Rolandas Valiūnas (born 13 January 1965 in

Kybartai Kybartai (; russian: Кибартай) is a city in Marijampolė County, Lithuania. It is located west of Vilkaviškis and is on the border of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. History Kybartai was founded under the reign of Sigismund I the Old by ...

Vilkaviškis District Municipality Vilkaviškis () is a city in southwestern Lithuania, the administrative center of the Vilkaviškis District Municipality. It is located northwest from Marijampolė, at the confluence of of and rivers. The city got its name from the Vilkau ...

) is a

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 ...

n business

lawyer A lawyer is a person who practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney, barrister, canon lawyer, civil law notary, counsel, counselor, solic ...

and consultant,

Attorney at law Attorney at law or attorney-at-law, usually abbreviated in everyday speech to attorney, is the preferred term for a practising lawyer in certain jurisdictions, including South Africa (for certain lawyers), Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and the Unite ...

, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of "Ellex Valiūnas ir partneriai". He is an Honorary Consul of

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

(since 2004).

Biography

From 1971 to 1982 Rolandas Valiūnas learned at the 5th Middle school Marijampolė, where he graduated with the gold medal (with distinction). After the

Soviet army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

service he studied law in the graduate studies from 1984 to 1989 at the Law Faculty of Vilnius University. Then he continued his education in 1994 at the Queen Mary & Westfield Coledge, in 1996 at the Academy of International Law in

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

, Texas. From 1999 to 2000 he studied at the Baltic Management Institute (BMI), the Executive

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

(EMBA) program (2000). After that, he was a

lecturer Lecturer is an List of academic ranks, academic rank within many universities, though the meaning of the term varies somewhat from country to country. It generally denotes an academic expert who is hired to teach on a full- or part-time basis. T ...

in the course of the BMI Institute "

Corporate Governance Corporate governance is defined, described or delineated in diverse ways, depending on the writer's purpose. Writers focused on a disciplinary interest or context (such as accounting, finance, law, or management) often adopt narrow definitions th ...

". Since 1990 Valiūnas is a lawyer. From 1989 to 1991 he worked in the first law firm in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

, from 1991 to 1992 at the law firm "Foresta", in 1992 at the law firm "Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai" (LPVP) as managing partner. According to "The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers", Rolandas Valiūnas is one of the best Lithuanian lawyers in the area of

Mergers and acquisitions Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are business transactions in which the ownership of companies, other business organizations, or their operating units are transferred to or consolidated with another company or business organization. As an aspect ...

. He contributed to the national and international conferences regarding business law topics and has authored and was co-author of numerous legal publications in the business press (

Verslo žinios ''Verslo žinios'' (English: ''Business news'') is a leading Lithuanian business newspaper published in Vilnius since 1995 and online since 2001. Swedish Bonnier Business Press group holds a 73% stake in ''Verslo žinios''. The remaining owners ...

etc.). Rolandas Valiūnas is CEO of BMI and Investors' Forum in Lithuania, Vice President of ICC Lietuva.

Family and personal life

Rolandas Valiūnas is married to a gynecologist Renata Valiūnienė. Rolandas Valiūnas has the sons Mantas Gabrielius Valiūnas and Giedrius Valiūnas (* 1989). Rolandas Valiūnas has daughters Grytė Marija and Elzė Gintvilė.Ačiū, kad esi, o aš pabandysiu padaryti tave laimingą
/ref>

Membership

*2010 – to date Advisory Board, Law Firm Management Committee,

International Bar Association The International Bar Association (IBA), founded in 1947, is a bar association of international legal practitioners, bar associations and law societies. The IBA currently has a membership of more than 80,000 individual lawyers and 190 bar associat ...

(IBA) *2007 – to date Advisory Board, European Regional Forum, IBA *2006 to date – Board Member, Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration *2004 - 2006 Co-Chair, European Regional Forum, IBA *2002 - 2005 Deputy Chairman, Council of Lithuanian Bar Association *2000 - 2005 Member of General Professional Program Committee, IBA *1998 to date - Board Member, Legal clinic of Vilnius University *1995 to date - Recommended arbitrator of Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration *1994 - 1997 President, Lithuanian Young Bar Association (LJAA) *1991 - 2000 - Vice-President, Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Valiunas, Rolandas Living people 1965 births People from Kybartai Vilnius University alumni Lithuanian art collectors 21st-century art collectors Lawyers from Vilnius Lithuanian consultants Businesspeople from Vilnius Honorary consuls to Lithuania 21st-century diplomats Honorary consuls of Thailand 20th-century Lithuanian lawyers 21st-century Lithuanian lawyers