agreed on the strategy, the partner went to work and we solved the problem. Also, the fact that the partner spoke fluent German helped a lot in the communications.’

‘Client devoted team, which solves your problems with big passion.‘

‘Tomas Davidonis – always tries to see whole picture, rather that focusing on single question.‘

‘Tomas Mieliauskas – passionately focuses on the matter at hand without letting any detail slip away.‘

‘Very professional and dedicated.‘

‘FORT clearly understands our business and needs.’

‘The composition of the team completely suits our needs – both commodities and sophisticated advising. Partners are involved in lawyering, flat structure helps to avoid unnecessary billing.’

‘Mindaugas (partner) is dedicated for out M&A and corporate matters.’

‘Speed, quality, really good value for money, always available, very creative’

‘Mindaugas Žolynas – very experienced, very client oriented, open minded, practical advice, creative solutions, very client friendly delivery.’