Bio

Vilija Vaitkute Pavan is actively engaged in arbitration and frequently serves as an arbitrator and counsel in numerous international and domestic arbitration proceedings under arbitration rules of the ICC, SCC, FCCC, CCIG, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and VCCA (Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration). Chambers Global describes Vilija as “highly respected for her work in high-profile Lithuanian arbitration cases, and is praised by one client as being excellent for strategic advice” and additionally notes that Vilija “has an impressive grasp of court psychology” and “interviewees and peers see her as one of the strongest names for both arbitration and litigation” in jurisdiction. Vilija was an ICC Arbitration Court member for Lithuania thus giving her the opportunity not only to read thousands of various arbitral awards’ drafts but also to be involved in numerous discussions over complicated arbitration issues. For more than 15 years Vilija was the Head of Ellex Valiunas Dispute Resolution practice. She regularly gives lectures at international conferences and is the author of a number of articles and papers on arbitration. Vilija is also the Honorary Consul of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in Lithuania. In 2020 and 2021, Mrs. Pavan was nominated as the only professional negligence lawyer in the Baltic States by Who`s Who Legal and received Litigation Star ranking by the legal directory Benchmark Litigation.