Gintautas Šulija (born 2 August 1978 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian business lawyer and legal scholar. He holds a Doctor of Law (Dr. jur.),Promotionsordnung des Fachbereichs Rechtswissenschaft der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany) PhDDoctor of Philosophy in Lithuania (information of Vilnius university) with post-graduation (LL.M.) and the title of associate professorLegal seminar about contract law (Information of Kazimieras Simonavičius University) at the Faculty of Law 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 Law Firm Vilnius.
Education In 2001 Gintautas Šulija graduated from Vilnius University, the Faculty of Law. As from 2001 he was enrolled as a doctoral student and obtained a PhD in social sciences, (Database Lithuanian studies. Vilnius, 2005) for the thesis in criminal law.PhD Lawyer in social sciences (law) of Vilnius University (Information of Vilnius University)
In 2004 Šulija was awarded an LL.M. (magna cum laude) from Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Between 2006 and 2007 Gintautas Šulija studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College and graduated with an LL.M.
Having received a scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD),Šulija Partners Law Firm Vilnius: Contact persons (Aviation Business Portal AviaPort.ru, Publisher ООО "AviaPort") he worked on the dissertation Standard Contract Terms in Cross-Border Business TransactionsGintautas Šulija. Standard Contract Terms in Cross-Border Business Transactions (Peter Lang international Academic Publishers. Frankfurt am Main, 2011) under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Marina Wellenhofer.Am Lehrstuhl werden Doktorarbeiten auf verschiedenen Gebieten des bürgerlichen Rechts betreut ( Civil law department of Law Faculty, Goethe University Frankfurt) Šulija was awarded a summa cum laude degree (Dr. jur.) from the Faculty of Law of Goethe University Frankfurt in 2010.Promotionen im Sommersemester 2010: Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft (Newspaper "Uni Campus" Nr. 6, 43. Edition, December 13, 2010)
His research interests are aviation law, trade law,Seminar "International trade" (Information of KSU) European private law, and financial law.About the author(s)/editor(s) (Information of Publisher "Peter Lang")
Gintautas Šulija attended Gustav Stresemann Institute, Jean Monnet regional center in Bonn and several European universities — University of Kiel in Germany, University of Lund in Sweden, Institute of Human Rights of Åbo Akademi University in Finland. (Information of Kazimieras Simonavičius University)
Law science and pedagogy
From 1999 to 2002 Gintautas Šulija was a specialist at Law Institute of Lithuania in Vilnius. From 2008 he was a tutor and lecturer in commercial law at universities and colleges (ISM, TTVAM, etc.)Competition of legal ideas "Pilietis ir valstybė: pastebėjau problemą, siūlau sprendimą" for Lithuanian and foreign students in Lithuania.Module: International Commercial Law (Coordinating lecturers) Šulija is an associate professor,Law Faculty (Kazimieras Simonavičius University) member of the Faculty Council and a social partner of the Faculty of Law of Kazimieras Simonavičius University. (Kazimieras Simonavičius University)
From 2012 to 2013 Šulija was a research fellow of the legal system department of the Law Institute of Lithuania.Information about authors (Legal magazine Teisės problemos) In 2013 he was a chairman of the commission "My Europe. My Rights" for law students in Lithuania.Competition "My Europe. My Rights" (Portal Infolex, Prokurorai.lt and KSU) He is an honorary member of Law Students society "Kriterijus" of Kazimieras Simonavičius University.Honorary members of Law Students Society "Kriterijus" (Lithuanian law Portal Infolex and Law Faculty 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 Jonas Prapiestis, Gintaras Švedas and others).Commentary of Lithuanian Criminal Code, 1st Edition // Lietuvos Respublikos baudžiamojo kodekso komentaras. 1 tomas, 1-98 str. Editor-in-chief Jonas Prapiestis. Law information center of Lithuania, 2004. He compiled and published a number of articles in Lithuanian law reviews and legal journals: Teisė (Vilnius University),Problem of concretization of sentencing provisions in the new Lithuanian criminal code (Law review Teisė of Vilnius University) Teisės problemos (Law Institute of Lithuania), Jurisprudencija (Mykolas Romeris University). (Law review Jurisprudencija, Vilnius. 2004, t. 52(44). p. 58-69..)
He has cooperated with other publishers (Peter Lang International Academic, Oxford University Press,Regulating Unfair Banking Practices in Europe Lincoln Institute of Land Policy).Nummer (Politics and economics magazine Valstybė, Nr. 9 (53) September 2011)
Law practice
From 2002 to 2004 Gintautas Šulija worked at the law firm Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiūnas ir partneriai,Gintautas Šulija (Profil by Infolex.lt) since September 2003 as a qualified attorney at law.Attorneys at law in Lithuania (Law magazine Justitia: Supplement "Teisės žinios") In 2007 and 2008 he worked as a contract attorney for the international law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London office).Gintautas Šulija (Infolex)
In October 2008 Šulija founded a law firm — Šulija & PartnersLaw firm "Šulija & Partners" (Lithuanian law Portal "Infolex.lt") (currently "Šulija Partners Law Firm Vilnius")Advokatų profesinė bendrija "Šulija Partners Law Firm Vilnius" (Information of the Lithuanian Bar Association) — that specialised in aviation finance, business and corporate law."Šulija Partners Law Firm Vilnius" (Profile at Portal "Infolex.lt") Currently he heads corporate and mergers and acquisitions and commercial practices of the firm.Five Star Law: The Premier Independent Guide to the World's Leading Lawyers He is recommended by the Who is Who Legal 100 (editions 2014, 2015, 2016)Gintautas Šulija ("Who is who legal", Law Business Research Ltd, London) Aviation Finance, The Legal 500 EMEA 2016 and other legal directories.Gintautas Šulija ("Chambers Rankings (Europe)", "Chambers and Partners" Guides to the legal profession, 2016 m.) In 2016, he was listed as a leading Lithuanian lawyer in the shipping and transport area of EMEA Legal 500.Shipping and transport ("Legal 500", 2016)Leading individuals ("Legal 500", 2016)
Šulija is a lecturer of legal seminarsG. Šulija (Information of VšĮ"Tobulėkim") by business consulting organisations and companies ("Mokesčių srautas",Countline.lt (Information of "Mokesčių srautas") "Teisės ir valdymo institutas"Doc. dr. Gintauto Šulijos seminaras "Tarptautinė prekyba: industrinė praktika, rizikų valdymas ir ginčų sprendimas" (Information of KSU University) etc.). He provides comments to the Lithuanian press and newspapers (Lietuvos rytas etc.).R. Šadžius prašo informacijos apie V. Vildžiūnaitės atleidimą (Lietuvos rytas)Mokesčių inspekcijoje – galvų kapojimas (Newspaper "Lietuvos rytas") On 25 October 2016 Šulija participated in the panel discussion of the International Aviation Forum as an aviation law expert and delivered a speech on the topic "Doing Aviation Business in Lithuania: 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: [s.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. 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, Jonas Prapiestis, Deividas Soloveičikas, Gintaras Švedas. Editor-in-chief Jonas Prapiestis. 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, Law Institute 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.) Oxford University Press 2010 (co-author) Reform of the Property Tax and Problems of Real Estate Appraisal for Taxation Purposes in Transitional Economies of Central and Eastern Europe // the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cambridge, MA 2138-3400 USA, January 2006 (co-author) Concept of Corporate Criminal Liability and Problems of its Application in Lithuania // Mykolas Romeris University Law Review "Jurisprudencija", No. 41 (33), 2003, p. 91-105 (co-author) Juridinių asmenų baudžiamosios atsakomybės samprata ir taikymo problemos Lietuvoje. Jurisprudencija, [S.l.], v. 41, n. 33, p. 91-105, Rgp. 2014. (co-author) Reform of the Property tax and Problems of Real Estate Appraisal for Taxation Purposes in Transitional Economies of Central and Eastern Europe (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 Law Institute of Lithuania. Ministry of Justice of Lithuania, 2002, Vilnius, 153.
References
External links Website of "Šulija Partners Law Firm Vilnius" (en, de, lt, pl, ru, cn)