Orehovec, Vinter, Kiš, Šimunović

Our corporate and commercial law team offers our clients comprehensive legal assistance from this area, especially with company incorporation, restructuring and status changes, as well as with the issues of corporate management and mutual relations of shareholders. We are especially proud of our team members who successfully implemented some of the most complex and most demanding corporate spin-offs and restructuring procedures. Owing to our wide experience with all types of transactions, we advise our clients on the drafting and negotiation of all types of commercial contracts, partnership and joint venture contracts, in cooperation with associated law firms from the region enabling us to provide comprehensive support with cross-border transactions.

OUR CORPORATE AND COMMERCIAL LAW SERVICES ESPECIALLY INCLUDE:

• drafting of articles of incorporation, organization of work and preparation of documentation for company meetings and sessions (sessions of the Managing Board, Supervisory Board, General Assembly);
• arranging company member relations (relations with minority shareholders);
• company restructuring and corporate spin-offs;
  increase and reduction of share capital;
• legal assistance with corporate management;
  legal organization of business processes in keeping with applicable regulations;
• drafting of different contracts, including distribution and sale and purchase agreements, franchise contracts, marketing contracts and similar;
• negotiations for contract conclusion and the supervision of fulfilment of contractual obligations;
• advising in the matters relating to contractual liability and liability in case of contract termination

Our dispute resolution team has wide experience in the representation of clients in court proceedings, arbitrations, mediations and other dispute resolution procedures. Legal assistance provided to our clients includes a wide variety of services ranging from representation and advising in the resolution of complex commercial disputes from the domains of construction, energy, IT and telecommunications to employment disputes and debt collection. Prior to the initiation of court proceedings, as the last resort for dispute resolution and the realization of our clients’ rights, we regularly attempt to resolve the disputes amicably. Likewise, our approach to dispute resolution is the formation of a special team depending upon procedure type and the area of law, whose expertise allows us to give our clients the best support available for their proceedings.

OUR DISPUTE RESOLUTIONS SERVICES ESPECIALLY INCLUDE:

• representation in commercial disputes and commercial arbitrations;
• debt collection by litigation and enforcement procedures;
• representation in labour law disputes;
• defence in economic offence proceedings;
• defence in criminal proceedings and representation of injured parties;
• representation in environmental protection disputes;
• representation in intellectual property right protection disputes;
• representation in administrative procedures and disputes;
• out-of-court resolution of disputes through negotiations and/or mediations

Attorneys from our employment team have extensive experience with the provision of comprehensive legal assistance in the domain of employment and labour law. Legal assistance offered to our clients includes a wide variety of legal advising, from advising employers on the establishment of employment relations, drafting of the required contracts and general documents, restructuring and counselling in relations with unions, to work contract termination. We also resolve labour law disputes, paying special attention to the sensitivity of labour relations and the related high risks for employers.

OUR LABOUR LAW SERVICES ESPECIALLY INCLUDE:

• drafting of work contracts;
• drafting of contracts on Managing Board member rights and obligations;
• termination of employment and termination procedure;
• general labour law and labour relation matters;
• drafting of rulebooks, rules of procedure and other general documents;
• collective contracts, union relations and strikes;
• restructuring programs;
• labour disputes

Our attorneys from the bankruptcy and restructuring group have a direct and detailed insight into the procedure and course of bankruptcy proceedings over companies from different lines of business and into the latest case law from this area. Our support from this area includes comprehensive legal assistance in all matters relating to bankruptcy proceedings, pre-bankruptcy settlements and restructuring, and especially debtor advising in cases of insolvency, drafting and implementation of pre-bankruptcy settlements. We also have extensive experience in the advising and representation of creditors relating to the debt collection through bankruptcy proceedings and pre-bankruptcy settlement proceedings.

OUR BANKRUPTCY AND RESTRUCTURING SERVICES INCLUDE:

• advising in case of insolvency and over-indebtedness;
• drafting of proposal to initiate pre-bankruptcy and bankruptcy proceedings;
• realization of creditor’s rights and the collection of receivables in bankruptcy proceedings;
• advising and representation of creditors at creditor assemblies and committees;
• advising and representation in procedures of disputing the legal actions of enforcement debtors;
• drafting of pre-bankruptcy settlement documentation and execution of pre-bankruptcy settlement;
• preparation and implementation of restructuring plans

Owing to their years-long wide experience with all types of procedures and legal affairs relating to real estate and construction, the members of our real estate and construction team provide our clients comprehensive legal assistance, starting from real estate due diligence, legal planning of the project prior to purchase, drafting of all sale purchase documentation, resolution of land register status and entry, to real estate construction and use. In so doing, we advise our clients with regard to the obtainment of all necessary construction permits, as well as in the contracting of different types of works and the conclusion of other types of real estate related contracts, especially in the part of their use and management, like contracts of lease of business premises.

SERVICES FROM THE AREA OF REAL ESTATE RELATED RIGHTS AND CONSTRUCTION ESPECIALLY INCLUDE:

• drafting of construction contracts;
• drafting of lease contracts;
• drafting of contracts of sale of real estate and entry of ownership rights;
• management of expropriation and correct procedures;
• real estate investment advising;
• real estate related legal due diligence

The members of our intellectual property team offer our clients a comprehensive package of services relating to intellectual property and the protection thereof. We advise and represent our clients in proceedings before State Intellectual Property Office in the matters of stamp, patent and industrial design registration, as well as in the conclusion of contracts from this area. Our support also includes representation in proceedings relating to the violation of rights.

OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SERVICES INCLUDE:

• advice relating to the protection of intellectual property rights;
• stamp, patent and industrial design registration procedures;
• contracts from the area of intellectual property;
• copyrights