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

Advising a wide range of local and multinational clients, Cobalt is highly active in a plethora of major M&A spanning from defence and aerospace to maritime, transportation, energy, and IT. The firm is also noted for its strong cross-border capabilities, assisting acquisitions both into and out of Lithuania. A highly experienced team, managing partner Irmantas Norkus has broad transactional, banking, and competition experience, as does partner Elijus Burgis . Heading the M&A practice group is corporate and private equity expert Juozas Rimas , meanwhile life science and EU pharmaceutical expert Zilvinas Kvietkus also supports. Akvilė Bosaitė, co-head of the banking and finance practice, is another notable expert on M&A.