Sorainen has successfully represented former board members of Investment and Business Guarantees – a company subordinate to the Lithuanian Ministry of Economy ‒ in an appeal before the Vilnius Regional Court concerning a bonus payment to a former manager of the company.
According to Sorainen, "the Ministry of Economy appealed the decision of the Vilnius City District Court, claiming that the bonus paid was harmful to the company and should be returned to Invega. As the first instance court ruled in favor of our clients, the defendants, the Ministry appealed to the higher instance court.
However, the appeal was dismissed and the Vilnius Regional Court confirmed that the members of the Board of Invega 'acted in good faith and reasonably, were loyal to Invega and their decision was lawful.' The court acknowledged that the former Invega manager, having achieved all of his goals, was entitled to a bonus, so the board rightly decided to pay it.
Gediminas Norkunas, Invega’s former interim board chairman and one of the defendants in the case, commented that: “I am happy that the court of appeal has upheld the previous decision and defended the institution of independent board members. The decision confirmed that independent board members have the right to act independently and in accordance with their conscience and beliefs and they are not bound by the instructions of the external founder.”
The Sorainen team representing the former board members consisted of Partner Zygimantas Pacevicius and Senior Associate Jurgita Karvele.
