Education
2010 – Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree obtained from Mykolas Romeris University
2012 – Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree obtained from Mykolas Romeris University
2022 – Doctor of Economics (PhD) degree obtained from Mykolas Romeris University
Professional activities
Secretary General at Lithuanian National Association of Forwarders and Logistics – LINEKA since 2010
Lector at The Faculty of Public Governance and Business, Mykolas Romeris University since 2018
Lawyer at the Law Office of Attorney Mindaugas Šimkūnas and Partners VERUM since 2020
Associate at the Law Office of Attorney Mindaugas Šimkūnas since 2023
Areas of Legal Practice
Transport Law, Corporate Law, Labour Law, EU Law
Languages
Lithuanian, English and Russian
Experience:
- Prepared transport and logistics companies' operational and organizational documents (e.g., protocols for identifying cargo damage/shortages, descriptions of cargo transfer procedures to carriers, acceptance of delivered cargo from carriers and descriptions of identified cargo damage or shortages and formalization procedures, descriptions of contract creation, signing, and execution procedures, daily allowance payment procedures, drivers' official regulations, etc.).
- Assisted an Israeli citizen in identifying individuals who fraudulently lured 16,320.00 Euros of our client's funds through the Booking.com platform.
- Prepared procedural documents and successfully represented a Lithuanian logistics company in a legal dispute regarding a 5,591.96 Euros debt for the granted services of goods storage, securing a court decision in favour of the company.
- Provided consultation and, along with colleagues, represented a foreign transport company in a pre-trial dispute concerning 3,600.00 Euros, where the freight forwarder in Lithuania included unjustified cargo damage losses in a counterclaim. The Client's debt of 3,600.00 Euros was fully paid.
- Provided consultation and, together with colleagues, represented a Lithuanian transport company in a pre-trial dispute regarding damages of 22,732.41 Euros incurred due to the sender's failure to fulfil the obligation to provide our client, the carrier, with comprehensive information about the true nature of the transported cargo. The dispute concluded favourably for the Client with a settlement agreement.
- Prepared procedural documents and successfully represented the Client in resolving a dispute in court where the debtor unjustly invoked the European Union International Sanctions regime to evade fulfilling the existing obligation. The Client's debt of 15,418.85 Euros was fully paid.
