BALTIC LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR Awarded by Chambers Europe (2014) Subscribe to our newsletter! RSS Print News Deals Seminars Publications Expertise People Careers Offices About us SORAINEN Lithuania boosted by accession of two partners and a team from BORENIUS 21.09.2015 Dr. Daivis Švirinas, former managing partner at BORENIUS Lithuania, and Žygimantas Pacevičius, head of the dispute resolution practice at BORENIUS Lithuania, are joining SORAINEN. Along with them a team of eleven qualified lawyers will also join SORAINEN. Comments Laimonas Skibarka, co-managing partner of SORAINEN and office managing partner of SORAINEN Lithuania: “We are glad that Daivis Švirinas and Žygimantas Pacevičius have decided to join our firm, bringing with them a strong team of lawyers. They will further strengthen our practices in competition, energy and dispute resolution and will contribute to helping our clients succeed, which is our core purpose.” Over the past five years Dr. Daivis Švirinas has been managing partner at BORENIUS Lithuania and also headed their competition and energy practices. Now he will head the Competition & Regulatory Team at SORAINEN Lithuania, which includes the Competition, Energy & Utilities, Infrastructure & Regulatory and EU Law practices. With legal experience of over 15 years, Žygimantas Pacevičius will be a partner with the Dispute Resolution Team. Notes Daivis Švirinas: “We have always striven to ensure the highest quality of legal services to our clients. Client expectations have been growing lately and this further stimulates the ongoing consolidation of the legal services market. Having seen the agile growth of SORAINEN in the Baltic States and Belarus, we decided to join this firm with which we also share the same professionalism, high standards and approach towards the quality of legal advice. SORAINEN will be strengthened by the accession of our team and thus even better placed to ensure top quality services to our clients.” Independent international legal directory Chambers Europe recognises Daivis Švirinas as one of the top four competition law experts in Lithuania as well as recommends him for the corporate and commercial areas. Chambers Europe notes that he is a “great strategist who understands the business specifics and can foresee any situation several steps ahead”. The Legal 500 guide commends him for competition practice and praises his “immense knowledge of the renewable energy sector”. Notably, in addition to master and PhD degrees in law, Daivis Švirinas has also obtained a master degree in economics. Žygimantas Pacevičius, who will strengthen the SORAINEN Dispute Resolution Team, has extensive experience in the areas of dispute resolution, insurance, bankruptcy and restructuring. Chambers Europe recommends him for dispute resolution and notes his “excellent analytical skills and great planning skills and his realistic and practical evaluation of cases”. The team of lawyers joining SORAINEN also consists of Dr. Stasys Drazdauskas, a highly experienced lawyer specialising in intellectual property, information technology and dispute resolution, plus attorneys-at-law Jurgita Karvelė, Jonas Kiauleikis, Julija Kirkilienė, Laima Kunčinaitė, Simonas Skukauskas, Andrius Šidlauskas and lawyers Monika Mališauskaitė, Natalja Moll, Ieva Čumačenkaitė and Ingrida Kryžauskienė. Back Home News Search our news archive Location Practice Area Sector group From To Sitemap Legal notices Contact us © SORAINEN All rights reserved