Žydrūnė Stuglytė

Žydrūnė Stuglytė

Associate Partner, Head of Transport industry group
Vilnius, Lithuania
  • About

    Žydrūnė Stuglytė is Associate Partner, advocate at TGS Baltic, with over 15 years of broad and considerable legal practice working with both Lithuanian and foreign clients and representing them in complex transactions, a variety of litigations, and advising on legal matters.

    Žydrūnė started her professional career as an in-house lawyer, was a senior lawyer in the group of companies, which consisted of UAB Čilija, UAB „Kruzas NCD, UAB Grand casino world. In this stage of her career, Žydrūnė gained vast experience in drafting various agreements and contracts, representing in business negotiations, advising on issues of corporate activities, employment law, etc. Žydrūnė has experience and knowledge in the area of specific gambling activities.

    Due to her versatility and experience gained working as an in-house lawyer, Žydrūnė can solve and provide consultations on various issues of law. Žydrūnė specializes in litigations before civil and administrative courts, also provide legal consultations on insolvency law issues, also represents clients in criminal cases (both in a pre-trial investigation and in court).

    It is particularly important for Žydrūnė, in dealing with complex and complicated practical problems, to find the most favorable outcomes for clients taking into account not only the formal law in force but also social, economic, political, psychological aspects of real functioning of law.

  • Major Projects
    • 13.01.2023

      TGS Baltic arbitration team won a case before the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration

      Our client has recently won in an arbitration case administered by the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration. The client was represented in this arbitration by our arbitration team consisting of Dr. Tadas Varapnickas, Žydrūnė Stuglytė, Lukas Radzevičius, Beatričė Stiopinaitė, and Emilija Valentinaitė.

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    • 15.12.2021

      TGS Baltic successfully represented Biorro in an unfair competition case

      The TGS Baltic team successfully proved to both the Court of First Instance and the Court of Appeal Instance that former employees of Biorro, acting through another company, unfairly disclosed and exploited trade secrets of the company, and thus poached one of the company's clients.

       

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    • 31.05.2021

      TGS Baltic successfully represented LTG Infra in a litigation case concerning construction delay in the Rail Baltica project

      We advised LTG Infra, a subsidiary of Lietuvos Geležinkeliai, the largest railway group in the Baltic States, in a dispute between LTG Infra and the consortium of the German capital Estonian company Leonhard Weiss RTE, Hidrostatyba and Autokausta over a delay in the implementation of EUR 54.8 million contract on railway construction from Kaunas to Palemonas, signed in June 2018.

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    • 09.04.2021

      TGS Baltic successfully represented the former directors and shareholders of the bankrupt private limited company in a dispute 

      TGS Baltic team successfully represented the bankrupt private limited company's former directors and shareholders in a dispute following a claim for damages brought by the bankrupt credit union AMBER.

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    • 08.04.2021

      TGS Baltic successfully represented a New York State company before the Supreme Court of Lithuania

      TGS Baltic team successfully represented a New York State company before the Supreme Court of Lithuania in a landmark decision annulling the arbitral award on public policy ground.

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    • 09.03.2021

      TGS Baltic successfully represented Agrotechnika, a company of the Republic of Ukraine, in a dispute with a debtor

      We successfully represented our client, the company of the Republic of Ukraine Agrotechnika, in a dispute with Grūdoteka (debtor) regarding illegally initiated out-of-court bankruptcy proceedings of the debtor.

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    • 19.11.2020

      TGS Baltic successfully represented VĮ Lietuvos oro uostai

      TGS Baltic successfully represented VĮ Lietuvos oro uostai in a dispute with Active Construction Management BUAB (former UAB Irdaiva) over major repairs carried out in Vilnius Airport.

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    • 15.05.2019

      Advising and representing a client and its CEO and 50% shareholder in a number of civil cases

      TGS Baltic is advising and representing a client as well as its CEO and 50% shareholder in a number of civil cases initiated by the other 50% shareholder. They include a case regarding unfair competition and protection of the company’s confidential information, a case regarding the buy-out of shares, a case for damages, a case for examination of the company’s activities, etc.

    • Advised a client in implementing the construction of a residential housing complex

      Advised a client in implementing the construction of a residential housing complex, provided assistance in coordinating the signature of contracts necessary in the construction process and resolving arising issues, participated in negotiations, legal proceedings, dealt with other organisational issues.

    • Provided legal consultations in a case concerning taxes with respect to the tax obligation exceeding

      Provided legal consultations, prepared procedural documents and represented in a case concerning taxes with respect to the tax obligation exceeding LTL 350 million to the Customs Office.

    • Prepared an applied research paper

      Prepared an applied research paper “Hate crimes and tolerance, denial or gross trivialization of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide”. The research was carried out by assignment of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.

    • Representing the interest of Luminor Bank AB in judicial disputes

      Representing the interest of Luminor Bank AB (former Nordea bank Lithuanian branch) in judicial disputes related to the provision of financial services.

    • Providing legal consultations to the bankruptcy administrator of BAB Ūkio bankas

      Providing legal consultations to the bankruptcy administrator of BAB Ūkio bankas on bankruptcy procedures and representing in judicial disputes regarding compensation for high-value damage, avoidance of transactions, and in pre-trial investigations.

    • Representing and preparing procedural documents in civil cases pertaining to compensation for damage

      Representing and preparing procedural documents in civil cases pertaining to compensation for damage (including claiming compensation for damage from the State), invalidation, amendment or termination of contracts, unlawful enrichment, as well as on other matters concerning the law of obligations and contract law and general civil law matters.

  • CV

    Professional career

    Since 2019
    Associate Partner, law firm TGS Baltic
    2017 – 2019
    Senior Associate, Attorney at Law, law firm TGS Baltic
    2014 – 2017
    Senior Associate, Attorney at Law, law firm Tark Grunte Sutkiene
    2012 – 2014
    Senior Associate, Attorney at Law, professional law partnership Baltic Legal Solutions Lietuva
    2008 – 2012
    Senior Associate, associate advocate, professional law partnership Baltic Legal Solutions Lietuva
    2007 – 2008
    Senior Associate, group of companies (among which UAB Čilija, UAB Grand casino world, UAB Kruzas NCD, UAB Vilsarma, UAB Vilsarmos investicija, UAB Cukrus plius, tc.)
    2005 – 2007
    Associate, UAB Čilija
    2004 – 2005
    Head of the Legal Division, UAB Skaitmeninio sertifikavimo centras
    2003 – 2005
    Associate, UAB Verslo tinklas

    Education

    2005
    Mykolas Romeris University, Faculty of Law, Master of Law
    2003
    Lithuanian University of Law, Faculty of State Management, Bachelor of Law

    Membership

    Lithuanian Bar Association
  • Publications
    • COVID-19 and the retail sector: The perspective of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
    • Žydrūnė Stuglytė. Transporto sektorius po rinkimų: kokių pokyčių tikėtis? - LRT Verslo Pozicija, 2020 October
    • Teisininko komentaras. Kada įmonės vadovai gali sulaukti ieškinio iš kreditoriaus? - DELFI Žinios, 2020 May
    • Tyčinio ir nusikalstamo bankroto sutapatinimo probleminiai aspektai - Justitia, 2016, No. 80
    • Bad faith acts of a member of the legal person – possibility of a creditor to recover the debts? - The Baltic Times, 2009