Simona Budreikaitė

Ellex Valiunas

Moderator

Simona Budreikaitė is a litigation and arbitration Associate Partner at the law firm Ellex Valiunas and an attorney-at-law admitted in Lithuania with significant experience in high-value disputes related to energy law, construction, infrastructure, civil liability, company law and shareholder disputes, as well as the protection of trade secrets and unfair competition. She advises and represents clients in complex disputes before the state courts and arbitral tribunals, with expertise under various arbitration rules, including SCC, ICC, VCCA, and UNCITRAL, as well as in state courts for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. She also advises on investment arbitration matters, with experience from the pre-arbitration stages of investment disputes through to the subsequent arbitration proceedings. Simona is one of the leading next-generation dispute resolution lawyers in Lithuania, named a key lawyer by Legal 500. She is trained in both civil and common law and holds MJur (Oxon) degree from the University of Oxford, focused on commercial remedies and international dispute settlement.

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