Mr Juozas Rimas > Cobalt > Vilnius, Lithuania > Lawyer Profile

Cobalt
Lvivo 25
09320 Vilnius
Lithuania

Work Department

M&A (Private Equity) and Corporate Law

Position

Dr Juozas Rimas is a Partner and the Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania.
Dr Rimas has led over 30 M&A projects where he was in charge of structuring, due diligence, negotiations and general project management, as well as over 10 projects of corporate restructuring (including business transfer, merger and spin-off procedures).

Career

Partner at COBALT Lithuania (since 2016)

Languages

Lithuanian, English, Russian

Memberships

Since 2010 Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association

Education

2010 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, PhD in social science, law
2005 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Master’s in Law degree
2000 Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vilnius University

Lawyer Rankings

Lithuania > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading partners)

Juozas Rimas  – Cobalt

Cobalt‘s team, comprising both the corporate and M&A and commercial practices, handles some of the most prominent transactions in the region. With specialties in renewable energy, deep technology, agriculture, e-commerce, healthcare, and financial services, the practice is able to draw upon a wide and varied experience when handling client matters. The team provides advice to majority shareholders on sales, and both the targets and purchasers on major M&A transactions and share purchase agreements. The team is jointly led by Irmantas Norkus, who has extensive experience in private and public M&A transactions, and Elijus Burgis , who heads the firm’s corporate transactions department. Further, Juozas Rimas specialises in private equity M&A deals, and Žilvinas Kvietkus has a well-established practice and reputation in the areas of life sciences and pharmaceutical law.