Gintautas Šulija (born 2 August 1978 in

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) is a

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n business

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and

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. He holds a

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(''Dr. jur.''),

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with post-graduation (

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) and the title of

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at the

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of Kazimieras Simonavičius University. He is a co-author of the commentary of the Lithuanian Criminal Code (2000) and co-founder and managing partner of Šulija Partners

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Vilnius.

Education

In 2001 Gintautas Šulija graduated from

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, the

. As from 2001 he was enrolled as a

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student and obtained a

in social sciences, for the thesis in

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. In 2004 Šulija was awarded an

(''magna cum laude'') from

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. Between 2006 and 2007 Gintautas Šulija studied at the Faculty of Law of the

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, Corpus Christi College and graduated with an LL.M. Having received a

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from the

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(DAAD), he worked on the dissertation '' Standard Contract Terms in Cross-Border Business Transactions'' under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marina Wellenhofer. Šulija was awarded a ''

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'' degree (''Dr. jur.'') from the Faculty of Law of Goethe University

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in 2010. His research interests are

aviation law Aviation law is the branch of law that concerns flight, air travel, and associated legal and business concerns. Some of its area of concern overlaps that of admiralty law and, in many cases, aviation law is considered a matter of internationa ...

, trade law, European private law, and

financial law Financial law is the law and regulation of the commercial banking, capital markets, insurance, derivatives and investment management sectors. Understanding financial law is crucial to appreciating the creation and formation of banking and finan ...

. Gintautas Šulija attended Gustav Stresemann Institute,

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regional center in

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and several European universities —

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in Germany,

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in Sweden, Institute of

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in Finland.

Law science and pedagogy

From 1999 to 2002 Gintautas Šulija was a specialist at

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in Vilnius. From 2008 he was a tutor and lecturer in

commercial law Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of Legal person, persons and organizations ...

at universities and colleges ( ISM, TTVAM, etc.) for Lithuanian and foreign students in Lithuania. Šulija is an

, member of the Faculty Council and a social partner of the Faculty of Law of Kazimieras Simonavičius University. From 2012 to 2013 Šulija was a

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of the

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department of the Law Institute of Lithuania. In 2013 he was a chairman of the commission "My

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. My Rights" for law students in Lithuania. He is an

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member of Law Students society "Kriterijus" of Kazimieras Simonavičius University. Šulija was a co-author of commentary of the Criminal code of the Republic of Lithuania (with professors Vladas Pavilonis and

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, Gintaras Švedas and others). He compiled and published a number of articles in Lithuanian

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s and legal journals: ''Teisė'' (

), ''Teisės problemos'' (

), ''Jurisprudencija'' (

Mykolas Romeris University Mykolas Romeris University (MRU) is a public university located in Vilnius, Kaunas, Marijampolė, Lithuania. It was established in 1990 as the Lithuanian Police Academy and became Mykolas Romeris University in 2004, named after Professor Mykol ...

). He has cooperated with other publishers ( Peter Lang International Academic,

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Law practice

From 2002 to 2004 Gintautas Šulija worked at the law firm Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai, since September 2003 as a qualified

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. In 2007 and 2008 he worked as a

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for the international law firm

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(London office). In October 2008 Šulija founded a

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— Šulija & Partners (currently "Šulija Partners Law Firm

") — that specialised in aviation

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, business and

corporate law Corporate law (also known as company law or enterprise law) is the body of law governing the rights, relations, and conduct of persons, companies, organizations and businesses. The term refers to the legal practice of law relating to corpora ...

. Currently he heads

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and

mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of a company, business organization, or one of their operating units is transferred to or consolidated with another entity. They may happen through direct absorpt ...

and commercial practices of the firm. He is recommended by the Who is Who Legal 100 (editions 2014, 2015, 2016) Aviation Finance, The Legal 500

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2016 and other legal directories. In 2016, he was listed as a leading

n lawyer in the shipping and transport area of EMEA Legal 500. Šulija is a

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of legal seminars by

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organisations and companies ("Mokesčių srautas", "Teisės ir valdymo institutas" etc.). He provides comments to the Lithuanian press and newspapers (''

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'' etc.). On 25 October 2016 Šulija participated in the

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of the International

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Forum as an

expert and delivered a speech on the topic "Doing Aviation Business in

: Challenges and Pitfalls."International Aviation Forum
(25 October 2016)

Bibliography

* Baudos bausmė ir jos skyrimas (doctoral dissertation): social science, law (01 S); Vilnius University. Vilnius: .n. 2005. 170 p.: iliustr., lent. UDK: 343.244(043.3); UDK: 331.109(474.5)(043.3). * Standard Contract Terms in Cross-Border Business Transactions. A Comparative Study from the Perspective of

European Union Law European Union law is a system of Supranational union, supranational Law, laws operating within the 27 member states of the European Union (EU). It has grown over time since the 1952 founding of the European Coal and Steel Community, to promote ...

. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2011. XXXIV, 262 pp. hb. (Hardcover) * Commentary of Lithuanian Criminal Code. 1 t., 1-98 str. (with Armanas Abramavičius, Agne Baranskaite, Algimantas Čepas, Romualdas Drakšas, Anna Drakšiene, Oleg Fedosiuk, Girius Ivoška, Antanas Jatkevičius, Albertas Milinis, Vytas Milius, Vladas Pavilonis,

, Deividas Soloveičikas, Gintaras Švedas. Editor-in-chief

. LR baudžiamojo kodekso komentaras I dalis. Teisinės informacijos centras, 2004 (Vilnius: Vilniaus spauda). 565 psl. ISBN kodas: 7555752. * Baudžiamoji atsakomybė už intelektinės nuosavybės teisių pažeidimus Europos valstybėse / Mindaugas Kiškis, Gintautas Šulija. In: Teisė. 2003, t. 49, p. 52-65. Text in Lithuanian, Summary in English. *Malinauskaitė J., Šulija G., Šulija V. Kontrabanda: kontrolė ir prevencija Lietuvoje. Vilnius: Cust department at Ministry of Finance of Lithuania,

, 2002. * Concept of freedom of contract and its application in large international aviation business transactions // Sutarties laisvės principas ir jo taikymo ribos: analizė tarptautinių aviacijos sandorių pavyzdžiu. Law Institute of Lithuania, , "Teisės problemos", Nr. 4 (78), 2012, pp. 26–48 * ''Unfair Suretyships in Lithuania'' (pp. 401–415) // Regulating Unfair Banking Practices in Europe: the Case of Personal Suretyships, Weatherill S., Ciacchi A. (eds.)

2010 (co-author) * ''Reform of the Property Tax and Problems of Real Estate Appraisal for Taxation Purposes in Transitional Economies of Central and

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'' // the

, Cambridge, MA 2138-3400 USA, January 2006 (co-author) * ''Concept of Corporate Criminal Liability and Problems of its Application in Lithuania'' //

Law Review "Jurisprudencija", No. 41 (33), 2003, p. 91-105 (co-author) * Juridinių asmenų baudžiamosios atsakomybės samprata ir taikymo problemos Lietuvoje. Jurisprudencija, .l. v. 41, n. 33, p. 91-105, Rgp. 2014. (co-author) * ''Reform of the

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and Problems of Real Estate Appraisal for Taxation Purposes in Transitional Economies of

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'' (co-author) * Komercinių ginčų sprendimas Anglijos teismuose // Magazine " Valstybė", Nr. 9 (53), 2011, 64-67 pp.

Literature

* Gintautas Šulija (Biography) // Vytautas Andriulis, Aldona Bentkuvienė. Work bibliography of scientists at

. Ministry of Justice of Lithuania, 2002, Vilnius, 153.

References

External links

Website of "Šulija Partners Law Firm Vilnius"
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