AVOCAD's highly experienced team advises, finds and implements out-of-the-box solutions for you or your business in following practice areas:
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COMPANY ACTIVITIES AND GOVERNANCE
- We will advise you on the establishment, acquisition, liquidation and reorganisation of companies. We will prepare the documents and coordinate the process;
- We will help you choose the legal form of your company and set up its governance structure;
- we will prepare your corporate governance documents;
- We can advise you on corporate governance issues;
- Advising you on resolving and preventing internal disputes;
- We will carry out a legal audit of your company.
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BANKING AND FINANCE
- We will carry out a legal compliance audit of your financial institution;
- help you prepare your documents for a financial institution licence;
- Advising on the drafting or updating of a financial institution's internal procedures in line with the legal framework;
- we will carry out a money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessment of the financial institution;
- We will provide in-house AML/CFT training for financial institution staff.
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REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION LAW
- We can advise you on the drafting and coordination of lease, sublease, sale or other transfer agreements for buildings, premises and land;
- We can help you with real estate and real estate investment, land planning, project preparation, coordination of planning conditions, and obtaining permits from state and municipal authorities;
- We will provide you with solutions for all construction or building design contracts, construction supervision, preparation of contractor or subcontract documents, client-manager-contractor disputes; We will provide you with project administration services in Lithuania and abroad;
- We will advise you on property taxes, insurance, financing, property restoration;
- We can advise you on asset purchase and sale, leasing, leasing leasing, asset management and joint venture transactions;
- drafting and evaluating contracts for contracting, subcontracting, design, construction management and supervision, and joint ventures;
- preparing claims for construction contract work, construction management and maintenance services and other legal documents;
- advising you on the issue and amendment of construction permits;
- We will represent you before all state and municipal authorities, coordinate and control the processes of issuing documents within the competence of the authorities;
- We will advise you on spatial planning issues and ensure the legality and transparency of planning procedures.
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ENERGY LAW
- We will advise you on regulatory issues in the energy sector (licensing, pricing, use of equipment);
- We will introduce you to the investment environment (renewable energy projects);
- helping you with issues related to European Union and international energy law;
- advising you on the regulation and management of energy projects;
- We provide legal advice on trading in energy products;
- represent you before the relevant regulatory authorities and courts.
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ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
- We will help you minimise the potential damage caused by environmental infringements and prepare the related documentation;
- help you assess the environmental requirements for your business;
- represent you before the relevant authorities in obtaining or appealing against the findings.
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BANKRUPTCY AND RESTRUCTURING LAW
- We will advise you on the bankruptcy of a natural person and the bankruptcy or restructuring of a legal entity;
- Preparing the necessary documents for bankruptcy and restructuring proceedings, coordinating the process;
- We will represent you in bankruptcy and restructuring cases in creditors' meetings, creditors' committees and courts.
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RIGHT OF CONTRACT
- We will advise you on general issues of the law of obligations and on matters relating to security for the performance of obligations (suretyship, guarantee, pledge and mortgage);
- We will advise and assist you in drafting complex and large-scale contracts;
- We will summarise your contracts and draw up a performance plan, and monitor the performance of your contracts;
- representing you in negotiations, drafting, negotiating and signing contracts;
- We will conduct legal audits of contracts and other documents used in your company's operations - reviewing and/or assessing the terms of transactions with providers of goods/services, buyers of goods/services or business partners, as well as internal documents and local acts, and preparing and presenting a set of legal conclusions, recommendations and proposals to help you avoid litigation risks due to improperly drafted or executed contracts and other documents.
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COMPETITION LAW
- We will advise you on mergers and acquisitions and prepare the related documents;
- advising you on unfair competition;
- represent you before the Competition Council.
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ADVERTISING LAW
- We can advise you on advertising law issues;
- Advise you on the legal regulation of misleading, comparative, disguised and disseminated advertising, and prepare the necessary documents;
- We'll help you avoid disputes over the content and form of your advertising and its compliance with legal requirements.
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
- We will advise you on drafting copyright agreements and draw up copyright agreements;
- Advising you on trademarks, design and inventions;
- advising you on the legal registration of intellectual property, protection of your rights and remedies;
- representing you in litigation and pre-trial disputes in the field of intellectual property.
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DEBT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
- We will help your company develop a debt management and administration policy;
- we can advise you on declaring your debts bad;
- We will advise you on preventive measures to avoid falling into arrears;
- We will prepare an effective debt management package for you and deliver it to your company;
- We will prepare debt recovery documents and represent you in pre-court and court proceedings;
- We will organise and control the recovery process carried out by bailiffs.
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PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
- We will prepare procurement documents, review them and coordinate the procurement process. If necessary, we will participate in public procurement commissions, prepare responses to claims and represent you in court;
- We can advise you and prepare legal opinions on public procurement;
- advising you on international public procurement;
- representing you in disputes with contracting authorities and drafting all related documents;
- advising you on tax issues related to public procurement;
- We can advise you on how to organise your public procurement online;
- we will represent you in negotiations.
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TAX AND FINANCE LAW
- We can advise you on tax law issues;
- help you optimise your tax;
- We will analyse your operational and tax efficiency;
- We can advise you on tax deferral and deferral arrangements and help you prepare the necessary documents;
- advising you on tax dispute prevention;
- represent you in tax disputes.
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TRANSPORT LAW
- We can advise you on road, rail, sea and air freight transport; freight forwarding, handling and warehousing services;
- We will advise you on carrier's civil liability and insurance;
- We can help you with cargo insurance, customs clearance, seizure and confiscation of goods;
- We will prepare contracts of carriage, claims for improper cargo quality, shortage of cargo, late delivery, prepare documents for the recovery of freight and other payments, and represent you in court.
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MUITES' LAW
- We can advise you on customs procedures, proper clearance and taxation;
- we will represent you in disputes with the Lithuanian customs authorities.
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LABOUR LAW
- We will draft your company's internal local documents (internal rules of procedure, job descriptions, procedures and processes). We will carry out a legal audit of the documents already prepared;
- We will prepare material liability agreements (collective and individual), other documents related to material liability, and advise you on material liability issues;
- prepare documents to protect confidential information (contracts, rules, inventory) prepare non-compete agreements;
- We will draw up an individual employment contract for you (if you have special needs);
- advising you on changing or terminating your employment contract; preparing a package of documents related to changing and/or terminating your employment contract (orders, notices, minutes);
- Advising you on the termination of employment contracts with employees;
- We can advise you on hiring employees, transferring employees to another company in Lithuania or abroad;
- We will represent you in negotiations, in pre-trial labour disputes (drafting related documents) and in court.
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FAMILY AND SUCCESSION LAW
- We will advise you in advance when you are about to get married or start living together: we will inform you about the legal consequences of marriage, the rights and obligations of the spouses, and other issues related to marriage;
- We can advise you on prenuptial and postnuptial agreements and help you draw them up;
- We will help you with all aspects of divorce - choosing the method of divorce, dealing with the division of matrimonial property in the event of divorce and non-remarriage (separation), advising you on child support and residence, and assisting you with the arrangements for contacting your children;
- We can advise you on inheritance law;
- represent you in legal disputes arising from family and inheritance law.
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MEDICAL LAW
- We can advise you on medical law;
- advise and represent you in disputes with patients and public authorities (in court and before other institutions, bodies and organisations).
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EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE IN DRAFTING LEGISLATION
- We will draft the legislation you need, including identifying the level of legislation you need, drafting the legislation and submitting it to public authorities;
- represent your interests before public authorities to defend your proposals and comments;
- assisting public authorities or other bodies in drafting legislation, making proposals and analysing discrepancies.
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REPRESENTATION IN COURT AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION METHODS
- We will represent you in national and international courts;
- advise you on alternative dispute resolution methods (arbitration, mediation, negotiation);
- We can help you with the recognition and enforcement of judgments abroad;
- supervising and administering the enforcement of judgments;
- drafting the necessary procedural documents (including claims, counterclaims, appeals, complaints, defences, replies, duplicates, triplicates, separate appeals, appeals, cassation appeals and replies, etc.);
- We advise you on litigation strategy and procedure, and represent you in civil, administrative, employment, tax and criminal cases;
- We will represent you in international and domestic commercial arbitration, recognition and enforcement of foreign court and arbitral awards in Lithuania and Lithuanian court and arbitral awards abroad.