Practice Areas
- Arbitration
- Commercial Law
- Construction - Engineering
- Corporate Law
- Energy - Natural Resources
- Infrastructure
- Insolvency
- Insurance
- Investment - Concession agreements
- Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation
- Maritime Law
- Mediation
- Public international Law
- Real Estate
- Sales - Purchases
- Transport
Bar Admission
COUNTRYSTATE / REGION
Bar Admission - Country and State:
Country: Lithuania
State: Vilnius County
Experience with arbitral institutions
- Arbitration Institute (SCC)
- Arbitration Institute of the Finland Chamber of Commerce (FAI)
- Arbitration Institute of the Oslo Chamber of Commerce
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)
- International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
- International Commercial Arbitration Court at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation (ICAC)
- London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
- Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC)
Education
1994 Queen Mary & Westfield College, University of London, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Maritime Law
1993 Vilnius University, Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree
1992 Studies at Örebro University, Sweden
Speaking Engagements
Some:
· Moderator at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2024: National Security in Investment and Commercial Arbitration: Sword and Shield?
· Moderator of the Baltics panel at London International Dispute Resolution Week 2024
· Moderator at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2023: Complex Arbitration Clauses
· Speaker at International Arbitration Congress, Barcelona, 2022
· Moderator at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2022: Sanctions and Other Contemporary Challenges in International Arbitration
· Speaker at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2021: Expert Opinion as a Means of Substantiation
· Speaker at Spring of Law Science 2019, Vinius University: Application of Interim Measures in Arbitration Proceedings
· Speaker at Swedish Arbitration Day 2018: Strategy in Written Advocacy
· Speaker at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2017: Review of ICC Arbitration Court Practice
· Moderator at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2016: Extension of Arbitration Clause to Non-signatories
· Moderator at Vilnius Arbitration Day 2015: 25 Years of Arbitration in Central and Eastern Europe - Experience and New Trends
· Speaker at arbitration conference in Tbilisi, Sakartvelo, October 2014: Benefits and Challenges of International Arbitration Today
Teaching Experience
1995, 2001 - Lecturer of Maritime law, Klaipėda University, Lithuania
Other Information
Vilija has been a member of the Lithuanian Bar Association since 1999. From 2006 to 2017, she served as member for Lithuania at ICC International Court of Arbitration and was an ex officio member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration.
She is a recommended arbitrator of the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration and the Polish Lewiatan Court of Arbitration, a member of Association ArbitralWomen, and a member of the International Arbitration Institute in Paris (IAI).
Since 2017, Vilija has served as Honorary Consul of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Lithuania.
Vilija speaks Lithuanian (native), English, Russian, and Italian (conversational).
Main Country of Residence
Lithuania
Some:
· ICCA publication International Handbook on Commercial Arbitration, Supplement 60, Chapter: Lithuania, 2018 and other editions
· Chapter in IBA (International Bar Association) publication “Arbitration – Country Guides – Lithuania”, 2016
· Article “Lithuania on the Use and Utility of the IBA Rules and Guidelines, The IBA Arbitration guidelines and rules subcommittee”, 31 January 2016
· Co-translator of Legal Theory of International Arbitration, Emmanuel Gaillard, issued by Ellex Valiunas, 2016
· Articles in Kluwer arbitration blog “Can an Investor Claim Lost Profits for Breach of Pre-contractual Relations?” and Global Arbitration Review about “TREATY ARBITRATION: Lost Profits for Breach of Pre-contractual Relations”, 2013
· Co-author of Section on Lithuania in Arbitraje Comercial Internacional en Europa (Collantes González, J-L & Cremades, A-C (Directors), issued by Biblioteca de Arbitraje del Estudio Mario Castillo Freyre (Lima, Peru), 2013
· Country Rapporteur, ICC International Court of Arbitration Bulletin, 2008 Special Supplement Guide to National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of New York Convention Awards, 2008
· Country Report on International Arbitration in Lithuania in Arbitration Law and Practice in Central and Eastern Europe, by Juris Publishing, Wolf Thesis, 2008
