Response Legal

What Response Legal does

Response Legal is a Lithuanian professional law partnership (Advokatų profesinė bendrija Šenavičius ir partneriai RESPONSE) founded in 2019 when Managing Partner Dr. Vytautas Šenavičius spun out of Tvins with an eleven-member team. The firm is headquartered in Vilnius at Business Stadium West and operates across six practice areas: Crypto-Asset Service Providers (MiCA licensing and blockchain solutions), Banking & Finance, M&A and Corporate Law, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate, and Data/Technology/IP Law.

The firm's core offering is regulatory licensing and compliance advisory for financial market participants, with deep specialization in Lithuanian fintech authorization. Its underlying technology is conventional professional legal services — there is no proprietary software platform; value is delivered through human expertise, regulatory relationships, and accumulated precedent. The firm has acted as sole or lead legal advisor on 10 of 12 EU Crowdfunding Service Provider (ECSP) licenses issued in Lithuania, and has facilitated specialized bank, e-money, AIFM, payment institution, and crypto-asset service provider authorizations for clients including HeavyFinance, SME Bank, NS Pay, Nter Asset Management, and Verse Payments Lithuania.

Revenue is generated through professional services billing on a quote-based model, with hourly rates or fixed fees for licensing documentation, regulatory strategy, legal opinions, contract drafting, and representation before the Bank of Lithuania. The go-to-market is partner-led, driven by direct referrals, international legal directory recognition (Chambers, IFLR1000, Legal 500), and the Managing Partner's role as Chairman of the Lithuanian P2P and Crowdfunding Association. Customer segments include regulated financial institutions, fintech and crypto startups, and corporate clients requiring M&A and dispute resolution support, primarily within Lithuania.

Name

Response Legal

Legal name

Advokatų profesinė bendrija Šenavičius ir partneriai RESPONSE

Website

https://response-legal.lt

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Response Legal is a Lithuanian professional law firm founded in 2019, specializing in financial services regulation, fintech licensing (ECSP, MiCA, e-money, AIFM), and corporate advisory for regulated financial market participants, primarily in Lithuania.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Regulatory & Compliance Law (BPAHAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA), Litigation & Dispute Resolution (BPAHAAAB)

Keywords

• Financial services law
• Fintech regulatory advisory
• Crypto asset licensing
• Crowdfunding regulation
• Banking and compliance law

Headquarters

HQ city

Vilnius

HQ country

Lithuania

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Advisory Services: Professional legal services billed at hourly rates or fixed fees for specific regulatory licensing and compliance engagements. Services include preparation of licensing documentation, regulatory strategy development, legal opinions, contract drafting, and representation before supervisory authorities.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Response Legal is a Lithuanian professional law partnership that provides specialized legal advisory services to financial market participants, fintech firms, and crypto-asset service providers. The firm's core work spans regulatory licensing (crowdfunding/ECSP, e-money, payment institution, specialized bank, AIFM, and MiCA), AML/CTF compliance, corporate/M&A advisory, dispute resolution, real estate, and data protection/technology law. Engagements are delivered on a fee-based basis through partner-led relationships with corporate clients across the Baltic region.

Product overview

Response Legal is a Lithuanian law firm providing legal services across six distinct practice areas: Legal Solutions for Crypto Asset Service Providers (covering MiCA licensing and blockchain), Banking & Finance (licensing, borrowing, debt restructuring, securities, AML), Mergers and Acquisitions/Corporate Law (transactions, governance, employment), Dispute Resolution (insolvency, contract/shareholder disputes), Real Estate Law (transactions, development, construction), and Data, Technology & IP Law (GDPR compliance, IT contracts, IP protection). The firm operates as a unified legal services practice rather than a modular software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Solutions for Crypto Asset Service Providers
• Banking and Finance Law
• Mergers and Acquisitions and Corporate Law
• Dispute Resolution
• Real Estate Law
• Data, Technology and Intellectual Property Law

Quantifiable outcome

• 10 out of 12 EU crowdfunding licenses in Lithuania obtained with firm assistance
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Lithuanian P2P and Crowdfunding AssociationcoreOthers · 1 January 2016Managing Partner Dr. Vytautas Šenavičius serves as Chairman of the Board of the Lithuanian P2P and Crowdfunding Association since 2016. This position allows the firm to contribute to regulatory development and maintain thought leadership in crowdfunding and P2P lending regulation in Lithuania.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bird & Bird: International law firm with a market-leading fintech, payments and digital assets practice across Europe. Comparable because it competes for cross-border MiCA, e-money, and payment-institution licensing work that Response Legal pursues in the Lithuanian market, but at a much broader international scale.
• DLA Piper: Global law firm with a substantial financial services regulatory practice including fintech, payments and crypto licensing across the EU. Comparable as a competitor for large-scale EU fintech mandates where Response Legal's specialized Lithuanian expertise is an alternative, but with vastly greater cross-border capacity.

Direct peers

• GLIMSTEDT: Nordic-Baltic legal network with a Vilnius office offering banking, finance and corporate services. Comparable as a regional competitor for Lithuanian financial-services and corporate mandates, and a former employer of Response Legal's CFO.
• Sorainen: Largest full-service Baltic law firm with strong banking & finance and fintech practices across Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Directly comparable because it competes for the same regulated-finance licensing, M&A, and dispute work that Response Legal targets, and has historically been a prior employer of several Response Legal partners.
• TGS Baltic: Pan-Baltic law firm offering banking & finance, regulatory, M&A and dispute resolution services out of Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn. Comparable because it competes for the same Lithuanian fintech and capital markets mandates and serves a similar regulated client base.
• WALLESS: Baltic-wide law firm formed from the merger of Cobalt and Ellex in the Baltics, with strong banking, finance and regulatory practices in Vilnius. Directly comparable as a same-market competitor for financial-services licensing and corporate mandates, and a prior employer of Response Legal associates.
• LEADELL Balčiūnas ir Grajauskas: Lithuanian law firm offering corporate, dispute resolution and regulatory services to domestic and international clients. Comparable because it competes in the same Vilnius legal market for corporate, finance, and dispute mandates, and previously employed Response Legal's office manager.
• VILGERTS: Baltic law firm with a Vilnius office covering corporate, banking and regulatory matters. Comparable as a same-market competitor for Lithuanian regulated-finance advisory, and a former employer of Response Legal associates.
• Triniti: Baltic-focused law firm headquartered in Estonia with offices across the region, active in fintech, banking and corporate advisory. Comparable because it targets the same Baltic fintech and regulated-finance client base as Response Legal, including crowdfunding and e-money work.
• ECOVIS ProventusLaw: Lithuanian law firm within the ECOVIS international network, with established banking, finance and corporate practices. Directly comparable as a Vilnius-based competitor for fintech and regulatory mandates, and a frequent prior employer of Response Legal associates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/privacy/policy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/response-legal

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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