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Our practice is your solution

What makes us unique

IPnovus Law is an international law firm with a widely developed legal network of independent lawyers in the Baltic countries including Finland, as well as in Central and Western Asia, created with the purpose of delivering accessible and efficient services to international clients throughout the market. We eliminate the necessity for our clients to engage many separate law firms in the regions by solving any and all of their needs through one legal window.

Quality, Speed and Fees are three key factors of our services. We are true legal specialists in the maze of intricate IP and IT laws in each country and region we have our representatives at. The distinctive cultural and legal experience of our legal team allows us to examine our clients’ cases from multiple perspectives, allowing us to combine multiple skill sets to create the most logical solution. In our high-speed, internet-driven world, rapid response time is not only appreciated but demanded. Affordable rates, combined with efficient service, create repeat business and referrals.

Core values
INTEGRITY
Integrity is key at IPnovus Law, and we apply it at all levels of our working relationships. Our aim is to think outside the box and to develop efficient and smart practices.
TEAM WORK
At IPnovus Law we believe in team work and knowledge sharing amongst the members of our team network. We take joint responsibility to deliver high quality services to all our clients.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Qualitative relationships, aligned with your business strategy and excellence, is what we aim for. We aim to be your privileged partner in the marketplace.
Our projects

Many of our clients are well known international corporations, however, we advise companies of all sizes – from multinationals to small private entities – in IP law and most areas of commercial law. We are happy to provide more information on request. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

Key team members
All regions
Jolanta Kaminskaite-Jonusauskiene
Managing Partner (All regions)
Graham Arthur
Of Counsel
Gundars Abolins
Managing Partner (Riga office)
Olegi Simsive
Of counsel for Central Asia
Narine Mkrtchyan
Advocate
Anton Levin
Senior Attorney at Law
Edita Ivanauskiene
Of Counsel
Vilija Apiniene
Chief of Operations
Andrey Androschuk
Senior Attorney at Law (Moscow office)
Oksana Aristarkhova
Junior Attorney at Law
Ekaterina Vanyushina
Office Manager
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Your goals are our goals

At IPnovus Law we believe that by helping our clients to reach their goals we reach ours. Through our network of legal services we aim to be your local partner for business expansion in the highly diverse marketplace. Our specialization is General law and Intellectual Property (IP) law.

In the area of Intellectual Property law, we are dedicated in helping you to protect your IP rights through the implementation of a cost efficient enforcement program. We are proud to act as Regional Legal Counsel for multinational corporations in the Baltic countries, Central and Western Asia, and Russia (for international clients only).

We offer legal support to our clients across the commercial area with special emphasis on contract and corporate law. We have in-depth knowledge of the IT industry and we also have a lot of experience in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) industry.

Please allow us to collect data about how you use our website. We will use it to improve our website, make your browsing experience and our business decisions better. To learn more, please read our  Privacy policy.
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Privacy policy

PRIVACY POLICY

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This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, process and protect personal data of our clients and website visitors. By using this website and prividing us with your data, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

This Policy is issued by IPnovus, a law firm comprising IPnovus LLC, a limited liability partnership registered in Russia, and „Novus intellectus“, a professional partnership of advocates registered in Lithuania (together referred to as “IPnovus”).

If you have questions regarding this Policy or if you have any requests related to the processing of your personal data, you can contact us by e-mail ipnovus@ipnovus.com.

This Policy may be amended or updated from time to time, so please check it regularly for updates.


Collection of personal data

We may collect personal data about you: (i) directly from you (e.g., when you contact us); (ii) in the course of our relationship with you (e.g., if we provide you with legal advice); (iii) when you make your personal data public (e.g., if you make a public post on social media); (iv) when you visit our website; (v) from the third parties (e.g., public registers, law enforcement agecies, and etc.).

Purposes and legal bases for processing your personal data

Legal bases for processing your personal data are as follows:

  • any contract that you have entered into with us, or any steps taken prior  to entering into a contract with us;
  • your prior consent (used only in relation to data processing that is entirely voluntary and not used for data processing that is necessary or obligatory);
  • persuing our legitimate interests (e.g., to provide services to our clients, to administer our website, and etc.);
  • compliance with the obligations imposed on us by legislation.

Categories of personal data we may process:

  • Personal data: name, surname, photograph, job title.
  • Demographic information: gender, nationality, date of birth.
  • Identifier information: passport or national identity number.
  • Contact details: residential address, telephone number(s), email address(es).
  • Matter details: personal data included in correspondence, transaction documents, evidence or other materials that we process in the course of performance of legal services agreement with you.
  • Payment details: billing address, bank account number, name of account holder, invoice records,  payment records, SWIFT details, IBAN details, payment amount and date.
  • Data relating to our website: device type, operating system, browser type, browser settings, IP address, language settings, dates and times of connecting to a site, usage data, aggregate statistical information.
  • Other data we collect from legitimate sources in provision of legal services.

Where we need to process your sensitive personal data (e.g. trade union membership, health data, etc.) for a legitimate purpose, we do so in compliance with applicable law.

Processing of personal data

We shall take reasonable steps to ensure that your personal data are kept accurate and up-to-date and are erased or rectified immediately when we become aware of inaccuracies.

We shall process your personal data fairly, lawfully and in a transperent manner, and only to the extent necessary for achieving the purposes for which the data were collected, in accordance with the principles and requirements established by law.

Please note that we may process your personal data not only when we provide legal services to you under agreement, but also when you contact us via general e-mail of IPnovus, submitting a query or other information by contacts specified on our website or on social networks. In these cases data will be processed in order to answer your query and persue our legitimate interests.

We may process your personal data by our use of cookies and similar technologies. When you visit a website we may place cookies onto your device or read Cookies already on your device, subject always to obtaining your consent, where required, in accordance with applicable law. We use cookies to record information about your device, your browser and, in some cases, your preferences and browsing habits.

Information about the cookies used on our webiste is below:

We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data.

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Disclosure of your personal data to third parties

We may disclose your personal data to: (i) legal and regulatory authorities (upon their request or reporting suspected breach of applicable law); (ii) our external advisors (accountants, auditors, lawyers, etc. subject to confidentiality undertaking under agreements with them); (iii) our processors, i.e. any person or entity that processes personal data on our behalf (providers of data hosting services, providers of software support and development services, providers of information technology infrastructure services and other service providers, subject to contractual security and confidentiality undertakings as well as requirements under applicable law); (iv) any party as needed in connection with legal proceedings (court, law enforcement agency or relevant party to proceedings to the extent necessary for defence or implementation of legal rights).

International transfer of personal data

We may need to transfer your personal data to recipients in other countries (i.e. other IPnovus entity or data procesor outside the EEA) for the purposes set out in this Policy. Where we transfer personal data from the EEA to a recipient outside the EEA that does not provide for an adequate level of protection of personal data, we will do so on the basis of Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission for the purpose of transferring data outside of the EEA.

Data retention

Your personal data shall be processed only for the minimum period necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy, unless applicable law requires a longer retention period. Longer retention may take place when: (i) there is a reasonable susposion of an unlawful act that is being investigated; (ii) to defend from claims or actions initiated against us; (iii) for backup copies; (iv) in other cases requested by law.

Your personal data will be destroyed within a reasonable time upon expiry of the retention period.

Legal rights of data subjects

You have a number of rights in respect of our processing of your personal data, including:

  • the right of access to your personal data and the right to be informed regarding the nature, processing and disclosure of those data;
  • the right to request rectification of any inaccuracies in your personal data;
  • the right to request, on legitimate grounds, erasure of your personal data or restriction of processing of your personal data;
  • the right to demand to transfer your personal data to another controller or provide those data directly to you in a convenient form (applicable to that personal data that you submitted and that is processed by automated means on the basis of the agreement or consent);
  • the right to object to processing of your personal data if data are processed on the basis of a legitimate interest pursued by us, unless there are compelling legitimate grounds for the processing which overide the interests, rights and freedoms of the data subject, or for the establishment, exercise and defence of legal claims;
  • where we process your personal data on the basis of your consent, the right at any time to withdraw that consent.


We may require proof of your identity before we can give effect to these rights.

If you are of the opinion that your personal data is being processed illegally or in violation of your rights, you have the right to file a complaint with a Data Protection Authority regarding the processing of your personal data. In any case we recommend to refer to us first for an amicable settlement of the matter.




Managing Partner (All regions)

Jolanta Kaminskaite-Jonusauskiene

Contact info:

jolanta.kaminskaite@ipnovus.com
+370 655 15 551

Of Counsel

Graham Arthur

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com
+ 44 79 560 67 015

Managing Partner (Riga office)

Gundars Abolins

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com
+371 29 171 915

Of counsel for Central Asia

Olegi Simsive

Contact info:

olegi.simsive@ipnovus.com

+7 717 297 23 25

Advocate

Narine Mkrtchyan

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com
+7 495 212 92 84

Senior Attorney at Law

Anton Levin

Contact info: 

ipnovus@ipnovus.com
+7 495 212 92 84

Of Counsel

Edita Ivanauskiene

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com

Chief of Operations

Vilija Apiniene

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com

Senior Attorney at Law (Moscow office)

Andrey Androschuk

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com
+7 495 212 92 84

Junior Attorney at Law

Oksana Aristarkhova

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com
+7 495 212 92 84

Office Manager

Ekaterina Vanyushina

Contact info:

ipnovus@ipnovus.com
+7 495 212 92 84