Attorney Paulius Galubickas has extensive litigation experience in complex disputes. Together with HubLegal’s team, we professionally represent and defend the interests of clients in civil, criminal and administrative cases in courts of all instances, in arbitration in Lithuania and abroad. Our law firm specialises, among other things, in disputes involving

• breach of IT agreements and indemnification for damages
• software licensing and copyright infringements
• unlawful use of confidential information
• unfair competition
• debt collection
• violations of trademark, copyright, or domain rights
• disputes among company shareholders
• creditor disputes in bankruptcies
• labour law and migration issues
• violations of privacy, honour and dignity
• family law and inheritance issues
• in cross-border disputes with foreign entities
• in criminal cases of fraud, corruption and other matters
• in cases of administrative offenses

Our IT lawyers and specialists advise clients on all software-related issues, including open source, legal and usage issues since 2005. Attorney Paulius Galubickas is a recognised and Black Duck certified legal professional. Our team consists of programmers, intellectual property protection specialists and experienced software licensing professionals. As requested by clients, our team has analysed a number of open-source licences. With such extensive expertise, we have created a competence hub of knowledge about software licences and we share this experience with our clients. Our services include:

• drawing up IT agreements
• trainings on the use of open-source licences
• preparing licences for applications, and advice on the use of FOSS licences
• analysis of mutual compliance and legal handling of licences, including open-source licences
• advising on the development and commercialisation of open source
• drawing up CLAs (Contributor Licence Agreements)
• advice on obtaining patents for IT inventions
• representation in litigations regarding code authorship, infringements of economic rights of authors, liability, and other violations of IT agreements and licences
• technical and financial assessment of IT programmes
• specialist conclusions on various aspects of the software use, including on “cleanliness” of the source code in terms of different licences used

We use the following tools for the analysis of software code:

• Certificates:

• registration of trademarks and designs
• development of a strategy for the registration of trademarks
• drawing up licence agreements, contracts on pledge, assignment of rights to trademarks
• online monitoring of trademarks, photos, videos and keywords
• protecting the rights of authors
• audits and valuation of intellectual property

We perform a legal due diligence of personal data processed by companies and organizations as well as an analysis of IT security, and assess whether the practice of personal data processing complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), cybersecurity risk management directive TIS 2 (NIS 2) and other laws.

Data protection due diligence encompasses the following tasks:

• analysis of data flows
• data protection impact assessment, balancing test of legitimate interests
• preparing a register for records of data processing activities
• drafting the internal rules for data processing and other required internal procedures
• drawing up privacy policies
• conducting data protection audits
• drawing up agreements on data processing and transfer
• preparing notices to data subjects
• drawing up conclusions and offering recommendations as to compliance with the GDPR and TIS 2
• representing in disputes over privacy breaches
• assistance in reporting personal data breaches to the State Data Protection Inspectorate

Analysis of IT data security encompasses the following tasks:

• assessment of requirements for data security in relation to services, products and infrastructure, an audit of application of technical and organisational measures set by the laws
• analysis of the software and hardware compliance with the requirements of privacy by design & privacy by default
• checking of IT inventory in the company
• compiling a list of critical IT systems of the company based on their importance
• checking compliance with IT security requirements
• assessment of the infrastructure of the internal and external network of the company
• assessment of the process of incident monitoring, identification and de-escalation in the company
• assessment of ensuring data subjects’ rights in the software being developed or used
• drawing up internal procedures for IT systems in the company
• making recommendations
• outlining a plan for following the recommendations, and supervising its implementation
• additional external and internal IT penetration tests can be carried out in the company to assess the security level of its IT infrastructure

Our lawyers advise on recruitment, dismissal, posting of workers and transfer to another place of work. We provide services drawing up employment contracts, service contracts, advise on internal work regulations and any other local legal acts. We represent the interests of our clients by concluding confidentiality, non-competition, employee-generated intellectual property protection agreements and other contracts, as well as represent them before employment dispute commissions, the State Labour Inspectorate and courts.  We advise and represent investors, employees of international companies and their family members when filing applications for national or Schengen visas, work permits and residence permits in Lithuania, as well as provide advice on other migration issues.

We advise on establishment, acquisition / sale, reorganisation, liquidation of companies (start-ups), investment in them, other issues of company law, and prepare the necessary legal documents. We carry out a legal due diligence of the activities and (or) contracts of companies. We represent shareholders at shareholder meetings and shareholder disputes. We draw up share purchase agreements and shareholder agreements. In addition, we provide legal advice in these areas:

• bankruptcy (insolvency) of a legal entity
• winding-up a legal entity
• corporate reorganisation
• mergers and acquisitions
• selection of the form and establishment of a legal entity
• share purchase transactions
• shareholder agreements
• contesting transactions entered into by companies
• analysis of operations of a legal entity
• representation of companies in negotiations
• representation of interests of companies and shareholders in the resolution of disputes among shareholders, or between the management bodies and shareholders of the company
• advising on day-to-day business operations
• tax advice
• representation in relations with the tax authority
• search for debtors and their assets
• preparation of claims and procedural documents
• representation in dealings with judicial officers (bailiff offices)

• drafting and coordination of commercial and civil contracts (on sale, contracting, distribution, franchise, lease, loan for use, joint activities, loan, services, cooperation, insurance, etc.)
• drafting preliminary, sale and other contracts for real estate
• drafting construction contracts (design, maintenance, contracting, subcontracting, project management, etc.)
• assessment of the impact of force majeure on the contractual relationship
• legal due diligence of contracts and assessment of contractual risks
• advice on amendment, termination, and performance of contracts
• advice on product labelling, consumer protection, advertising and unfair competition
• drafting pharmaceutical, software and other distribution contracts

• advising on issues of inheritance in Lithuania and abroad
• representation in the procedures of accepting inheritance, and documenting inheritance
• representation at courts in disputes over inheritance procedures
• pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements
• agreements on division of jointly owned property
• advising on issues of child support, custody, etc.
• analysis of consequences of terminating a pre-nuptial or post-nuptial agreement
• representation in proceedings involving dissolution of marriage, division of jointly owned property, establishment/contesting of paternity, determining place of residence of children, awarding child support, awarding mutual maintenance (alimony) of spouses