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Elijus Burgis is a Partner and Head of the firm’s Corporate Transactions Department. He has more than 20 years of experience in advising on different M&A, banking, project finance and competition law matters. International law directories have ranked him among the leading Lithuanian experts in M&A, Banking and Competition law. Elijus Burgis holds a Law degree from Vilnius University, Lithuania and a Master of European Law degree from Stockholm University, Sweden.
During the years of his practice Mr Burgis has been an adviser in a number of the largest M&A transactions and financing projects in Lithuania and has also advised clients on various matters related to corporate, banking and finance, securities and competition law.
- Corporate/Commercial – Band 1, Chambers Global 2025
- Corporate/Commercial – Band 1, Chambers Europe 2025
- Commercial, Corporate and M&A – Leading partners, The Legal 500 2025
- Corporate/Commercial – Band 2, Chambers Global 2023
- Corporate/Commercial – Band 2, Chambers Europe 2023
- Banking and finance – Highly regarded, IFLR1000 2022
- Corporate and M&A – Hall of fame, Legal500 2022
- M&A – Highly regarded, IFLR1000 2022
- Banking and finance – Band 3, Chambers 2020
- Competition/Antitrust – Band 3, Chambers 2020
- Competition – Highly regarded, IFLR1000 2020
- Project finance – Highly regarded, IFLR1000 2020
Languages
- Lithuanian, English, Russian
Membership in organizations and education
- Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) (since 2009)
- Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association (since 2002)
- Since 2002 Member of the European Young Bar Association, President (2005-2006)
- Since 2000 Member of the Lithuanian Young Bar Association, President (2004-2009)
- Faculty of Law, Stockholm University, Sweden (Master of European Law) (2001)
- Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Lithuania (Law degree) (1999)
