Deals and cases

TGS Baltic has successfully defended interests of a group of employees against Ryanair in the court of first instance

10 former employees of Ryanair were unlawfully dismissed. The employer, in the course of transfer of a part of the business, did not offer the employees the same employment conditions with the new employer (the business assignee), but decided to dismiss employees due to excessive work functions. Employees, as flight attendants, were not given extended annual leave while working for Ryanair, either.

Transfer of Vilnius City heating infrastructure

In 2002, AB Vilniaus Šilumos Tinklai leased the heat and electricity production infrastructure of Vilnius City to UAB Vilniaus Energija for a period of 15 years. The leased infrastructure consisted of several power plants and all supporting infrastructure.

TGS Baltic represents the clients in the ongoing dispute against UAB Litesko

In 2001, the Alytus City Municipality and company controlled by it UAB Alytaus šilumos tinklai leased the heat production infrastructure of Alytus city to UAB Litesko for a period of 15 years and assigned the heat and hot water supply activity in the respective territory to the lessee. In 2005, the parties agreed to extend the lease agreements for ten years, i.e. for the period until 2026. In 2007, the parties agreed on additional investments into a biofuel plant.

TGS counselled UAB Skandia Operations Center

TGS Baltic advised Headex Group

TGS Baltic advised the company on the status of agency employees and posted employees, also provided full scope legal assistance re change of the employment model, applicable with regard to the posted employees, prepared all related documentation (including, but not limited to, a new wording of the employment contract, various consents, orders, etc.). 

TGS counselled Stora Enso Packaging

TGS counselled the client on various employment law matters (such as employee remuneration issues, incentives, compensation for business trips, dismissals, etc.). Also, we provided advice to the client with regard to preparation for implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation.

TGS Baltic assisted UAB Electrolux

TGS Baltic assisted the client in implementation of the new Labour Code of Lithuania. Also, TGS Baltic counselled the client on various employment law matters (such as termination of employment contracts, assessment of employees, etc.). Also, our assistance included providing the client with information re third pillar pension schemes in the Baltics.

TGS Baltic advised VPA Logistics

TGS Baltic advised the client on the matters related to employees’ representation system after a branch of the industrial trade union was established in the company. Our advice included the provision of a proposal on how to help the staff of the company to decide on the representation model (establishment of the work council v. trade union). 

Advising Posti on Estonian law aspects during the acquisition of Transval

TGS Baltic’s M&A team led by partner Kadri Kallas advised Posti, the leading postal and logistics service company in Finland, on Estonian contract law and employment law aspects regarding acquiring the in-house logistics company Suomen Transval Group. The transaction is subject to the approval of the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority.

TGS represented the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant

TGS represented the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant in its dispute with a former employee regarding imposing of a disciplinary sanction and dismissal. Our assistance included representation in the appellate court, evaluation of prospects of cassation, as well as preparation and submission of the appeal and cassation appeal. The case was unique due to the specifics of the sanction which could be applied in case of improper execution of working functions and duties by the managerial employee.

Conselled Wix.com

Counseled Wix.com, one of the largest web portal development platforms in the world, in implementing the employee stock option and share-linked instrument plan in Lithuania. Continuously advises on all day-to-day employment, migration, contracting issues.

TGS Baltic advices PKN Orlen

The services included drafting of the memorandum regarding possible types of contracts to be signed with managing employees of the companies, belonging to Orlen group, in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. After that, our law firm prepared several model employment contracts to be used with management in Lithuanian companies of the group. Also, our assistance covered the revision of an amendment to the Bonus System Regulation for the Management Board of Lithuanian companies. 

Sweden's Skandia to open Thule operations centre in Lithuania

TGS Baltic has advised Skandia, one of the largest Sweden's banking and insurance groups, on the establishing a new operations centre in Vilnius.

TGS Baltic receives continuing high rankings from IFLR1000 in Baltic countries

IFLR1000 (International Financial Law Review) is the guide of world’s leading financial law firms. The guide analysis and ranks more than 120 jurisdictions in the world.

Aldaris (Carlsberg group company) restructures operations in Latvia

TGS Baltic assisted AS Aldaris (Carlsberg group company) in complete restructuring of its operations in Latvia relocating production of plastic beer bottles to Carlsberg subsidiaries in Lithuania and Estonia and to other countries and continuing production in Latvia only of high quality beer production (exclusive brands of beer) and innovations – plastic bottle beer production via modernized Aldaris historic brewery by investing MEUR 3 into the most technologically advanced equipment in the Baltics.

Chambers Europe 2013 top ranks the firm and its 18 “Leading Lawyers”

Chambers Europe, a major European legal directory, gave TGS Baltic the highest rankings in corporate/commercial, employment, competition/antitrust and energy practices in its 2013 edition.

Chambers Global 2013 ranks TGS Baltic among leading law firms

Law firm TGS Baltic and its lawyers are ranked in top tiers in Chambers Global’s newest, 2013 edition. The edition analyzes corporate/commercial and dispute resolution practice areas in the Baltics.

CMA CGM Litigation and Corporate Counselling

TGS Baltic advised CMA CGM, the world’s third-largest container shipping group, on corporate issues and dispute resolution in the employment area.

Transfer of Employees

TGS Baltic advised one of the biggest energy companies in Lithuania on the transfer of employees following provisions of the Council Directive 2001/23/EC of 12 March 2001 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees’ rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses.