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Mr Rimantas Simaitis

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Work Department

Dispute resolution, litigation, alternative dispute resolution (negotiation, arbitration, mediation), penal law and procedure, energy law, and transport law

Position

Professor Dr Rimantas Simaitis is Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Department.

Professor Dr Simaitis holds a Doctor’s degree of Social Sciences (Law) from Vilnius University, Lithuania. He is an Associated Professor at Vilnius University faculty of Law, recommended arbitrator at Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration and has been designated to the ICSID Panel of Conciliators by the Lithuanian Government. He has been, and remains, an active member and/or head of various working groups formed by the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Council and the Parliament of Lithuania, and the Council of Europe.

Career

Partner at COBALT Lithuania (since 2006)

Languages

Lithuanian, English, Russian

Memberships

On-line mediator of the Chamber of Arbitration Milan (RisolviOnline)
Since 2008 Member of the Board and the Council of the Alumni Society of the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, Chairman of the Board (2003-2008)
Since 2006 Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association
Since 2006 Recommended arbitrator of Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration

Education

2006 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, PhD
2000 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Master’s degree in Law