Specialization: Arbitration, Business Disputes, EU Law, Regulated Sectors Law, Competition Law, FIDIC, Construction and Real Estate Law
Karolis Gudas is an attorney-at-law with more than 15 years of professional experience in regulation, dispute resolution, compliance, and corporate governance. His practice spans both national and international levels, with a focus on complex disputes, regulatory challenges, and strategic projects.
Karolis has represented clients before a range of high-level institutions, including the European Commission (DG FISMA, DG COMP, DG ENER), as well as Lithuanian national authorities – the Bank of Lithuania, the Competition Council, the Communications Regulatory Authority, and the National Energy Regulatory Council.
Dr. Gudas has appeared on behalf of clients before the Supreme Court of Lithuania, the Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania, the Court of Justice of the European Union, and in international arbitration proceedings under various institutional rules – ICC (Paris), SCC (Stockholm), DIFC (Dubai), FIA (Finland), FTC (Serbia), HKIAC (Hong Kong), and VCA (Vilnius).
2023 – Present – Partner, MARSUS Law Firm
2018 – 2024 – Management board, Baltic – American Clinic
2021 – 2023 – Head of Disputes, Baltic region, RB Rail AS (Rail Baltica)
2016 – 2021 – Head of Legal, Ignitis | VKJ
2013 – 2016 – Associate, Swiss National Centre of Competence, Trade Regulation
2011 – 2013 – Disputes associate, Motieka & Audzevičius Law Firm
2010 – 2011 – Trainee, European Commission
2017 – to date Research Fellow, University of Cambridge C-EENRG
2017 – PhD with Distinction, World Trade Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland
2013 – Diploma in European Union Law, King’s College London
2006 – 2012 – Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Law, Mykolas Romeris University
