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• Main experience gained structuring and developing new investment funds and investment projects in the asset management industry (JSC "Orion Asset Management"), including advising on the setup and structuring and the formation of various alternative investment funds — including private equity, real estate and venture capital funds, hedge funds, funds of funds, private debt, retail funds (UCITS) and other types of investment funds;

• Furthermore, Tomas advised asset managers on matters related to MiFID II regulation — i.e., conduct of business rules in the field of investment scheme management, and various other matters regarding asset management and capital markets regulation / portfolio management services;

• Solid practical experience was gained by building full internal compliance mechanisms for financial markets participants within the Lithuanian and EU financial markets regulatory framework;

• Tomas supervised more than seventeen private investment funds managed by investment managers, from the establishment stage through to the end of their life cycle;

• Please note that Tomas Bagdonas also specialises in general financial services regulatory matters — i.e., AML / CTF, fintech, and the licensing of banks, EMIs and PSPs, as well as other areas related to financial services regulation / compliance mechanisms;

• Over the past five years, Tomas Bagdonas has built strong relationships with asset managers, financial brokerage companies, electronic money licence holders and other types of financial markets participants. He has helped these participants bridge the gap between external financial markets regulation and its effective implementation in day-to-day operations;

• Moreover, Tomas gained powerful know-how working in the Financial Services Supervision Unit of the Bank of Lithuania and at top-tier Baltic law firms;

• He is a qualified lawyer in Lithuania and holds bachelor's and master's degrees in Law (financial services law). During his master's studies, he wrote his thesis on the duties of financial markets participants when providing investment services under the MiFID framework. He is also a qualified lawyer educated in the USA, at George Washington University Law School.

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