Specialization: Arbitration, Mediation, Business Disputes, EU Law, Regulated Sectors Law (Energy, Infrastructure, Telecommunications, Finance), Competition Law, FIDIC, Construction and Real Estate Law
Karolis Gudas is an attorney-at-law with extensive experience in dispute resolution in various legal sectors, including regulated industries (energy, finance, infrastructure, telecommunications), construction, and real estate. He has advised on strategic infrastructure projects, including Rail Baltica and the Vilnius and Kaunas Cogeneration Power Plants. He has represented clients in high-value, complex disputes.
Dr. Karolis Gudas has experience representing clients before the European Court of Justice and in international arbitration institutions, e.g., ICC (Paris), SCC (Stockholm), FTC (Serbia), and HKIAC (Hong Kong).
2024 – Present – Partner, MARSUS Law Firm
2023 – 2024 – Partner, Karolis Gudas Law Office
2021 – 2023 – Head of Disputes, Baltic Region, RB Rail AS (Rail Baltica)
2016 – 2021 – Head of Legal, Vilnius Cogeneration Power Plant (Ignitis)
2013 – 2016 – Researcher, National Centres of Competence in Research, Trade Regulation (Switzerland)
2011 – 2013 – Disputes Attorney-at-Law, Motieka & Audzevičius Law Firm
2010 – 2011 – Trainee, European Commission
2017 – 2024 – Research Fellow, Cambridge University Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance
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
