Our team

Partner Ernesta Žiogienė has more than 18 years of experience advising clients on corporate, commercial and real estate matters solving a range of issues related to corporate governance, development, reorganization, investment and other corporate and commercial law issues.

Ernesta Žiogienė has extensive and successful experience in negotiations and conclusion of various complex M&A transactions. She has represented clients in major and complicated international and local M&A transactions, commercial and real estate projects.

Ernesta is also actively involved in the fields of investment, project finance, IT and innovation.

• Since 2014 Partner, Attorney at Law, PRIMUS (previous firm name till April 2016 - VARUL)
• 2011 - 2014 Associate Partner, Attorney at Law, Law Firm VARUL
• 2008 - 2010 Attorney at Law, Law Firm Ernesta Žiogienė
• 2004 - 2008 Associate, Law Firm V. Smilgeviciene, J.R. Smilgevicius and partners Foresta
• 2003 - 2004 Trainee, Law Firm Stasys Šedbaras
• 2001 - 2003 Consultant, 10th Notary Office of Vilnius City

• Baltic Management Institute (BMI), 4-Continent Executive MBA (2019)
• Vilnius University, Faculty of Law, MA (2004)

• Lithuanian Bar Association (since 2004)
• International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), National Representative
• NGO Enterprise Lithuania project Business Consultants Network”, Consultant (since 2017)
• NGO Enterprise Lithuania project „National Mentorship Network“, Mentor (since 2015)
• Guest lecturer at the Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Faculty of Economics and Management (since 2015)

• Noted as a „rising star“ (IFLR1000, 2017)
• "The ‘very competent’ Ernesta Žiogienė acted for Blue Bridge Baltic during its acquisition of a stake in Acorn Intelligence." (The Legal 500, 2015)

• New rankings: PRIMUS law firm in Lithuania has been recognized by The Legal 500 EMEA 2021
• Technology and concrete ideas won this year’s Business Woman Awards
• Business areas where women are the most successful
• Future forecasts for startups
• E. Žiogienė: “If your ideas are copied, they are good”
• BZN start: “Nuances of entering e-business into foreign markets have been revealed”
• E. Žiogienė: “How to prepare for export to foreign markets?”
• E. Žiogienė: “How to become an authority in your business niche?”
• E. Žiogienė: “Don’t try this at home – tested business development mistakes”
• How to reach business heights and not rest on the laurels
• Investors and startups. What both sides need to know?
• Legal issues when expanding e-business into foreign markets
• Doing Business 2017: Equal Opportunity for All
• Ernesta Žiogienė: Useful contacts are important for business success
• Ernesta Žiogienė: how to survive as a startup?

• Annual Blue Bridge conference “Bridge to Cloud 2018: Cloud the practical way”
• Business Woman Awards 2018
• The biggest young business forum #LAUNCH 2018. Go social!
• Primus lecture to master’s students of KTU about business plagiarism
• The Founders’ Day #10: How to research and assure if your idea is indeed brilliant?
• Business Drive #8: E-business entry into foreign markets
• Swedbank and Primus discussion on how to protect your business from theft
• AIJA 2017 Half Year November Conference in Girona
• Primus lawyers give lecture to master’s students of KTU
• Network Day 2017
• Primus attends young business forum #LAUNCH 2017
• Business Women Awards 2017
• Ernesta Žiogienė discusses about students’ traineeship in Lithuania and abroad
• AIJA 2017 Half-Year Conference in Riga
• The Founders Day #6: Get found. Get funded. Financing & Investments
• Business Drive #4: e-business expansion into foreign markets
• Annual AIJA Congress 2016
• Lecture for KTU students on Intellectual Property
• Primus attends young business forum #LAUNCH