Services
MMSP’s dispute-resolution services include appointments as arbitrator and expert in commercial and investment arbitrations. The firm also acts as strategic conflict manager in complex disputes: developing and implementing the dispute strategy, assembling the legal, economic, forensic and public-relations expertise required for the matter, and coordinating the team’s work.
As corporate advisers, MMSP lawyers serve on boards and advise board members and management teams on investment planning and investment protection in the firm’s principal geographic markets.
MMSP also advises on real estate transactions and investment strategies, helping clients structure transactions, balance risk and identify opportunities in complex situations.
Experience
- Acting for the Republic of Lithuania in OAO Gazprom v Republic of Lithuania, a UNCITRAL investment arbitration administered by the Permanent Court of Arbitration and arising from the implementation of the EU Third Energy Package.
- Acting for the Republic of Lithuania in SCC arbitration proceedings involving Gazprom and AB Lietuvos dujos concerning natural-gas pricing and related governance issues.
- Acting for the Republic of Lithuania in ICC proceedings arising from changes to the regulation of the district-heating sector.
- Acting for the Republic of Lithuania in Bosca v Republic of Lithuania, an investment arbitration conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules.
- Representing Lithuania’s national railway company in major UNCITRAL commercial arbitrations concerning contractual relations with the largest oil refinery in the Baltics.
- Acting as sole arbitrator, presiding arbitrator and tribunal member in numerous domestic and international commercial arbitrations.
- Providing expert evidence on Lithuanian contract, property and arbitration law in international arbitration proceedings.
- Advising investors on investment protection and potential disputes in the banking, energy and agricultural sectors.
- Advising on and negotiating settlements between investors and sovereign states in Eastern Europe.
- Representing clients before the General Court of the European Union.
- Advising shareholders, multinational companies, private investors and public institutions on complex disputes, corporate crises and strategic conflict management.
- Participating in Lithuania’s legal delegation in proceedings before the International Court of Justice in Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v Russian Federation).
Clients and Industries
MMSP’s core sector experience includes energy and natural resources, infrastructure and utilities, real estate and construction, commodities and international trade.
MMSP Advises and Represents
- States and public institutions, including the Republic of Lithuania, in major investment and commercial arbitration proceedings.
- State-owned and strategically important companies, including national infrastructure and transport companies.
- Multinational corporations involved in complex commercial, regulatory and shareholder disputes.
- Private investors and shareholders in investment-protection, corporate and strategic disputes.
- Financial institutions and investors facing regulatory, investment and potential dispute issues.
- Energy companies and market participants in disputes involving natural gas, energy regulation and infrastructure.
- Industrial and retail businesses in major contractual and commercial disputes.
- Public and private entities in settlement negotiations, crisis management and strategic conflict resolution.
Geographic Reach
MMSP’s work is centred on the Baltic Sea region and Eastern Europe. The firm also has experience in cross-border matters involving Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Western Europe and the United States.