Professor Dr Rimantas Simaitis

About
Professor Dr Rimantas Simaitis is a Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Department, having over 20 years of experience in this field. His areas of expertise include litigation, alternative dispute resolution (negotiation, arbitration, mediation), penal law and procedure, energy law, and transport law. Professor Dr Simaitis holds a Doctor’s degree of Social Sciences (Law) from Vilnius University, Lithuania. He is a Professor at Vilnius University faculty of Law, recommended arbitrator at Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration. He has been, and remains, an active member and/or head of various working groups formed by the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Council, the Parliament of Lithuania, and the Council of Europe.
Practice
- Arbitration & Mediation
- Competition Law Disputes
- Corporate Disputes
- Cross-Border Disputes and Enforcement
- Data Protection & Technology, Media and Cryptocurrency Disputes
- Energy & Utilities
- Energy Law Disputes
- Environmental Law Disputes
- European Union Law Disputes
- Insurance Disputes
- Intellectual Property & Pharma Disputes
- Internal Investigations
- Litigation
- Other Civil and Commercial Disputes
- Private Clients, Family Law and Inheritance Disputes
- Product Liability and Consumer Protection
- Public Administrative, Constitutional & Tax Disputes
- Real Estate and Construction Disputes
- Restructuring & Insolvency
- Transport Disputes
- White Collar Crime
- Dispute Resolution – Band 2, Chambers Global 2025
- Dispute Resolution – Band 2, Chambers Europe 2025
- Dispute resolution – Leading partners, The Legal 500 2025
- Dispute Resolution – Band 2, Chambers Global 2023
- Dispute Resolution – Band 2, Chambers Europe 2023
- Dispute resolution – Next generation partners, The Legal 500 2022
Languages
- Lithuanian, English, Russian
Membership & education
- On-line mediator of the Chamber of Arbitration Milan (RisolviOnline).
- Since 2008 Member of the Board and the Council of the Alumni Society of the Faculty of Law of Vilnius University, Chairman of the Board (2003-2008)
- Since 2006 Member of the Lithuanian Bar Association
- Since 2006 Recommended arbitrator of Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration
- 2006 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, PhD
- 2000 Faculty of Law, Vilnius University, Master’s degree in Law