Competition/Antitrust | Europe

Ellex Valiunas maintains its position at the top of the competition law rankings in Lithuania. The team is highly esteemed for its work on merger control filings, including representing clients in challenges to both prohibitions and clearances. The law firm offers further notable work in behavioural investigations, particularly into allegations of participation in cartels. Team members have expertise in contentious state aid mandates. The firm is particularly active in the energy, life sciences and media sectors, as well as acting for state-owned clients. It has further strengthened its bench with the hire of Lauras Butkevičius.

COBALT frequently defends clients in investigations into allegations of market sharing and price fixing. The law firm also represents clients in competition law damages actions and state aid disputes. The team has further experience in merger clearance notifications, market inquiries and competition law compliance matters. The firm has a number of clients from the transport sector and often acts for public sector organisations.

Sorainen is active on both merger filings and behavioural matters. The law firm represents clients in investigations into allegations of bid rigging, hub-and-spoke agreements and resale price maintenance. The team further assists clients with appeals against fines and disputes concerning merger notifications. It cooperates with its other offices to assist clients with large-scale compliance projects.

TGS Baltic has a strong focus on merger clearance mandates, often working alongside colleagues in the firm's other offices in the region for pan-Baltic filings. The law firm is also active on state aid mandates and in damages actions. The team assists a number of potentially dominant companies with competition law compliance.

WALLESS is a popular choice for clients from the life sciences and healthcare sectors. The law firm has a broad competition law practice that covers both merger clearance mandates and behavioural investigations. In addition, it assists clients with appeals against fines, private enforcement damages actions and state aid matters. WALLESS has recently strengthened its team with the hire of Edita Daukšienė.