Gailė Juozapaitytė

Gailė Juozapaitytė

Associate Partner
Vilnius, Lithuania
  • About

    Gailė Juozapaitytė is an Associate Partner at TGS Baltic, she has started her professional career in 2012. Recently, Gailė completed her second master's degree in law at Harvard Law School, expanding her competences into the common law tradition as well as building skills among other in project management, design thinking, economics and negotiations. Gailė specializes in the energy sector, energy litigation and international arbitration, including investment arbitration. 

    Gailė has a considerable experience in arbitration and litigation, in particular with international element. Gaile was co-manager of the team representing the Vilnius City Municipality and the district heating company against Veolia Environnement S.A. and UAB Vilnius Energy—the lessee of the district heating facilities, in a commercial arbitration, in which the Municipality is claiming EUR 560 million in damages for failure to perform the lease agreement. In addition, Gaile is co-manager of the team representing the Republic of Lithuania in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, D. C. regarding the claim brought by Veolia Environnement S.A. against the Republic of Lithuania. She also successfully represented Vilnius co-generation power plant in a dispute before the European Court of Justice. Gailė continues to represent clients in numerous international arbitrations (SCC, LCIA, VCCA and other) and advice Lithuanian investors facing difficulties in third-countries on investment arbitration. 

    In the energy sector, her primary focus concerns legislative issues and regulatory compliance of energy sector companies, including issues of environmental compliance. Over the past 10 years she advised clients in a number of transactions and disputes, as well as participated in the development of the energy sector legislation. To take a few notable examples, Gailė advised on the transfer back to the lessor of the Vilnius district heating facilities after 15 years lease agreement. Gailė was involved in legislative initiatives to overhaul the regulation of the heat sector in Lithuania and led the drafting of the new Law on the District Heating Sector. Previously she also participated in drafting the legislation meant to implement the EU Third Energy Package in Lithuania in the gas and electricity sectors.

  • Major Projects
    • 20.05.2019

      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.

       

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    • 20.05.2019

      TGS Baltic represents the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania

      In January 2016, Veolia Environnement S.A. (a company based in France) and other claimants brought a claim against the Republic of Lithuania in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington, D. C. This is only the second time when the Republic of Lithuania has been brought to the ICSID as a defendant.

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    • 20.05.2019

      TGS Baltic advises on implementation of projects on modernization of the district heating sector in Vilnius and Kaunas

      TGS Baltic continues to advise Lietuvos energija, UAB, a group of state-controlled energy companies, which is one of the largest in the Baltic States, on the implementation of the projects of modernization of the district heating sector in Vilnius and Kaunas, which are recognized as economic projects of national significance to the Republic of Lithuania. 

       

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    • TGS Baltic provided the European Commission with an EU-wide study on the law applicable to insurance contracts

      This study was required under Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) in order to consider possible changes to the said regulation.

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    • Provided legal consultations on the legality of the obligation to pay compensations for public service obligations in the electricity sector

      Provided legal consultations on the legality of the obligation to pay compensations for public service obligations in the electricity sector. Legal consultations inter alia included the application and interpretation of EU legislation on electricity, regulation of State aid in the EU and provisions of national competition law related to the obligation of public administration bodies to ensure freedom of fair competition.

    • Provided legal consultations to one of the major energy companies in Lithuania

      Provided legal consultations to one of the major energy companies in Lithuania on issues related to organizing public procurement procedures, including preparation of a public procurement plan, consultations on selection of public procurement methods, implementation of procurement procedures, including revision of public procurement contracts.

    • Carried out the study 

      Carried out the study “Possible mechanisms of State aid measures for industry sectors and subsectors which are exposed to a significant risk of carbon dioxide leakage due to costs included in electricity prices and related to the European Emissions Trading Scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance”. 

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    • Provided legal assistance in administrative and civil proceedings regarding the obligation to pay the LNG Terminal funds

      Provided legal assistance in administrative and civil proceedings regarding the obligation to pay the LNG Terminal funds. Legal consultations inter alia included the application and interpretation of EU gas legislation, regulation of State aid in the EU and provisions of national competition law related to the obligation of public administration bodies to ensure freedom of fair competition.

    • Represented the interests of one of the largest orthopedic technical products manufacturers in Lithuania

      Successfully represented the interests of one of the largest orthopedic technical products manufacturers in Lithuania in a dispute with the National Health Insurance Fund. 

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    • Carried out the survey “The law applicable to insurance contracts”

      Carried out the survey “The law applicable to insurance contracts”. The subject of the survey covered the analysis of practices in applying the Roma I Regulation in 28 European Union Member States.

      The survey identified problems associated with a decreasing number of insurance contracts where the insurer and the policyholder (insured) are situated in the different Member States. Made recommendations for improvement of regulation.

    • Represented UAB Vilniaus kogeneracinė jėgainė

      Represented UAB Vilniaus kogeneracinė jėgainė as third party in a dispute heard by the General Court of the European Union regarding the validity of the European Commission’s decision on granting State aid.

  • CV

    Professional career

    Since 2022
    Associate Partner, Attorney at Law, law firm TGS Baltic
    2017 – 2022
    Senior Associate, Attorney at Law, law firm TGS Baltic
    2016 – 2017
    Senior Associate, Attorney at Law, law firm Tark Grunte Sutkiene
    2014 – 2016
    Associate, associate advocate, law firm Tark Grunte Sutkiene
    2012 – 2014
    Associate, associate advocate, professional law partnership Baltic Legal Solutions Lietuva

    Education

    2013
    Vilnius University, Faculty of Law, Master of Law
    2022
    Harvard Law School, LL.M.

    Membership

    Lithuanian Bar Association
    Harvard Alumni Association
  • Publications
    • Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement will open up opportunities for misuse of a public contract party - Delfi.lt, March, 2016.
    • Navigating In-house Privilege in International Arbitration - Arbitration: Theory and Practice, 2022-VIII