Events
2 March, 2010
Motieka & Audzevicius is delighted to notify about the publication of Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration 2010 in UK. The Lithuanian chapter has been prepared by lawyers of Motieka & Audzevicius.1 March, 2010
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have succesfully defended the client in the Supreme Court of Lithuania against Lithuania's major oil refinery regarding the compensation for the use of invention protected by patent.20 February, 2010
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius advised the client in more than 1,1 million euro dispute with one of the largest investment banks in the Baltic States.17 February, 2010
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius advised the client in more than 2,2 million euro dispute with one of the largest real estate developers in the Baltic States.27 January, 2010
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have drafted the overview of the Lithuanian cartel regulation laws in the 2010 edition of the “Getting the Deal Through” comparative guide to law and regulation. The 2010 Cartel Regulation is the first “Getting the Deal Through” overview of the Lithuanian anti-cartel laws.11 January, 2010
Motieka & Audzevicius is pleased to announce that two attorneys have entered into partnership with Motieka & Audzevicius effective from January 1, 2010. Henrikas Celencevicius and Giedrius Kolesnikovas have been invited to become the partners of Motieka & Audzevicius.Senior Partner Kazimieras Motieka congratulates the new partners and wishes them to continue with the traditions of the law firm with their own ideas, abilities, constant improvement of knowledge, high culture and exemplary behavior to sustain law firm’s erudition, impeccable behavior and professionalism in relationships with clients. Short CV’s of the partners:
28 December, 2009
Edition of Lithuanian Bar Association “Bar News” has published an interview with senior partner of Motieka & Audzevicius Kazimieras Motieka.The article, named “You Must Work So That You Would Not Feel Guilty Against Yourself ”, is dedicated to K.Motieka’s 50-year anniversary of the attorney practice.
Please find the full text of the article in Publication section of the website.
17 December, 2009
Today, during the Board Session of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, Motieka & Audzevicius has delivered the award to the top first year student Ms. Aliona Bitkivskaja.4 December, 2009
Lawyer Emil Radzihovsky of Motieka & Audzevicius has obtained the Magister Juris (MJur) degree at the University of Oxford. Mr Radzihovsky is now the first holder of the Oxford Mjur in Lithuania.27 November, 2009
Motieka & Audzevicius is delighted to announce about the launch of Restructuring & Insolvency 2010. This edition was published by Getting The Deal Through in the UK.23 November, 2009
Attorney at law Giedrius Kolesnikovas has represented AB “Dvarcioniu keramika” (major tile manufacturer in the Republic of Lithuania) in implementing official mandatory tender offer of its shares.16 November, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have succesfully defended one of the major catering and food supply companies in the litigation against the company‘s major competitor in the Court of Appeals regarding the results of the public procurement contest.30 October, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the client against Lithuania’s major oil refinery regarding the compensation for the use of invention protected by patent.18 September, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius agreed to defend one of the largest investors in Lithuanian energy industry from the claim that exceeds 520 000 000 litas (i.e. more than 220 000 000 USD).14 September, 2010
Motieka & Audzevicius has contributed to the launch of Private Antitrust Litigation 2010. This edition was published by Getting The Deal Through in the UK in association with Global Competition Review.3 September, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended one of the major corporate finance, asset management and brokerage service firms in litigation against the investor‘s claim to arrest the assets of the client.1 September, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have succesfully defended one of the major catering and food supply companies in the litigation against the company‘s major competitor in the Court of first instance regarding the results of the public procurement contest.28 August, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the client in litigation initiated by bank regarding the claim of forfeit and damages against one of the major players in Lithuania in the field of corporate finance, asset management and brokerage service. Litigation has been led to the settlement.26 August, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have assisted one of the major players in Lithuania in the field of corporate finance, asset management and brokerage service to reach a settlement in litigation initiated by bank regarding the claim of forfeit and damages.21 August, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented one of the major event organiser in Lithuania in cartel case, where court of appeal instance granted the appeal of the client and imposed the interim measures on the decision of the national competition authority regarding the penalty (final decision).13 August, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended one of the major players in Lithuania in the field of corporate finance, asset management and brokerage service in litigation initiated by bank regarding the imposition of the interim measures (final decision).31 July, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the client in bankruptcy litigation against the administrator’s claim to declare the share sales – purchase agreement null and void.30 July, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the clients in civil litigation against the General Prosecutor's Office.20 July, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have participated in blood donation, organized by Institution National Blood Centre at Lithuanian Bar Association’s premises.13 July, 2009
Attorney at Law Giedrius Kolesnikovas was elected to the managing board of Dvarcioniu keramika, AB.29 June, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have successfully represented one of the major bakery companies in the litigation process regarding the land lease rights beneath the buildings owned by the company.26 June, 2009
Lawyer of the law firm Motieka & Audzevicius Mr. Tomas Samulevicius has represented the client before the European Court of Auditors and the European Commission regarding the legality of public procurement procedures.16 June, 2009
Hedman Group – unique network of law firms in the Baltic states, Finland and Russia is established.15 June, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have successfully represented one of the major bakery companies in the litigation process regarding the legality of registration of buildings.12 May, 2009
Mr. Giedrius Grazulis of Motieka & Audzevicius was appointed to be the General Secretary of the Lithuanian Young Bar Association.12 May, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have succesfully defended one of the major catering and food supply companies in the litigation against the company‘s major competitor in the Court of Appeals regarding the results of the public procurement contest.29 April, 2009
Mr. Giedrius Grazulis of Motieka & Audzevicius was elected to the Board of the Lithuanian Young Bar Association.23 April, 2009
We are proud to inform that Motieka & Audzevicius has been ranked by Chambers Europe 2009 as a one of the leading in Dispute Resolution and Corporate/Commercial areas of expertise.06 April, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented one of the major players in Lithuania in the field of coporate finance, asset management and brokerage service in an investigation initiated by Securities Commission of the Republic of Lithuania.27 March, 2009
Motieka & Audzevicius has been ranked as a leading firm in its working fields by Legal 500. Published for over twenty years, the Legal 500 provides the worldwide coverage currently available on legal services providers in over 100 countries.26 March, 2009
Motieka & Audzevicius is looking to employ a lawyer. Please find more information in Career section of the website.13 March, 2009
Motieka & Audzevicius signed the agreement with Vilnius City Municipality for defense from claims that were submitted to the court by the formerly Vilnius City Mayor Mr. Juozas Imbrasas.23 February, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have assisted the largest Lithuanian petroleum exploration company to reach a settlement in negotiations and represented in related litigation against Lithuanian Geological Survey under the Ministry of Environment regarding annulment of it‘s decisions.18 February, 2009
Attorney at law Giedrius Kolesnikovas was elected to the managing board of UAB Kelprojektas (leading road and bridge engineering company in Lithuania). Giedrius Kolesnikovas shall represent the interests of one of the main shareholders in the company.13 February, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented the client in litigation with bailiff regarding the annulment of the unlawful enforcement.9 February, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the client in litigation with real estate contractor regarding the claim to award the additional reward for the accomplished work and damages.27 January, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented insolvent company in litigation against black-handed creditor to recognize null and void all the agreements that have been entered into between insolvent company and the creditor.26 January, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have provided strategic legal advice for the client in dispute with Russian sugar factories ending with full satisfaction of the client’s claims in the international commercial arbitration court.20 January, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the Baltic investor in procedure at the Appeals Division of the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania against local rival from charges on the validity of the trade mark registration. All claims to annul client‘s trade mark registration have been rejected.15 January, 2009
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have consulted and drafted necessary documents for creating of the holding structure for one of the major agribusiness companies in Lithuania.28 December, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius sucessfully advised the purchaser in the acquisition of the shares of the sea cargo handling company.24 December, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius sucessfully advised the purchaser in the acquisition of wholesale veterinary products business.15 December, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the local investor in litigation against State tax inspection from charges in tax avoidance case. All calculated taxes and fines have been withdrawn by the central tax administrator after several court cases.12 December, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised and represented the majority shareholder of the largest Lithuanian petroleum exploration company in the legal squeeze out of minority shareholders.10 December, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised the local investor on creation of the holding structure of real estate development company.2 December, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have completed of vendor due diligence of aviation services company.20 November, 2008
Mr.Giedrius Kolesnikovas of Motieka & Audzevicius, together with Hedman Partners and Skrastins & Dzenis, has delivered a presentation of latest trends in mergers & acquisitions in Lithuania in Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce in Finland.18 November, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended the largest Lithuanian petroleum exploration company in litigation and negotiations against Lithuanian Government regarding invalidation of arbitration clause.7 November, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have successfully advised and represented one of the major Lithuanian real estate developers in sales of the part of the land plot necessary for social needs of Vilnius City.27 October, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented the local investor in squeeze out litigation for establishment of the price of the shares.8 October, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have defended shareholders of one of the largest companies in Lithuania against the hostile claim for invalidation of the share sale-purchase contract.7 October, 2008
Today, during the Board Session of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, Motieka & Audzevicius has delivered the award to the top first year students Ieva Jasinauskaite and Justinas Jarusevicius.3 October, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised and represented one of the major Lithuanian real estate developers in litigation against Kaunas City Municipality in respect of illegal refusal to transfer the rights to organize the detailed planning of the territory.25 September, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius are representing one of the largest airlines in the Baltic states in litigation against rival company for compensation of damages incurred due to rival‘s alleged breach of EC competition rules. Upon the request of attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius on the 25th of September 2008 Vilnius district court has applied interim measures and arrested assets of the rival company in amount close to 200 million Litas.19 September, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised and represented the major Lithuanian ground handling company in litigation against Lithuanian Competition Council in respect of starting of investigation against one of the local airport.18 September, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised and represented the major Lithuanian property administration company in complex acquisition of one of the largest property administration entities in Vilnius market.8 September, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius are advising one of the largest commodity trade and agricultural business companies in Lithuania in litigation in against the one of the major Russian agricultural business holdings.18 August, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have participated in drafting prospectus and other necessary documents for the listing of the operational leasing and management services company in Warsaw Stock Exchange.19 June, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented insolvent company in litigation against black-handed creditor.21 May, 2008
Lawyer Tomas Samulevicius of Motieka & Audzevicius has obtained an LL.M degree at Columbia Law School. Mr.Samulevicius is now the first holder of the Columbia LL.M and Ivy League LL.M in Lithuania.30 April, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented the claimant in litigation related with illegal construction of premises.28 March, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented the largest Lithuanian petroleum exploration company in litigation against Lithuanian Geological Survey and Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania in respect of performance of obligation to issue the administrative decision.26 March, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented the client in litigation regarding the public tender against both Kaunas City Municipality and consortium led by the Europe's largest engineering conglomerate.3 March, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented the local investor in litigation for specific performance of the right to enter into the privatization agreement.16 February, 2008
Tomas Samulevicius, an attorney of the firm and an LLM candidate in Columbia Law School has participated in the European Law Moot Court Regional Semi-Finals, held in Maribor, Slovenia, on 13-17th of February 2008, as a member of the Columbia Law School team. The Columbia team has shown great result and secured the first place by beating out 11 teams representing top European and US law schools. This achievement has opened the door for the Columbia team to participate in the Final round of the European Law Moot Court to be held in Luxembourg in April of 2008 and argued before the judges of the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance.10 January, 2008
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius is advising an international investor regarding construction of the office and apartment center "Evita".18 December, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised local investors in construction of the terminal of maintenance and repair in Vilnius International Airport.14 December, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised and represented one of the largest airlines in the Baltic States in litigation against Lithuanian Competition Council in respect of starting of investigation against one of the international airports.28 November, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevičius have represented the shareholder of major ceramic tile manufacturers in the sale of the shareholder’s interest in the company.26 November, 2007
Mr. Ramūnas Audzevičius, the partner of Motieka & Audzevičius, along with Mr. Edvardas Makelis (former Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania) and Mr. Hugh M. Thomas (former partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers) has been elected to the Supervisory Board of Agrowill, one of the largest agribusiness companies in Lithuania.9 November, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevičius have represented the shareholders of one of the leading drug and medical substances wholesaler companies in the sale of part of their shares and structuring shareholders’ agreement.24 October, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have successfully advised one of the biggest Latvian investment funds in purchase of the shopping centre in Kaunas.19 October, 2007
Today, during the Board Session of the Law Faculty of Vilnius University, Motieka & Audzevičius has delivered the award to the best first year student Rasa Daugulytė.September, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevičius advised the majority shareholders of the major biofuel production companies in structuring the joint venture with foreign investors.20 September, 2007
Attorney at law Jovitas Elzbergas, former Director of Legal department of the Vilnius Municipality, has joined Motieka & Audzevičius team as a partner. He will lead real estate & construction law practice group. J.Elzbergas has graduated Law Faculty of Vilnius University, as well as International Business School of Vilnius University, studied law in Zurich University (Switzerland). According to the Senior Partner of Motieka & Audzevičius Kazimieras Motieka, J.Elzbergas with his high expertise and wide experience is one of the leading Lithuanian lawyers in real estate & construction law.31 August, 2007
Web-site of Motieka & Audzevičius was renewed. Our present and future clients will have a possibility to learn more about our philosophy, employees and performed work.17 August, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented one of the largest airlines in the Baltic States in litigation against the State in relation of the civil claim submitted by the Prosecutor’s office of Vilnius City.1 August, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented one of the major foreign investors acting in Lithuanian real estate market in litigation regarding detailed plan and permit for construction in Vilnius City.15 July, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevičius have successfully advised one of the largest airlines in the Baltic States on matters of allegations for the breach of competition laws by Lithuanian Competition council. The investigation initiated by the Lithuanian competition council against the airlines was terminated by that council itself with no negative consequences to the client of Motieka & Audzevičius whatsoever.10 July, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have advised Lithuanian investors in privatization of Malev Hungarian Airlines.22 June, 2007
Attorneys of Motieka & Audzevicius have represented the largest Lithuanian oil exploration company in litigation against Lithuanian Geological Survey regarding the public tender.20 June, 2007
Motieka & Audzevičius from Lithuania, Hedman Osborne Clark from Estonia and Finland, Skrastins & Dzenis from Latvia have established the Baltic Partnership by entering into Cooperation agreement. The purpose of the Partnership is to cooperate in providing high value legal services and attracting new clients and businesses in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland.25 May, 2007
Lawyer Giedrius Kolesnikovas of Motieka & Audzevicius has obtained an LL.M degree at Duke University, School of Law. Mr.Kolesnikovas is now the first holder of the Duke LL.M in Lithuania.4 May, 2007
Motieka & Audzevičius is seeking to employ a paralegal.Read more...
