Gintaras Balčiūnas (born April 2, 1964 in

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

) is Lithuanian

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, a partner at the law firm ''Balčiūnas & Grajauskas'', and an expert in

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and

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. In 1989 Gintaras Balčiūnas graduated from Vilnius University, the Faculty of Law. During his professional career Gintaras Balčiūnas was managing partner and one of the founders of the law firm Jurevičius, Balčiūnas & Bartkus (2000–2009), the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania (9th Government and 10th Government). Gintaras Balčiūnas took an active part in drafting the legislation of the Republic of Lithuania. He was the head of the working group drafting the Law on the Approval, Enforcement and Implementation of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania, led the working group drafting the Law on the Register of Property Seizure Acts, the working group drafting the Law on the Legal Aid. Since 1989 he has been teaching at

Mykolas Romeris University Mykolas Romeris University ( lt, Mykolo Romerio universitetas) is an international university located with campuses in Vilnius and Kaunas, Lithuania. MRU cooperates closely with over 350 universities, public and private institutions, takes part ...

. During his legal practice Gintaras Balčiūnas has advised a large number of public institutions, municipalities, local and foreign private companies and natural persons. Gintaras Balčiūnas is listed as a recommended arbitrator of

Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration The Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration (lit. ''Vilniaus komercinio arbitražo teismas'') is a Court of commercial arbitration in Vilnius, Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respub ...

. Gintaras Balčiūnas is also a member of Vilnius Rotary Club and Vilnius Leaders' Club.Gintaras Balčiūnas

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