Our firm is created by a team of experts from various fields of law who have incorporated years of knowledge and experience, gained in top tier law firms, into an independent practice that works successfully in the Republic of Serbia and the region, in cooperation with domestic and foreign partners. We have handled some of the largest and most sensitive cases in various types of commercial, competition and corporate disputes, both in judicial proceedings and institutional/ad hoc arbitrations.
We advise clients concerning corporate law, bankruptcy & restructuring, foreign Investments, mining and energy, intellectual property, labor law, and provide legal services and guidance in business structuring.
We offer strategic legal solutions for different sorts of business including legal entities, natural persons, family trusts, foundations, governmental and non-governmental organizations. Our legal service focuses on providing a complete legal solution based on the all possible resources available for each client. Our working languages are English and German.
We advise clients on the main aspects of corporate law including corporate governance and regulatory compliance, joint ventures, public and private M&A and restructuring. Based on our international experience we are able to manage complex cases with international implications.
We guide our clients through every stage of the company life cycle, including legal solutions for every issue, new companies incorporation, dealing with day to day corporate questions, preparing restructuring and the sale of companies, mergers & acquisitions.
We also advise our clients on all types of commercial questions such as selecting appropriate capital structure, handling relationship between shareholders.
Our team of lawyers advises clients on all legal entities and business organizations in the area of:
Our lawyers are aware of typical problems in business transactions in Serbia and solving them very efficiently. Our team understands that a lot of deal structures are tax-driven and therefore closely work together with tax specialists from the very beginning of any transaction.
Our litigation practice offers superior advisory services to domestic and international clients across a wide range of commercial, corporate, and financial issues. Our team has significant experience in complex commercial litigation and business disputes representing large international corporations, small and medium-size enterprises, as well as individual entrepreneurs and investors, both domestic and foreign, states and state-owned companies before state courts, authorities, and institutional/ad hoc arbitrations.
Our firm represents clients from different sectors of the economy – financial services, insurance, energy, mining, international trade and retail, chemical, IT and telecommunications, construction and real estate, industrials (both manufacturing and infrastructure). In today’s global business environment litigation is unavoidable, therefore, we truly understand our client’s needs and present them a clear picture of the opportunities and risks involved, based on our specific market knowledge and profound expertise.
We handle all aspects of litigation, arbitration, bankruptcy and reorganization proceedings, enforcement of debts, judgments and arbitral awards rendered abroad, mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
Our team has remarkable experience in advising clients on restructurings, reorganizations, and outsourcing. We guided our clients through the process of acquiring businesses out of bankruptcy, and we also advised our clients on reorganization and necessary measures to preserve the business. We advised and represented states, foreign and domestic banks, and international corporations from a wide range of economic sectors, as creditors, in extremely complex bankruptcy procedures and bankruptcy-related litigations.
Our legal team provides professional legal assistance to clients in relation to all issues that could arise in the field of labor relations. We provide legal assistance to Employees/former employees as natural persons in all proceedings initiated in order to protect the rights that belong to them by law in relation to the employer, and all legal disputes that arise from labor relations. Additionally, our legal assistance also includes legal assistance to Employers, regarding the organization of the Employer’s work through the preparation and control of all acts that the Employer is required by law to adopt and regularly adjust to current business, as well as representation of employers in all disputes and litigation that arise from labor relations.
Our team of lawyers provides legal assistance to Employees with professional care and responsibility, both by providing legal advice on ways to resolve disputes with the Employer in a peaceful manner, and by representing employees in all court proceedings that arise from labor relations with the Employer, especially on:
Also, our legal team, on a daily basis, monitors and informs our Clients about all current changes and amendments to the relevant regulations relevant to labor relations.
Our team of lawyers with professional care and responsibility provides legal assistance to Employers, including but not limited to:
Our services in the real estate area covers the main aspects related to real estate, from providing comprehensive advice on all types of transactions to managing project development process by coordinating actions from construction to sale of the real estate. We build close customer relationships based on long-term cooperation.
The spectrum of our services in this area particularly includes:
Strong legal support in the real estate business from construction to sale is of great importance for the security of the property owner, so do not hesitate to contact us for legal support regarding any legal dilemma in real estate business.
Our team advises clients on a wide range of issues related to patents, copyright, trademarks, designs and other intellectual property, helping them to build and protect their brands at every stage of their business. Our lawyers will arrange the protection of client’s patents and trademarks both on national and international level.
Our clients range from individuals to private and public companies. Our team of lawyers also advises clients in area such as music and video production, performing and creative arts, photography and design.
In the 21st century, intangible assets are significant part of business and therefore our team advises clients to ensure the protection of intellectual property, their brands and business identity, which are essential for activities on worldwide markets.
Our legal team provides professional legal assistance to all foreign natural persons and legal entities. We are specialized on issues related to the conditions necessary for a foreign natural person to access and reside on the territory of the Republic of Serbia, and on issues related to the establishment and operation of Branches and Representative offices of foreign legal entities on the territory of the Republic of Serbia.
Our team of lawyers, with professional care and responsibility, provide legal assistance to foreign natural persons including, but not limited to:
Serbian liberal immigration legislation and policies makes Serbia very popular destination for foreigners all around the world. Because of this fact, we are willing to present to all foreigners in few bullet points, how, and what is the procedure for foreigners to legally reside in Serbia, and to obtain residence and work permit in Serbia with legal services of our legal team with ease.
There are three types of legal residence in Serbia:
Tourist visits
Depending on the country of your citizenship, tourist visits are possible with a tourist visa or in a visa-free regime.
Main point of tourist visits is, when a foreigner who does not need a visa or travel document to enter the Republic of Serbia can stay there up to 90 days in any period of 180 days, counting from the day of first entry, unless otherwise stipulated by an international agreement.
Temporary residence permit
You will have to apply for a temporary residence permit if you are planning to stay in Serbia for more than 90 days.
Temporary residence is a residence permit of a foreign citizen in the Republic of Serbia and can be granted for a foreigner who intends to stay in the Republic of Serbia for longer than 90 days based on numerous reasons:
Temporary residence may be granted for up to one year and may be extended for the same period of validity, depending based on residence and the existence of reasons for granting temporary residence.
Permanent residence permit
Permanent residence is a permit for a long term stay of a foreign citizen in the Republic of Serbia.
Permanent residence permit will be granted to a foreigner who meets number of different requirements prescribed by Serbian legislation and who, until the date of submission of the application for permanent residence, has resided in the Republic of Serbia continuously a certain number of years based on a temporary residence permit.
For all other information and details about Residence permits for foreigners in Serbia, please do not hesitate to contact our office, so that we can suggest available dates for the meeting on that occasion.
If you are a foreigner, and you obtained the residence permit (temporary or permanent) and wish to work in Serbia – you will have to apply for work permit, which is an act, issued by National Employment Service of the Republic of Serbia.
For obtaining work permit you will have to fulfill the prescribed requirements, obtain specified documents, and visit several government institutions, which sounds hard and confusing, but with the experience of our legal team, it can be done easily and sooner than imagined.
There are different work permits for foreigners in Serbia:
Only one type of work permit is issued for the same period.
Personal work permit
A personal work permit is a work permit that enables a foreigner in the Republic of Serbia to freely employ, self-employ and exercise unemployment rights, in accordance with the law.
This type of work permit, except for the situations listed below, may be issued also for the purpose of family reunification.
A personal work permit is issued at the request of a foreigner if:
Work permit
This work permit is not strictly attached to the personal status of a foreigner.
Work permit can be issued for:
For all other information and details about Work permits for foreigners in Serbia, please do not hesitate to contact our office, so that we can suggest available dates for the meeting on that occasion.
It is important to note that that Serbian legislation allows foreigners to acquire real estate in the Republic of Serbia, both inter vivo legal affairs (purchase agreement, gift agreement, life support agreement, etc.) and mortis causa legal affairs (inheritance).
There is one condition required for both cases said above, and that is the presence of legal/factual reciprocity between Republic of Serbia and the country whose citizenship the foreigner has.
Please note that there is an exception when it comes to agricultural land.
Some of the countries with whom Serbia has concluded a bilateral agreement for this issue are:
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America etc.
All these countries, and many more, have a confirmed reciprocity with Republic of Serbia for purchasing a real estate for a person’s lifetime and acquiring a real estate via inheritance.
Factual reciprocity is the condition that needs to be fulfilled for purchase or inheritance to go through, meaning that both law and practice of the foreigner’s country allow the citizens of Serbia to buy real estate under the same conditions as Serbia allows their citizens.
For all other information and details about purchasing a real estate in Serbia, please do not hesitate to contact our office, so that we can suggest available dates for the meeting on that occasion.
Our team of lawyers, with professional care and responsibility, provide legal assistance to foreign legal entities including, but not limited to:
Our law office is committed to providing the highest quality defence services in the field of so-called of company/economic criminal law and in the criminal proceedings for criminal offenses in this area, as well as in other penal/delict proceedings, primarily proceedings against legal entities and their responsible persons.
We are experts in defence in criminal proceedings for economic crimes, as well as crimes related to corruption, money laundering, taxes, and public procurement.
We are one of the few legal teams that is specialized and has extensive experience in defence for environmental pollution criminal and criminal offenses related to hazardous waste management.
Because of the consequences that may affect companies and their responsible persons in the form of potential fines, but what is even more important – in restrictions that may threaten their future business (inability to obtain certain permits or possibility to lose them, the inability to participate in public procurement procedures or other tenders etc.), a special area of our practice is focused on defence and representation in misdemeanour proceedings and commercial offenses proceedings.
We successfully and dedicatedly represent clients in misdemeanour proceedings and economic offense proceedings, primarily in the areas of customs, environmental protection, waste management, transport and logistic, taxes, banking, financial and commercial operations, construction, mining, energy, insurance and other areas of law.
We advise companies and their management bodies in relation to identification, risk assessment and compliance of their internal procedures with criminal and other penal provisions.
We advise and represent international and domestic companies, as well as individuals in criminal and other penal proceedings in which they appear as damaged parties of the commission of criminal acts to their detriment, as well in relevant litigations or other proceedings in order to eliminate the consequences of criminal or other penal acts.
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