Employment and Migration Lawyer
Starting your business or expanding anywhere, make sure that your business complies with the applicable labour law regulations. Ecovis ProventusLaw employment lawyers will provide you with comprehensive legal advice in various labour law matters across the world as a one-stop-shop working across all industry sectors. Our experts offer the full range of employment and migration law services in one place.
The strength of Ecovis network is the combination of personal advice at local level with the general expertise of an international and interdisciplinary network of professionals. This diversified expertise provides the clients with effective support, especially in the fields of international transactions, staff secondment, relocation, taxation – from preparation in the client’s home country to support in the target country, dealing with international subsidiaries and branch offices as well as in cross-border issues.
Legal 500 ranking, which provides the most comprehensive worldwide coverage on recommended law firms, ranked ECOVIS ProventusLaw among the leading law firms in the employment law sector in Lithuania.
Why ECOVIS Proventuslaw?
- We are a highly experienced team. We are one of the leaders in employment law and hold high positions in lawyer rankings.
- We have long-lasting experience in this field. It has been one of the key practice areas of our law firm for more than 15 years already and our expertise in this sector is exceptional in the context of the Lithuanian legal services market.
- We lead our clients during their establishment in Lithuania, Europe. We are trusted by the clients regarding their employee-related strategies, the issues of employment and migration law from the beginning of their establishment in Lithuania.
- We have exceptional expertise in FinTech, IT, e-commerce industries. We have numerous clients in the financial, IT, e-commerce sectors who trust us.
- We are prime experts for start-ups to enter Lithuanian and EU markets. We guide start-ups to get necessary work permits, residence permits, national D visas, etc.;
- We provide the full spectrum of labour law services. We handle employment-related aspects from A to Z, such as preparation of employment contracts and dismissals, employment of foreigners in Lithuania from EU and third countries, secondment of employees, consulting on labour taxation matters, preparation of share options, employment handbook and other internal policies, management of complex situations of unfair competition or dispute resolution, etc.
- Our team has certified data protection experts. Our team members are certified as Information Privacy Professionals/Europe by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), therefore, our team has comprehensive GDPR knowledge.
- International network. Where required and where issues on labour law span multiple jurisdictions, we are assisted by our partners from the ECOVIS network operating in over 80 countries worldwide.
ECOVIS ProventusLaw provides the following services:
- Advice and assistance to the companies in Lithuania regarding their employee-related strategies, employee-related documents, employment and migration law, tax issues.
- Representation of the employers in the cases related to unfair competition concerning existing or former employees.
- Advice to the employers on non-disclosure of confidential information during labour relations and after these relationships end.
- Data protection issues related to the employee’s personal data and transfer thereof to the third parties within Lithuania and other countries (EU and non-EU).
- Advice and assistance in leading the companies in Lithuania with regard to the possibility to use share option agreements.
- Representation of the clients in courts, State Labour Inspectorate and other institutions, assistance in termination of employment relations.
- Assistance in submission and getting work permits, residence permits, national D visas, etc.
- Labour and employment regulatory audit/due diligence.
- Organising of specialized labour law training for companies in different fields.
Recent employment law experience
Advised a global technology company on the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive, including gender pay gap reporting, remuneration transparency obligations and cross-border employment structures.
Advised a leading transport and logistics group on preparing for the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive and redesigning remuneration governance frameworks.
Advised a multinational corporation on a cross-border workforce restructuring project involving collective redundancy requirements, employee consultations and relocation of operational functions to another jurisdiction.
Advised an international fintech group on the transfer of employees to an Employer of Record (EOR) structure, including employee continuity, annual leave entitlements and employment transfer arrangements.
Advised a global manufacturer on the closure of production operations in Lithuania, including collective redundancy procedures, employee consultation requirements and negotiations with employee representatives.
Advised a defence industry investor on employment law compliance and workforce management matters in connection with the establishment of manufacturing operations in Lithuania.
Advised a global technology and financial services company on working time compliance, standby arrangements and management employee classification issues under Lithuanian and EU employment law.
Advised international employers on the deployment of employees across EU jurisdictions, including posted worker requirements, immigration compliance and cross-border workforce mobility.
Advised a leading European rail industry company on the posting of employees to Lithuania for major infrastructure projects and compliance with Lithuanian employment law requirements.
Advised an international workforce solutions provider on establishing temporary employment agency and workforce management operations in Lithuania.
Advised a multinational company on executive employment arrangements and governance issues arising from remote management of a Lithuanian regulated entity.
Advised international businesses on relocation of key personnel, EU Blue Cards, Startup Visa matters and immigration strategies supporting business expansion into Lithuania.
Represented an employee in a successful cross-border employment dispute involving unlawful dismissal, applicable law issues and international employment arrangements.
Represented an employee in a cross-border dispute concerning unpaid remuneration, termination of employment and employment rights of mobile workers operating across several jurisdictions.
Advised employers on executive terminations, senior management employment arrangements, restrictive covenants and post-employment obligations.
The experience of ECOVIS ProventusLaw includes the following
Loreta Andziulytė
Partner | Attorney at Law | Head of Data Protection, Employment, and Corporate Commercial Practices | Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
+370 5 212 40 84
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