Corporate governance
The lawyers of ECOVIS ProventusLaw offer legal assistance to clients from their first steps – we establish entities and register their offices in Lithuania, the EU and in other countries, advise on the legal form of entities and draw up all documents necessary for their incorporation. Our lawyers also advise on legal issues of corporate governance, develop and implement strategies of protection of the interests of shareholders.
Our law firm helps to maintain the development and expansion of business in cases of acquisition, change of legal form or reorganisation of entities, perform legal and tax due diligence.
If required, our lawyers use the assistance of partners of the ECOVIS network operating worldwide, in particular where acquisition, change of legal form or reorganisation spans multiple jurisdictions.
The experience by ECOVIS ProventusLaw include:
- Incorporation of entities in Lithuania, the EU and in other countries
ECOVIS ProventusLaw incorporates public companies (AB), private companies (UAB), sole proprietorships, partnerships (TŪB and KŪB), small partnerships (MB), public undertakings, investment funds, associations and other legal entities. The international ECOVIS group is ready to promptly incorporate a company or another legal entity in any EU country or in another country worldwide as well as to offer comprehensive advice in the field of incorporation and taxation of entities. - Regulatory compliance
The lawyers of ECOVIS ProventusLaw assist companies operating both in Lithuania and in any other EU member states obtaining different financial licenses including banking, payment and electronic money, investment advisory and securities brokerage. With the assistance of our partners from the international ECOVIS network we can incorporate a company and obtain a license required by our client in virtually any country in which our client has business interests. - Company law
ECOVIS ProventusLaw draws up articles of association, incorporation agreements, shareholders agreements and other incorporation documents for public and private companies and represents founders throughout the incorporation and later in the management process. We provide legal assistance in relation to protection of shareholders’ interests, separation of powers of management bodies for the purposes of risk management and advise on issues of limitation of powers.
With the assistance of experts from the international ECOVIS group, we create holding structures ensuring the protection of legal title of shareholders and tax planning, participate in resolution of disputes between companies, their executives and shareholders in the pre-trial stage and in court. - Acquisition, change of legal form and reorganization
ECOVIS ProventusLaw advises clients in the process of mergers and acquisitions, change of legal form and reorganisation. Our lawyers have considerable experience in changing the legal form, reorganisations, mergers, demergers and spin-offs of public companies (AB), private companies (UAB), sole proprietorships, small partnerships (MB), public undertakings (VšĮ), investment funds and other legal entities. ECOVIS advice goes far beyond the legal advice and covers all M&A process. We also know the latest regulatory practice and expectations. All this allow us to find the right target companies available for sale, agree on the right price, get regulatory permissions, and close M&A deals successfully. - Legal due diligence
We provide legal due diligence services in the acquisition of companies and holdings or where a client wishes to check the efficiency of business operations. In Lithuania, ECOVIS ProventusLaw offers comprehensive legal due diligence including legal, tax and financial audit, which can be performed together with certified Lithuanian auditors from the ECOVIS network. The international ECOVIS network enables us to provide such comprehensive services also to international companies.
