LITHUANIA Law and Practice Contributed by: Donatas Šliora and Marius Matiukas, ADON legal
ADON legal is a boutique law firm focusing on fintech, banking and finance, and corporate law. It works with local and international clients to navigate complex transactional and regula - tory matters, and has earned the trust of clients in the financial sector. The firm’s core practice areas include fintech and financial services regulation, banking and finance – and consti - tute more than 90% of its work. Approximate - ly 80% of its clients are foreign companies or their subsidiaries. The team of six experts has diverse experience and includes professionals who have worked in-house at leading financial
institutions such as Swedbank, Revolut and the European Investment Bank. This insider perspective combined with in-depth regulatory knowledge allows ADON legal to offer the high - est quality services and successfully compete with the largest law firms in Lithuania. ADON legal’s reputation for excellence has fostered long-term relationships with clients such as IBS Lithuania, UAB, Paymont, UAB, Philip Morris Baltics, UAB, Akropolis Group UAB and Galio Group, UAB. The firm also continues to attract new clients, including Curve Europe, UAB and TeslaPay, UAB.
Authors
Donatas Šliora is managing partner at ADON legal and specialises in banking and finance and fintech. He works with local and international clients, and advises on regulatory matters. Donatas is a certified anti-money laundering expert and is recognised as one of the leading fintech lawyers in Lithuania by Chambers and Partners. He is a member of the European Banking Authority (EBA) expert group on crypto-assets service providers (CASPs) and on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (TEG-CASPs/AML).
Marius Matiukas is a partner at ADON legal, and is a finance law expert with extensive experience in handling complex
transactions. He has handled multi-million euro financings for companies such as Akropolis and Maxima LT, and has advised on significant credit agreements and asset sales. His expertise extends to regulatory compliance, having advised major institutions (such as the EIB) and managed key aspects of the Snoras bank bankruptcy. In regulatory work, Marius has guided clients on public disclosures, Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) compliance and licensing for financial activities, including insurance and cryptocurrency. He also lectures on financial market regulations and property law at Vilnius University, highlighting his expertise in the field.
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