Laimonas Skibarka is a partner and head of the M&A and Private Equity Team in Lithuania, which includes the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Private Equity and Privatisation Practices. He has been practising law since 1997.

Laimonas has extensive experience in advising foreign and local companies and private equity funds in company acquisitions and sales, mergers, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. According to the statistics of Mergermarket, Laimonas is No 1 among individual lawyers both by number and by value of advised major M&A transactions in the Baltics (credited for 17 major transactions with a total disclosed value of EUR 2.608 billion during 2005-2010). He has also gained valuable experience in international M&A and corporate transactions while working at the London office of Allen & Overy, a major international law firm (in 2005-2006). Laimonas is also active in advising foreign investors on major FDI projects in Lithuania and in energy projects.

Laimonas is recommended by the following directories:

• The Legal 500 for corporate and M&A law ("excellent M&A work and international experience", "acts as a true leader, who controls the process, manages the team and generates ideas for solving problems");
• Chambers Global for corporate and commercial law ("a good negotiator with a clear-cut attitude who shines in M&A work");
• Chambers Europe for corporate/commercial and private equity ("roundly praised by market sources", "continues to build a powerful profile in the sector and enjoys significant visibility", "the main player in [private equity] deals"; "clients are impressed by [his] problem-solving and negotiation skills");
• PLC Which lawyer? for corporate/M&A and private equity ("runs a highly visible transactional practice with a marked emphasis on private equity deals", "enjoys particular recognition among private equity sponsors");
• IFLR 1000 for M&A and corporate;
• Best Lawyers for corporate and M&A plus corporate governance;
• European Legal Experts for Corporate & Finance.

Vilnius University, Lithuania (MA in Law)
Central European University, Hungary (LLM in International Business Law with distinction)
Studies at Toronto University, Canada (student exchange programme)

Lithuanian Bar Association
International Bar Association
Board Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Lithuania
Commission on Commercial Law and Practice at Lithuanian Business Confederation | ICC Lithuania (Chairman)
Arbitrator of Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration (before the reorganisation - Arbitration Court at the Association ICC - Lithuania) (2003-2005)
The Lithuanian Young Bar Association