About
COBALT is a trusted legal advisor, providing expert support on both daily legal matters and high-stakes transactions and disputes. With over 35 years of experience, we has grown into a leading alliance of top-tier law offices in the Baltics, bringing together over 280 legal professionals and support staff. Our firm’s broad spectrum of legal expertise and established position as a market leader enable us to provide full-service business law advice tailored to the needs of our clients. We are proud to work with international and regional businesses, financial institutions, state and local governments, and emerging start-ups. Our services cover key sectors such as Consumer Products, Trade & Distribution, Real Estate & Construction, Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare, Energy & Utilities, Communications, Media & Technologies, Financial Services, Transport & Logistics. ### Our recent recognitions include - Baltic Firm of the Year 2025 by Benchmark Litigation Europe Awards - Baltic Law Firm of the Year 2024 by Chambers Europe - Baltic States Tax Firm of the Year 2023 by ITR EMEA Tax Awards - Baltics Firm of the Year 2023 by Women in Business Law EMEA Awards Tier 1 law firm in 25 practice areas in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania 2024, consistently top ranked over 15 years by The Legal 500 - No. 1 law firm in the Baltics according to the Prospera Law Firm Review 2024 Regularly featured among top legal advisors in Mergermarket, Bloomberg and Refinitiv deal tables ### Recent Baltic publications Baltic Disputes Market Overview 2024. Please access it here. Baltic Disputes Market Overview 2025. Please access it here. ### Languages - Estonian - English - Latvian - Lithuanian - Finnish - German - Italian ### Memberships - GALA (Global Advertising Lawyers Association) - Lex Mundi - World Services Group (WSG) - Ius Laboris - INTA - International Trademark Association - IBA (International Bar Association) ### Staffing Figures - 42 Number of Partners - 220 Number of Lawyers
Office locations
Vilnius
Vilnius
Cobalt Lvivo 21 Vilnius LT-09309 Lithuania
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Akvilė Bosaitė
Akvilė Bosaitė is a Partner and Co-Head of the Banking and Finance Practice Group. She has specialised in banking, finance, investment funds, project financing, restructuring of financing, securities and M&A for over fourteen years. Akvilė Bosaitė is a recommended expert in finance law by international law firm directories. · Banking & Finance
Artūras Kojala
Artūras Kojala is a Partner in the Real Estate and Infrastructure Department. Mr Kojala has advised major local and international companies. · Real Estate
Aurelija Balčiūnė
Aurelija Balčiūnė is a leading expert in anti-money laundering (AML) and financial regulatory compliance, with over 15 years of experience advising international and local banks, fintech companies, and financial institutions. As a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Associate Partner of COBALT’s Banking & Finance Practice Group, and Head of the AML and Sanctions Task Force, she helps clients navigate complex AML frameworks, implement robust compliance programs, and address challenging regulatory issues in Lithuania. Chambers Europe 2025 praises her “great knowledge about the market in Lithuania” and being able “to solve things that are very demanding,” ranking her as “Up and Coming” in Banking & Finance. IFLR1000 has also recognised her as a Rising Star in Banking in Lithuania, reflecting her prominence in high-value financial deals and compliance advisory. Aurelija is committed to delivering tailored solutions that protect clients’ interests while ensuring full regulatory compliance. Her expertise makes her a trusted advisor for institutions seeking to navigate the evolving complexities of the market with confidence. · Banking & Finance
Aušrys Šliavas
Aušrys Šliavas is a Specialist Counsel and has been involved in numerous complex assignments requiring creative and unconventional solutions. · Real Estate
Dalia Foigt-Norvaišienė
Dr Dalia Foigt-Norvaišienė is a Specialist Councel at the Employment Law Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania. She has assisted numerous local and international clients upon choosing the best solution for establishing a business in Lithuania and upon setting up and operating these businesses including but not limited to employment matters. · Employment
Deividas Soloveičik
Dr Deividas Soloveičik is a Partner and Head of Public Procurement practice at COBALT Lithuania. He represents clients before national courts at all instances and arbitral institutions in civil and administrative cases, provides legal advice to Lithuanian and foreign private clients and contracting authorities, including the Commission of the European Union, on the legal aspects of public procurement and pre-commercial procurement. · Public Procurement
Eglė Stražnickienė
Eglė Stražnickienė is a Senior Associate practising in the Employment Law Practice Group. Eglė advises local and international clients on non-competition of employees, protection of confidential information, transfer of employees and other labour law questions, and provides assistance to clients in large-scale projects and international transactions. · Employment
Elijus Burgis
Elijus Burgis is a Partner and Head of the firm’s Corporate Transactions Department. During the years of his practice Mr Burgis has been an adviser in a number of the largest M&A transactions and financing projects in Lithuania and has also advised clients on various matters related to corporate, banking and finance, securities and competition law. · Corporate / M&A
Eva Suduiko
Eva Suduiko is a Partner and Co-Head in the Banking and Finance Practice Group. She has specialised in banking, finance, capital markets and M&A for over twelve years. During her legal practice, Eva Suduiko has advised clients in a number of M&A transactions, international financing and security arrangements. She constantly advises both local and foreign clients on various regulatory matters, including cross-border provision of services, issue of securities and other capital and financial markets related projects. · Banking & Finance
Irmantas Norkus
Dr Irmantas Norkus is the Managing Partner of COBALT Lithuania. During his career Dr Norkus has led numerous landmark cross-border and domestic transactions and projects and has handled some of the most complex antitrust matters of recent times. He has represented a broad range of high-profile corporate clients, investment funds, issuers, financial institutions and institutional investors. · Corporate / M&A
Jovita Valatkaitė
Jovita Valatkaitė has over 9 years’ experience of legal practice in the fields of Employment and Corporate law. Apart from advising on general employment law matters, Jovita provides advice on non-competition of employees, protection of confidential information as well as the EU social security system. She also has extensive experience in migration matters, including residence permits, work permits, secondments and transfers of employees. · Employment
Julija Beldeninovienė
Julija Beldeninovienė is a Managing Associate, Attorney-at-Law having over 12 years of experience in IP, IT, Pharmaceutical law and related litigation. She counsels clients through various types of IP-related contract negotiations, including settlement agreements, licenses, IP assignment and other agreements. Her practice also involves pre-litigation strategy and all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution relating to patents, SPCs, trademarks, copyrights, designs, and confidential information. Julija has acted in numerous cases related to IP and unfair competition, including the first pharmaceutical patent invalidation and patent enforcement disputes in Lithuania. · Intellectual Property
Juozas Rimas
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). · Corporate / M&A
Juras Žymančius
Juras Žymančius is a Senior Associate, practising in the IP & IT and Regulatory Practice Group and working with data protection. · Intellectual Property
Justinas Šileika
Justinas Šileika is a Managing Associate at COBALT Lithuania. He specialises in the fields of EU & Competition and Corporate Law. In his legal practice he has consulted numerous local and international clients on a wide range of legal issues. · EU & Competition
Manvydas Borusas
Manvydas Borusas is a Senior Associate of EU and Competition Practice Group. He has extensive experience in consulting local and internation companies on various competition law matters and also representing such companies in civil and administrative cases. · Competition
Marius Inta
Marius Inta is a Partner and Head of the Commercial Disputes Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania. He has over 17 years’ experience in Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management and focuses his practice on insurance disputes, represents clients in litigation matters involving compensation of damages, competition law and intellectual property law violations. Marius is a litigation lawyer with a long track record of acting for clients in courts of general jurisdiction and administrative courts and alternative dispute resolution (negotiation, arbitration, mediation). · Litigation
Martynas Bielskis
Martynas Bielskis is an Associate in the Tax Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania. He has experience working in a specialized tax consulting firm and in the tax department of an international audit company. · Tax
Milda Markevičiūtė
Dr Milda Markevičiūtė is Associate Partner and chairs the Administrative and Business Disputes Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania. Dr Milda Markevičiūtė has experience both handling high-profile disputes that require an integrated and unconventional approach to dispute resolution and dealing with sophisticated shareholder, energy sector, construction, and administrative disputes. · Administrative Law
Mindaugas Bliuvas
Mindaugas Bliuvas is a Partner and Head of the Prevention and Criminal Law Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania. M. Bliuvas has experience in the fields of criminal, criminal procedure, administrative and penitentiary law as well as prevention and AML. The lawyer has been successfully representing and defending the interests of clients in resonant cases as well as in complex cases with international elements. · Criminal Law
Paulius Markovas
Dr Paulius Markovas is a Partner with more than 25 years of experience. Paulius consults and advises clients developing renewable energy projects. Represents clients’ interests in disputes related to the development of renewable energy, in state and local government institutions, supervises regulatory and problematic aspects of project development. · Energy & Renewables
Rasa Mikutienė
Rasa Mikutiene is a Specialist Counsel at COBALT Lithuania. She specialises in tax law and has over ten years of experience in consulting clients on a wide range of direct and indirect tax matters. Rasa‘s main area of competence is value added tax, including the taxation of real estate transactions, finance and insurance products, cross-border supply chains and many others. · Tax
Rasa Zaščiurinskaitė
Rasa Zaščiurinskaitė is a Partner and Head of the Competition Practice Group at COBALT Lithuania. For over 16 years, she has concentrated her practice in competition law and has substantial experience in Energy, Pharmacy, Aviation and other regulated areas of law. She has also gained valuable knowledge of EU competition law through attendance of numerous international and national conferences. Rasa also delivers presentations at local and international EU law conferences and has been contributing articles on EU competition law to various publications. · Competition
Renata Vasiliauskienė
Renata Vasiliauskienė is a Senior Associate in IP & IT and Regulatory Law practice group in COBALT and has over 12 years of legal experience. Her main expertise areas include regulatory compliance (including electronic communications and cybersecurity), data protection and consumer protection (including OMNIBUS and content management pursuant to DSA). · Intellectual Property
Rimantas Simaitis
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. · Dispute Resolution
Rokas Daugėla
Rokas Daugėla is a partner and Head of the Tax Practice Group. Rokas is specialising in the area of Tax, where he has over 10 years of experience in advising local and international clients on Lithuanian and cross-border taxation and transfer pricing issues. Rokas holds an LLM in International Tax Law and has gained valuable experience in International tax at a leading Dutch law firm Loyens & Loeff. Rokas is recommended as a leading tax practitioneer in Lithuania by Tax Directors Handbook and the Legal 500. · Tax
Simona Liuimienė
Simona Liuimienė is a Managing Associate, specializing in all aspects of competition law, including state aid, commercial relationships between retailers and suppliers, regulated competition as well as litigation. Her experience of 15 years includes working at the Lithuanian Competition Council, the European Commission, as well as international consulting company and international law firm. · Competition
Vydmantas Grigoravičius
Vydmantas Grigoravičius is an Partner with more than 16 years of experience in the Private and Public Real Estate Management and Leasing, Privatization, Construction law and Disputes Resolution. Mr Grigoravičius advises and represents clients in areas of real estate, state and municipal property management, its use and disposal and also privatization law. · Real Estate
Vytautas Vosylius
Vytautas Vosylius is a Senior Associate in the Banking and Finance Practice Group. Vytautas specializes in the field of banking and finance, private and venture capital and financial services regulatory. He consults Lithuanian and international clients in financing and security transactions as well as regarding financial services regulatory compliance matters, such as regulation of consumer credit, funds, management companies and payment services, implementation of requirements of prevention of money laundering and others. · Banking & Finance
Žilvinas Kvietkus
Žilvinas Kvietkus is a Partner at COBALT Lithuania and Head of Corporate Transactions Department.During more than 20 years legal practice Žilvinas Kvietkus has advised on a wide range of pharmaceutical work and possesses extensive experience in the Lithuanian and EU pharmaceutical sector. Mr Kvietkus has acted for numerous clients in many significant cases related to copyrights, trademarks and patents, in addition he has provided extensive counselling in M&A transactions involving pharmaceutical, telecoms and other regulated sectors. Other specialisations include labour and commercial laws. · Corporate / M&A
Žygimantas Pacevičius
Žygimantas Pacevičius is a Partner in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team. Mr Pacevičius is actively involved in disputes in insurance and finance, management liability, insolvency, and the media. During 20 years of his legal practice, Žygimantas Pacevičius has advised and represented clients in many disputes related to various areas of law. · Dispute Resolution
