Rimantas Simaitis

Practice Areas

Administrative & Constitutional Law

Arbitration

Energy & Utilities

Litigation

Restructuring & Insolvency

White Collar

Career

Dr Rimantas Simaitis is Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Department, having over 19 years experience in this field. His areas of expertise include litigation, alternative dispute resolution (negotiation, arbitration, mediation), penal law and procedure, energy law, and transport law. 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.

Professional Memberships

Since 2006 Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association

Since 2006 Recommended arbitrator of Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration

On-line mediator of the Chamber of Arbitration Milan (RisolviOnline)

Publications

Clifford Chance Unilateral Option Clauses Survey 2021

A New Wave of Mediation in Lithuania - What Does it Mean for Lawyers

COVID-19 in Lithuania: Does it already qualify as an event of force majeure?

New Wave of Mediation in Lithuania: What Does it Mean for Lawyers?

Exploiting Electronisation Potential to Speed Up the Lithuanian Civil Process