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Practice areas:

Real Estate and Commercial Property, Employment and Immigration Law

Career:

• Since 2009 associate partner of law firm Sutkiene, Pilkauskas ir Partneriai (now TARK GRUNTE SUTKIENE)
• Since 2003 law firm Sutkiene, Pilkauskas & Partners
• 2003 legal counsel for Lithuanian Centre of Exhibitions Litexpo
• 1998–2002 lawyer in law firm Praemissa (formerly, law firm Morison Bishop, Bishop and Robertson Chalmers)
• 1997-1998 State Insurance Supervisory Agency at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Lithuania
• 1996 Vilnius Notary Public Office No. 1

Education:

• Since 2002 associate professor and lecturer on labour law at the Department of Labour Law of the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University
• Since 2001 has been reading for a doctorate at the Department of Labour Law of the Faculty of Law, Vilnius University
• 2000 International Business School at Vilnius University (qualification of an economist)
• 1998 Vilnius University, Faculty of Law, Lithuania

Publications:

• Collective labour relations: a collective agreement // Verslo Žinios, 31 March 2006
• Individual labour relations: termination of an employment contract // Verslo Žinios, 24 March 2006
• Individual labour relations: conclusion of an employment contract // Verslo Žinios, 17 March 2006
• International Labour Law: Lithuania // Matthew Bender & Co., NY
• Employee Involvement in Europe: Lithuania // Kluwer Law International
• Employee Participation In Company Management (Labour Law In United Europe) // Conference Material. Vilnius, 16-18 October 2003

Membership:

• Lithuanian Bar Association
• Centre for International Legal Studies
• Lithuanian Labour Law and Social Security Association

Languages:

Lithuanian, English, Russian

Experience:

• Completed the land parcel transaction for construction of a petrol station by signing and notarising the real estate sale and purchase agreement (2009);
• Represented UAB Šviesos Konversija, a world leading producer of lasers, in acquisition of premises for development of scientific research and manufacturing activities of the company and executing a land usage agreement (2009);
• Represented the client in executing a long-term State-owned land lease agreement concerning a part of the land parcel in the territory of the IT and hi-tech park (2009);
• Counselled the client on the issues of performance/amendment of a lease agreement with one of the major property owners (lessors) (2009);
• Counselled ICON Plc, a world-known provider of pharmacy, biotechnologies and medical devices industry development services, on lease of non-residential premises (2009);
• Drafted legal documents and represented one of the largest dairy processors in negotiations with companies of Ranga IV group regarding lease of office premises of approx. 1,200 square metres (2007 – 2009);
• Represented AB Ventus Nafta (holding a chain of retail petrol stations in Lithuania), which is a company of PKN Orlen group, in negotiations for acquisition and lease of petrol stations in Lithuania (2007 – 2008);
• Represented the client’s interests in writing off of debts of AB Verpstas to the Spanish company Kettering S.A. and lifting the pledge on the equipment owned by AB Verpstas (2008);
• Represented UAB Liningas, a subsidiary of Jessgrove Ltd. in Lithuania, in conclusion of the agreement on purchase of real estate from Domus Altera (in the territory of the former AB Dirbtinis Pluoštas) (2008);
• Represented the major Lithuanian road designing company UAB Kelprojektas in the tender announced by AB Lietuvos Geležinkeliai and in negotiations for designing of the Rail Baltica railroad section from the Lithuanian – Polish border to Marijampolė (2008);
• Counselled AB Pieno žvaigždės, a major dairy processor in Lithuania, on legal issues and drafted property sale-purchase agreements (2008);
• Counselled UAB Mars Lietuva on the matters of labour law (2007);
• In cooperation with Estonian law firm Tark & Co, counselled Sampo Group, Finland’s largest financial services group, about the establishment of its Societas Europaea (2005);
• Counselled Baker & McKenzie, a global law firm, regarding the conducting of International Labour Audit in respect of UAB PHILIP MORRIS LIETUVA (2005);
• In cooperation with the law firm Borenius & Kemppinen, counselled 3i Group plc and Nordea Capital Oy in connection with the acquisition of Empower Holding Oy subsidiaries from PVO and Vattenfall (20