Jurgita Petkutė joined KNOETZL in 2020 with extensive, senior-level, experience as counsel and as arbitrator in numerous and substantial international arbitral proceedings.

Jurgita acts as counsel in domestic and international arbitral proceedings as well as in investment arbitrations under an array of institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules. The industries for which she works include, in particular, energy (oil, gas exploration, transport and supply agreements), engineering and construction (under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction and other), transportation as well as shipping and insurance. Many of the proceedings handled by her involved sovereign states or their instrumentalities as a party.

Jurgita is frequently appointed as party-appointed or presiding arbitrator in significant cases. Her experience as arbitrator includes proceedings under the arbitration rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC) and the Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration (VCCA).