Cobalt assists global household names including Amazon, Google, and FedEx, with compliance with local employment regulations, especially issues relating to recent changes to the Labour Code. The firm has also seen several mandates regarding employee disputes, reorganisations, employee transfers, and migration issues. The employment team is spearheaded by Jovita Valatkaitė, who provides guidance on a broad spectrum of employment and relocation matters, and also has niche expertise in employee data protection work. Eglė Gliaudelytė is central at associate level, while legal counsel Dalia Foigt-Norvaišienė  and Žilvinas Kvietkus also contributing to the practice.

Ellex‘s employment team is experienced in a wide range of employment matters including handling the employment aspects of M&A transactions and integrations, remote work arrangements, and employee terminations, among other areas. Practice head Ramūnas Petravičius has a strong track record in complex employment disputes, alongside notable transactional and regulatory experience, while Rimantas Stanevičius is another key name for labour disputes. At the associate level, Nerijus Patlabys and Kamilė Skrupskytė are key names; Patlabys is praised as ‘fantastic, commercially minded and easy to use’ and offers advice on a variety of matters including relocations, employment benefit schemes, and redundancies, while Skrupskytė has experience covering disputes, HR strategies, and whistleblowing claims.

Sorainen’s employment practice is well-versed in assisting companies with relocating to the Lithuanian market, notably those impacted by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Collective terminations and misconduct investigations are other areas of expertise, as is compliance with changing legislation, including anti-violence and harassment policies. Algirdas Pekšys and counsel Agnietė Venckienė jointly lead the practice, bringing extensive experience in assisting foreign investors and businesses on market entry issues, HR work and transactional advice. Jurgita Karvelė is noted for employment disputes, liability cases, and mandates involving family offices, while Aurelija Daubaraitė has experience handling collective agreements.

TGS Baltic‘s employment team is led by Ieva Povilaitienė, who provides both contentious and non-contentious advice to leading private and state-owned companies alongside leaders in the manufacturing, retail, and transport sectors. In addition to employee transfers, hybrid working arrangements, and misconduct disputes, the practice also has substantial expertise supporting on collective bargain negotiations and trade union activity, highlighted by the firm’s ongoing representation of Vilnius Public Transportation following industrial action. Associate Indrė Mažeikaitė is praised by clients for her ‘deep practical knowledge of employment law‘ and handles a range of disputes and contractual matters. Viktorija Jančiūraitė is another active member of the department.

With ‘exceptional knowledge of employment law’, WIDEN‘s broad employment practice is often at the forefront of legal developments, regularly acting before the Lithuanian Supreme Court. Household name clients include PepsiCo, Lidl, Rail Baltica, and Ryanair, and recent cases range from acting in employee and employer misconduct and unfair dismissal claims to advising on trade union activities and collective actions. Fielding a deep bench of employment specialists, the team is jointly led by managing partner and employment litigation specialist Tomas Bagdanskis, Vilius Mačiulaitis, who is a former chief of the Lithuanian state labour inspectorate, and Mantas Mikalopas, who focuses on labour relation disputes. Other key names include Svetlana Naumčik for migration matters, and Aistė Leščinskaitė, who handles work accidents and occupational disease issues.

Advising large global clients including Google and Apple, Deloitte Legal, Professional Partnership of Advocates handles a varied range of business relocation and immigration related matters. While a number of recent cases have been driven by the Ukraine conflict, the team also has also advised on international hirings and internal transfers of employees, especially in the construction sector. Practice head Tomas Davidonis covers a mix of M&A transactions with experience handling integrations and reorganisations. Laura Račkauskienė and Rūta Žukaitė Passos joined the group in 2023 and work with Agnė Vanagienė, contributing employment experience on a range of day-to-day and migration matters.

ECOVIS ProventusLaw is particularly experienced in employment issues, acting for startups in the fintech and IT services industry, as well as logistics space. Notably, recent work includes assisting with data protection issues regarding customer and employee data and advising on the complexities of global job outsourcings; the group also handles employee terminations and the implementation of anti-sexual harassment and whistleblower policies. Leading the employment practice is Brigida Bacienė, who has considerable experience in data protection work, together with employee terminations, transfers, and disputes. Loreta Andziulytė also assists with employment matters, drawing on her wider experience encompassing fintech, telecoms, and IT regulation advice.

Eversheds Saladžius (a member of Eversheds Sutherland)'s employment team advises a blend of unions and corporates on a range of HR and day-to-day employment issues, both contentious and non-contentious in nature. Co-head Neringa Bubnaitytė regularly undertakes work relating to contracts, internal policies, and transfers, as well as those involving data protection aspects. Fellow co-head Justinas Usonis is especially prominent in the team’s contentious employment work including employee-employer relations and trade union disputes. Senior associate Milda Jasaitienė has further expertise on residency status matters including EU Blue Card applications and work permits.

Noewe is regularly approached for advice on the employment aspects of mergers, together with work permits, regulatory matters and disputes. Giedrė Dailidėnaitė heads up the practice and has experience in immigration mandates and reorganisations. Managing partner Robert Juodka has extensive experience in acting for foreign investors on entry to the Lithuanian market, and senior associate Vilma Raklevičienė is noted for labour disputes, while Greta Bagdanavičiūtė from the firm’s banking and finance group is another central member of the practice.

Triniti Jurex Law Firm‘s sizeable practice handles mandates encompassing trade union strikes, relocations, and disputes before the state employment inspectorate; the team has also recently represented clients before the Lithuanian Supreme Court. The group's client roster spans unions, ministries, individuals and corporates. Jurgita Judickienė heads up the employment and migration team and has extensive experience covering terminations, negotiations, and disputes. Giedrė Čiuladienė is noted for employee relations issues, while Karolina Laurynaitė assists with compliance and discrimination matters, and Kamila Ratkevič provides ‘exceptional support’ on migration issues.

GLIMSTEDT Bernotas & Partners advises both companies and individuals on a broad range of employment matters spanning contentious and non-contentious issues. With experience including data protection work, collective redundancies, and employment disputes, the team is also noted for its wide sector experience; the department is further noted for its representation of governmental institutions like the State Forest Service. Practice head Aušra Maliauskaitė-Embrektė has a focus on the employment elements of corporate transactions, including transfers and employee relations. Laura Tunkevičiūtė draws on experience across labour and migration law, including handling trade union matters, negotiations, and dismissals. Since publication, Artūras Tukleris departed the firm (in July 2024).

LEADELL Balciunas ir Grajauskas is highly skilled in employee dismissals, with further expertise covering negotiations between employee-employers. The team is also noted for its compliance support in highly regulated industries including the pharmaceuticals sector. Gintaras Balčiūnas, a former Minister of Justice of Lithuania, draws on extensive disputes experience, while Marius Grajauskas, the firm’s managing partner, is another highly regarded name, especially for arbitration proceedings. Konradas Pabijanskas also contributes to the practice.

WALLESS‘ employment and migration practice regularly provides advice on employee transfers arising from transactions, hires and terminations, and various migration and HR matters. The practice is led by Povilas Žukauskas, who has experience advising on corporate transactions, joint ventures, and the related employment matters; and Alina Makovska, who handles a combination of employment, migration, and corporate mandates, including stock option plans. Senior associate Giedrė Cesiulytė-Meginė and associate Mykolas Lukšėnas are also noted for employment and migration work.