Olegas is a solicitor in the Litigation Department with a practice focused on company and commercial litigation, shareholder and director disputes, corporate and personal insolvency, and complex property and trust litigation. He acts in the County Court and High Court, particularly the Business and Property Courts (including the Insolvency and Companies List), and in arbitration, frequently handling urgent and high-value matters ranging from boardroom and ownership disputes to cross-border jurisdiction and insolvency challenges.
Alongside an LLB, a Master’s in International Business Law and the LPC, Olegas has over ten years’ experience across contentious company, commercial, property, trust and insolvency matters.
Practice Focus
· Company and Commercial Litigation
· Breach of contract, misrepresentation and unjust enrichment claims
· Share purchase agreement disputes, warranty and indemnity claims
· Confidential information and restrictive covenant enforcement
· Shareholder and Director Disputes
· Unfair prejudice petitions (Companies Act 2006, s.994)
· Derivative claims and just and equitable winding up
· Director misfeasance and breach of fiduciary duty
· Shareholder agreement disputes, deadlock and buy-out mechanisms
· Corporate and Personal Insolvency
· Statutory demands; bankruptcy petitions, set-aside and annulment applications
· Winding up petitions; injunctions to restrain presentation/advertisement; validation orders
· Administration and CVAs: appointments, extensions and challenges
· Office-holder claims: transactions at an undervalue (s.238), preferences (s.239), wrongful trading (s.214), misfeasance (s.212), transactions defrauding creditors (s.423)
· Proofs of debt, insolvency set-off, distributions and retention of title claims
· Examination and information orders (including s.236) and recovery of company books and assets
· Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
· Contested jurisdiction and forum non conveniens (CPR Part 11)
· Service out of the jurisdiction and challenges to service
· Enforcement and asset recovery with cross-border elements
· Property Litigation
· Commercial landlord and tenant disputes (forfeiture, arrears, dilapidations)
· Possession, trespass and nuisance claims
· Easements, restrictive covenants and boundary disputes
· Trusts and Equitable Claims
· Breach of trust and fiduciary duty
· Constructive and resulting trusts; proprietary estoppel
· Tracing claims; urgent proprietary and freezing injunctions
· ADR and Urgent Relief
· Mediation and arbitration (domestic and international rules)
· Without notice and on-notice injunctions; delivery up and search orders (as appropriate)
Representative Experience
· Acting for minority shareholders in unfair prejudice petitions, securing negotiated buy-outs and governance remedies.
· Bringing and defending jurisdiction challenges, including applications under CPR Part 11 and related service-out disputes in cross-border matters.
· Acting for creditors and debtors in winding up and bankruptcy proceedings, including urgent injunctions to restrain presentation/advertisement of petitions and obtaining validation orders.
· Resisting statutory demands and dismissing bankruptcy petitions where the debt is disputed or subject to substantial cross-claim.
· Advising on SPA disputes, warranty breaches and indemnity recovery following completion.
· Litigating complex property disputes (forfeiture, dilapidations and rights over land) and equitable claims (constructive trusts, tracing and proprietary remedies).
Qualifications and Languages
· LLB; Master’s in International Business Law; LPC
· Over ten years’ experience in County Court and High Court litigation, mediation and arbitration
· Fluent in Lithuanian and Russian
