Ellex
Ellex has 250 lawyers and a total of 288 employees (as of 2017), the largest law firm group in the Baltic States one of the largest law firm in Eastern Europe . The law firm specializes in commercial law . "Ellex" form "Klavins Ellex" in Latvia , " Raidla Ellex" ( Estonia ) and " Valiunas Ellex" ( Lithuania ).
history
LAWIN
In 1992 the three lawyers Raimundas Lideika, Arūnas Petrauskas and Rolandas Valiūnas merged and founded a law firm. In 2004 the law firms Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai , Klavins & Slaidins in Latvia and Lepik & Luhaäär in Estonia formed the LAWIN Group. In 2005 Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai became Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai LAWIN (by analogy also Latvian and Estonian law firms).
In 2010, a total of 150 lawyers worked for the then LAWIN group in Lithuania , Latvia and Estonia . The group is made up of three national law firms: LAWIN Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai (in Lithuania), Klavins & Slaidins LAWIN (in Latvia) and Lepik & Luhaäär LAWIN (in Estonia). Partner of Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai LAWIN were from 2011 Dovilė Burgienė, Jaunius Gumbis, Vitoldas Kumpa, Tomas Milašauskas, Raimundas Lideika, Arūnas Petrauskas, Ramūnas Petravicius, Gediminas Rečiūnas, Giedrius Stasevičius, Vilija Vaitkute Pavan, Rolandas Valiūnas and Žilvinas Zinkevičius .
Ellex
The three Baltic law firms have been operating under the Ellex name since 2015 . The new group is led by lawyer Rolandas Valiūnas . Managing partners are Rolandas Valiūnas (Lithuania), Filip K. Klavins (Latvia), Toomas Vaher / Juri Raidla (Estonia). In 2015 there were 158 lawyers (91 in Lithuania), including 31 partners (15 in Lithuania). The working languages are mainly English, as well as Russian, French, German, Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian.
Former Employees
Former employees of the company are among others
- Gintautas Bartkus (* 1966), former Lithuanian Minister of Justice
- Vesta Kasputė (* 1984), chess player (WFM) and business lawyer
- Šarūnas Keserauskas (* 1975), head of the Lithuanian competition authority
- Julius Pagojus (* 1987), Lithuanian Vice Minister of Justice
- Vitas Vasiliauskas (* 1973), Head of the Lithuanian Bank, former Deputy Finance Minister
Employee
Employees of the law firm are among others
- Egidijus Baranauskas (* 1967), Associate Partner, Professor at the MRU
- Jaunius Gumbis (* 1968), partner and honorary consul
- Mindaugas Kiškis (* 1975), Associate Partner, Professor of the MRU
- Vytautas Mizaras (* 1974), partner, copyright holder, professor at Vilnius University
Individual evidence
- ↑ Estijoje jungiasi "Ellex Raidla" ir "Primus" advokatų kontoros
- ↑ Latvijoje jungiasi advokatų kontoros "Ellex" ir "Glimstedt" (daily newspaper Verslo žinios )
- ↑ Ellex (Lithuania) ( Legal 500 Ratings)
- ^ Pan-Baltic firms Lawin and Raidla Lejins split to form new alliances (The Lawyer)
- ^ Chambers Europe. Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business
- ^ Law firm merger creates legal powerhouse in the Baltic States
- ^ New firm Ellex emerges in Baltics
- ↑ "Lawin" advokatų kontora išaugo ir tapo "Valiūnas Ellex" (Tomas Kavaliauskas, Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija 2015, LRT.LT Naujienos)
- ↑ Firm profile: Ellex ( Chambers Europe Rankings )
Web links
- Ellex (English)
- "Valiunas Ellex" (English)