GS&M LAW OFFICE

A significant part of the work of the the practice is dedicated to the proceedings related to family relations with a special emphasis on the protection of children’s interests. In addition to the active efforts on a peaceful and consensual solution, the office represents the clients in the following procedures:

• Divorces
• Parental rights exercises
• Child support
• Application of measures to protect against domestic violence
• Proceedings with the foreign element, with special experience in the application of the Hague Convention on the Civil and Legal Aspects of International Child Abduction

We advise our clients on all aspects of buying and selling commercial, industrial and residential properties. Our goal is to guide you through legal processes minimizing the costs and shortening the time necessary for closing of the transaction.

Our service includes:

• Real estate acquisitions, including due diligence, and the sale and purchase agreements
• Construction contracts
• Conversion procedures
• Construction permits and related permits
• Real estate portfolio management

We firmly believe that without expertise in court and arbitration proceedings it is impossible to competently advise and represent the interests of the client. Our litigators combine strong trial experience with a client-oriented focus and therefore have earned a well-deserved reputation for handling complex disputes across multiple disciplines. Our lawyers have experience in all types of disputes in the field of contractual and corporate law, criminal proceedings, banking and insurance, as well as labour, family law, inheritance law, property, construction law, and intellectual property rights etc. Many years of experience and high statistics of performance in the most difficult conflicts, has resulted in the trust of our clients who engage us for the most complex disputes. 

We advise and assist Serbian and international companies in the most complex transactions across various industries, also assisting them on all aspects of buying and selling companies and businesses, often involving a cross-border element. We also guide you throughout the entire life cycle of your company, from establishment to dissolution. In providing our corporate advice we will consider not only legal matters but also the client’s industry, related regulatory requirements, business model, as well as the other critical issues addressed by the client. Our corporate team provides day-to-day support in handling various corporate formalities, and support in matters concerning corporate governance, such as advice to the board of directors, shareholders and senior management.

We assist the companies to develop policies and procedures that provide constructive employee relations and reduce potential workplace risk and liabilities. Based on our wide experience in this area, we are able to develop and implement practical solutions to legislative and regulatory changes. Our team of specialized employment attorneys will ensure that clients and their businesses are fully compliant.

Our services include:

• Drafting internal employment by-laws
• Drafting employment contracts
• Drafting management agreements
• Advising clients throughout the procedure for termination of employment agreement and other procedures related to the status of the employee and drafting of necessary documentation
• Representing clients facing union campaigns
• Representing management in collective bargaining negotiations
• Labour litigations
• Labour arbitrations

We have gained a lot of experience by representing our clients in numerous court proceedings in the field of criminal law, both in simpler and in the most complex criminal cases. Our lawyers represent our clients for criminal offenses before regular courts throughout the Republic of Serbia, departments for organized crime, war crimes, cybercrimes, and anti-corruption in the following areas:

• Violent crimes
• Commercial crime
• Criminal offences against property
• Criminal offenses against public transport