Glimstedt is recognised for its strong Banking & Finance Law practice, advising lenders, borrowers, and financial institutions on sophisticated domestic and cross-border transactions, regulatory matters, and capital markets mandates. The team is particularly valued for its ability to combine first-rate transactional execution with practical, solution-driven advice on complex financing structures and Lithuanian law security arrangements.

With extensive experience in commercial lending, refinancing, loan portfolio transfers, debt capital markets transactions, and securitisations, the practice is well-positioned to handle high-value and multi-layered financing mandates. The firm regularly acts in transactions spanning multiple jurisdictions, coordinating financing documentation, structuring local law security packages, and ensuring seamless execution across workstreams and stakeholder groups.

The team advises on financing projects across a broad range of sectors, including:

• aircraft acquisition, financing, and leasing;

• industrial plant development;

• renewable energy projects;

• commercial real estate development;

• infrastructure projects, including public-private partnership (PPP) mandates;

• other capital-intensive and strategically important financings.

The practice supports clients throughout the entire transaction lifecycle – from structuring and negotiations to drafting, closing, and implementation – while also providing focused advice on Lithuanian law compliance, validity, and enforceability issues.

In addition to transactional work, the team advises a broad range of regulated market participants, including banks, investment firms, insurance companies and intermediaries, payment institutions, e-money institutions, credit unions, and consumer credit providers. Its regulatory expertise covers incorporation, licensing, and ongoing compliance matters, particularly in dealings with the Bank of Lithuania.

Core areas of expertise include:

• establishment and licensing of banks, investment firms, insurance companies and intermediaries, payment institutions, and e-money institutions, as well as representation in the acquisition of regulated financial institutions;

• establishment and registration of consumer credit providers and credit unions, including regulatory advice;

• acquisition finance and related transactional support;

• infrastructure and real estate finance;

• trade finance and working capital finance;

• refinancing and restructuring of financing arrangements;

• public offerings of securities, including IPOs;

• private and public debt issuances;

• derivatives and structured financial instruments.

Clients particularly value the team’s commercial judgement, responsiveness, and ability to deliver premium-quality advice on complex, time-sensitive, and cross-border financing matters.