Aiste Medeliene

Lithuania

WALLESS
Upės str. 23
08128 Vilnius
Lithuania

Tel: +370 612 27333

Email: aiste.medeliene@walless.com
Web: www.walless.com

Aiste has over 20 years of experience in the fields of tax advice, compliance, litigation, customs law and private wealth management.

Her vast experience as both an arbiter and litigator, combined with a deep understanding of tax legislation and administration processes, adds unique value for clients. Aiste’s attention to detail and open-minded approach enables her to deal with complex situations and find solutions even in the most sophisticated tax cases, including cases at Court of Justice of European Union and European Court of Human Rights.

Apart from her work for the clients, Aiste is a member of Association of European Administrative Judges (was co-chair of Tax Working Group for 6 years) and Head of the Tax Committee of Lithuanian Bar Association.

Aiste is recognized as a Leading Individual in Lithuania for Tax in The Legal 500. She is also ranked as a Band 1 Tax lawyer by Chambers and Partners. Aiste is recognized for her excellent handling of tax disputes, and a client recommends her for ‘strategic approach and focus on her clients’.

The tax professionals at WALLESS provide a broad range of tax advisory solutions for corporate and private clients. These solutions include processes of business and transaction structuring, mergers and acquisitions, private wealth management, and succession planning and re-domiciliation. Not being held back by internal walls and external boundaries, our tax experts are ready to quickly grasp even the most complex business ventures and client needs, to assess all the relevant risks and provide the most efficient and practical solutions. We are also your trustworthy guide in a swiftly-changing tax regulatory environment.

WALLESS tax experts are highly skilled and experienced in the field of tax compliance, tax reviews and tax due diligence. The scope of services provided range from assistance with personal income tax returns for high net worth individuals, to complex tax due diligence in mergers and acquisitions of businesses, real estate transfers, and other transactions. Our team also works with an autonomous full scope or selected issue self-tax reviews. They are highly valued as an effective means of catching inaccuracies and erroneous tax practices at their early stages, to facilitate the prevention of risks and tax disputes in the future.

The WALLESS Tax team strongly believes in and always advocates for amicable dispute resolutions and settlements, including the tax field. However, in situations when matters can only be settled in a court of law, we are alongside our clients throughout the whole legal process. From the very first dealings with the tax authorities, we assist clients from the initial stages of tax audit, preparation of a dispute strategy to the representation of their interests in the central tax administration, the Commission on Tax Disputes, administrative courts, and the Court of Justice of the European Union or European Court of Human Rights.

WALLESS is a B2B law firm which aims to remould the traditional legal landscape. Our cohesive team does not see walls or boundaries, and it is driven by the philosophy that our client goals are like our own and we will always reach them, irrespective of the challenges they pose. We take on new groundbreaking fields and pioneer in them, setting new directions and standards for others.

Clients are our driving force and motivation. We unite forces behind each case to achieve the highest possible impact for the benefit of our clients, and we will go the extra mile where nobody else will. With our client-centric approach and philosophy of learning without borders, we position ourselves as the Baltic region’s leading law firm.

We place transparency at the forefront of our interactions, where professionalism and high standards are our main values, and no hidden catch exists. By implementing lean working processes and low leverage, we are able to give clients direct access to our highly experienced team, with the top talent working on each case. By using a horizontal management structure, we are offering the same level of internal responsibility to each regional and international client, while our decision-making process remains smooth and personalized.