Vilija Vaitkutė Pavan is a litigation and arbitration partner at the law firm Ellex Valiunas. With more 25 years’ experience Vilija is actively engaged in arbitration and frequently serves as an arbitrator and counsel in numerous commercial and investment arbitration proceedings under arbitration rules of the ICC, SCC, VIAC, FCCC, CCIG, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and VCCA (Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration). Vilija has experience working on a complex, cross-border and high value cases in various sectors: energy, transport, infrastructure, banking assisting clients in shareholders, commercial, construction, professional liability, national security, and sanctions related and other disputes. Vilija is listed in various high rankings. Chambers Global indicates that “interviewees and peers see her as one of the strongest names for both arbitration and litigation” in jurisdiction. She has rreceived Litigation Star ranking by the legal directory Benchmark Litigation and described as “an outstanding case strategist who is always thinking not only of the legal aspects of a case but also the wide impact that the case may have on the client and potentially other matters.” Vilija was an ICC Arbitration Court member for Lithuania for 12 years. For more than 15 years Vilija was the Head of Ellex Valiunas Dispute Resolution practice. She regularly gives lectures at international conferences and is the author of a number of articles and papers on arbitration.