Inga Karulaitytė-Kvainauskienė

Inga Karulaitytė-Kvainauskienė is a partner and attorney at law at ECOVIS ProventusLaw, with more than 20 years of legal experience. She currently specialises in the fields of financial services, media, trade, competition and transport law.

She is a leader of a Fintech group at ECOVIS ProventusLaw and has deep knowledge and much experience in the licensing of e-money and payment institutions, as well as specialised banks. She focuses on the regulatory compliance side of fintech and she is also a certified AML expert, who can help with various compliance issues – AML and KYC processes, risk management, PSDII directive, and other regulatory compliance questions.

She also is:

• Ranked lawyer in Fintech Legal by Chambers and Partners Fintech 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023.
• Highly Regarded lawyer in Banking and finance directory by IFLR1000, Chambers and Partners, and the LEGAL500 2019, and 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
• Member of Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
• Member of board of the Association FINTECHHUB LT.
• Certificate of Completion of Internal Auditor‘s Training since 2020.
• Expert of the International Distribution Institute since 2006.
• Member to the Lithuanian Bar since 2003.

Inga Karulaitytė-Kvainauskienė has been active in sharing her legal knowledge and experience: she has gained over 10 years of experience of lecturing at a university and she also shares her knowledge with businesses during a wide range of conferences and seminars.

“I’ve found Inga to be helpful, knowledgeable and resourceful.” Chambers Fintech, 2023

“Inga Karulaityte and Linas Vidžys provided a professional service to us. They are extremely knowledgeable and resourceful when guiding us. Their knowledge and understanding of the requirements are superior and they care about the outcome of their work for us as a client. We had an easy access to them at all times and they delivered fast and efficient service to us.” Legal500, 2023

“One of the first lawyers starting to grow the fintech ecosystem in the country.” Legal500, 2023

2016 to 2017
Public Procurement Regulation in the EU (Postgraduate studies in Higher Education, Law)
King’s College London (UK), Centre of European law

2000 to 2005
Bachelor of Business Administration and Management
Vilnius University, Faculty of Economics

1995 to 2000
Master of Laws (LL.M.)
Vilnius University, Faculty of Law

Civilinė teisė. Bendroji dalis. (Civil Law. General Part) Volume II, co-author, 2005, Vilnius

V. Papirtis, I.Karulaitytė-Kvainauskienė. Kai kurie civilinių teisių gynimo ypatumai taikant prevencinį ieškinį (Certain Aspects of Legal Remedies Related to Preventive Actions). Jurisprundencija, Volume 69 (61), 2005, Vilnius

Civilinė teisė. Bendroji dalis. (Civil Law. General Part) Volume II, co-author, MRU, 2007, Vilnius

New interesting case-laws on commercial agency.  International Distribution Institute, 2008

Study “Lietuvos Respublikos civilinis kodeksas: pirmieji dešimt galiojimo metų” (Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania: First Ten Years in Effect), co-author, MRU, 2013, Vilnius

Court of Appeal of Lithuania passed an important ruling in a case related to commercial agency. International Distribution Institute, 2015

An interesting case law about the right of compensation after termination of a service contract. International Distribution Institute, 2016

Pakaitalą bankomatams sugalvojęs startuolis kuriasi Lietuvoje, vz.lt, 29/04/2019

„FinTech“ įmonių skaičius Lietuvoje pernai šoktelėjo 45%, vz.lt, 01/02/2019

„Brexit“ paskatino Didžiosios Britanijos elektroninių pinigų įstaigą ateiti į Lietuvą, lrt.lt, 30/07/2018

Lietuvos bankas licencijavo dar 4 fintech žaidėjus, vz.lt, 30/03/2018

Lithuania is seeking to attract FinTech companies from China, ecovis.lt, 30/10/2017

Singapore-Based Global Payments Processor “Instarem” Secures Lithuanian E-Money License For European Expansion, fintechnews.sg, 29/09/2017

Singapore’s Senjo acquires Lithuanian startup to gain access to EU markets, finextra.com, 05/05/2017

7 finansinių technologijų tendencijos šiais metais, lrt.lt, 14/02/2017

I. Karulaitytė-Kvainauskienė. Kaip neužkibti ant klaidinančios reklamos kabliuko? (How Not to Fall for Misleading Advetisement?), DELFI, 2016

I. Karulaitytė-Kvainauskienė, G. Domkutė. Kaip apsisaugoti nuo įmonės viduje išauginto nesąžiningo konkurento (How to Protect Yourself from an Unfair Competitor Raised in Your Company), DELFI, 2016

I.Karulaitytė. Naujas nekonkuravimo susitarimų kompensavimas: ką žinoti prieš rengiant darbo sutartį? (New Procedure for Compensation under Non-Competition Agreements: What You Should Know Before Drafting an Employment Agreement), DELFI, 2016

Darbuotojas – pas konkurentą (An Employee Has Deserted to a Competitor), Verslo žinios, 2016