EXPERIENCE

Regina Derkintytė-Kaupienė has been practising law since 2000. During over a decade of legal work in major Lithuanian and foreign shipping and telecommunications companies and law firms, she has gained invaluable experience in the fields of shipping and transport as well as in litigation and arbitration. Regina is regarded as a leading maritime law expert in Lithuania and regularly advises clients on ship arrest, sale of ships, mortgages, carriage of goods by sea, maritime claims and restrictions, and other shipping and transport legal issues.

Regina is an experienced insolvency and restructuring law specialist. Regina Derkintytė-Kaupienė is also a highly regarded arbitrator at the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration and co-author of the only textbook on international maritime law. Due to her theoretical and practical knowledge, Regina is frequently invited to speak at Lithuanian and foreign forums and conferences.

Regina Derkintytė-Kaupienė is, according to the global legal directory Legal 500, “one of the most competent maritime law experts in Lithuania”. She is the only practitioner in the field of transport who has her own “star” in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.

Regina has been awarded the Bronze Star of the Klaipėda Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts. The Lithuanian Confederation of Industrialists has also awarded her the Knight of the Trade badge.

Regina has degrees not only in law, but also in engineering economics and business management, which is why her clients entrust her not only with legal disputes and consultations, but also with advice on choosing the business model and form, planning the internal structure of companies, and deciding on changes in the nature of corporate activities and restructuring.

Regina Derkintytė-Kaupienė’s clients include major Lithuanian transport and maritime shipping companies, banks, insurance companies, associations and unions.

CAREER

Since 2010 Founder and Partner at the professional association of lawyers AVERUS

Since 2024 Deputy Chairwoman of the Board of AB Klaipėdos vanduo

Since 2021 Vice President of the Klaipėda Industrialists Association, Council Member

2019-2023 Chairwoman of the Board of AB Klaipėdos vanduo

2017-2021 Member of the Council of the Klaipėda Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Crafts

2006-2010 Senior Legal Professional, Lawyer at law firm Sorainen & Partners

2004-2006 Legal Professional, AB DFDS LISCO

2001-2004 Legal Professional, Teo LT, AB

EDUCATION

2006 International Maritime Law Institute, Malta (Master of Laws (LL.M.))

2005 Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Master’s degree in Engineering Economics and Business Administration)

2000 Mykolas Romeris University (Master of Laws)

PUBLICATIONS

“Marine Engineering”, monograph, 2019 (R. Barzdžiukas, R. Derkintytė-Kaupienė et al.)

“International Maritime Law”, monograph, 2009 (co-author)

MEMBERSHIP

Member of the Council of the Klaipėda Industrialists Association

Member of the Council of the Lithuanian Bar

LANGUAGES

Lithuanian, English, Russian

RECOMMENDATIONS

Recognised as a leading maritime and transport law professional in Lithuania by the global legal directory Legal 500 (since 2009)