Laura Ziferman > WALLESS > Vilnius, Lithuania > Lawyer Profile

WALLESS‘s competition and regulatory practice group handles a diverse range of matters, and the practice has exceptional experience in state aid matters, including assisting clients in securing and properly implementing financing from various EU structural funds. The team benefits from the joint leadership of co-heads Laura Ziferman and Darius Miniotas. Darius’ work is focussed on competition matters, engaging in various competition, state aid, and EU funding projects, as well a variety of proceedings before the competition authorities and courts. Ziferman has a wealth of experience, with specific expertise in advising clients with public procurement matters.

WALLESS‘s team handles a range of IP-related issues. The service covers transactional, advisory, and litigation expertise, assisting clients with matters ranging from brands and trademarks, to patents and IP-related corporate transactions. The team is led by Laura Ziferman, an experienced lawyer with considerable expertise across a diverse range of industries.

WALLESS‘s corporate and M&A team continually plays a significant role in some of the market’s largest transactions in current and growing industry sectors, such as renewable energy, life sciences, and the financial markets. This year, they represented Ignitis Renewables in a major project concerning the acquisition of an onshore wind farm, as well as handling major merger transactions in the banking and retail arena. Co-heads Povilas Žukauskas and Laura Ziferman, who brings expertise in commercial and construction contracts, lead a team that also features the highly regarded Dovile Burgiene.

WALLESS‘ energy practice, working out of the competition and regulatory team, has vast experience in energy law, particularly in the renewable energy sector. Furthermore, away from the energy sector, the group assists numerous clients such as municipalities and retail chains in navigating energy matters and developing renewable energy initiatives. The team is led by the experienced Laura Ziferman, with key support from  Vaidotas Puklevicius, who has particular expertise in energy storage, and onshore and offshore wind energy developments.

The WALLESS team stands out in the market due to its depth and breadth across the practice area. In the real estate development field, the team is led by Evaldas Klimas, offering coverage of the entire project lifecycle to clients, ranging from the initial spatial planning and design to the final construction and related disputes. Furthermore, the team provides a full range of services to corporate real estate investors, working with large funds. Alongside Evaldus as co-heads are Indre Jonaityte-Grice, and Laura Ziferman, leading the real estate transactions and public procurement teams respectively.

WALLESS‘ aviation and aircraft team and competition and regulatory team are formed to cover all shipping and transport-related matters at the firm. Gediminas Rečiūnas leads the aviation team, supporting clients throughout their transactions with specific experience in finance leasing, operating leasing, sale and leasebacks as well as the purchase and sale of aircraft, engines and spare parts. The team also offers advice to companies dealing with aircraft repossessions and airline insolvencies. Laura Ziferman leads the competition and regulatory team which handles matters throughout the infrastructure sector, including roads, railways, shipping and airports. The practice, led by the two experienced lawyers, possesses deep industry knowledge.

WALLESS‘ TMT team is continuously engaged in handling a variety of matters across the market. The practice demonstrates the capabilities to handle a range of issues, from data protection solutions to the introduction of new applications and services and handling the use of AI. Demonstrating the team’s breadth of knowledge in this area, they assist numerous clients from a range of associated areas including automotive, telecoms, healthcare and biotech. The team is led by the experienced Laura Ziferman, with key support from Dovile Burgiene.