We are happy to announce promotions, effective as of 1 January 2022! This year, we promote four of our colleagues to the next level of their professional careers within our firm. Dragoljub Sretenović from our Banking & Finance practice is being promoted to the position of Partner. Dragoljub contributes nine years of experience. Throughout that […]
Investment Flows We continue our series on investment protection between Serbia and major economies with the post on Russia. According to the Development Agency of Serbia, Russia is not among the top countries of origin of foreign investments in Serbia. However, according to the International Monetary Fund‘s Coordinated Direct Investment Survey for 2019, Russia is […]
The Act on Prohibition of Harassment at Work (“Anti-Harassment Act”) of Republika Srpska entered into force on 19 October 2021. It introduces protection mechanisms against harassment within the work environment and imposes certain ex ante obligations on the employers. Definition of harassment at work Harassment at work is defined as any behavior (physical, verbal, or […]
Montenegro has specific tax rules applicable to innovative companies, within the framework of the Innovation Activity Act (Zakon o inovacionoj djelatnosti), the Act on Incentives for Research and Innovation Development (Zakon o podsticajnim mjerama za razvoj istraživanja i inovacija), and implementing rulebooks, the key ones being the Rulebook on Registry of Innovation Activity (Pravilnik o […]
Introduction The Serbian Companies Act has a number of new and amended provisions. Registration of companies as users of e-government services Effective from 27 April 2023, companies will be required to register as users of e-government services. This means they will have electronic mailbox to receive electronic mail from public authorities. Legal entity can be […]
Investment Flows Following our initial post on the United States, we continue our series on investment protection between Serbia and major economies with the focus on China – one of the most important and publicized sources of foreign investments in Serbia. The Development Agency of Serbia reports that China ranks seventh country of origin of […]
Senior associate Milica Basta participated at the online conference “Data Protection – 2021” organised by the agency Forum Media from Belgrade. The event took place on 29 November 2021. More than 20 professionals from public and private sector entities attended. Milica spoke about the tools for interpretation of the Serbian Data Protection Act (2018) when […]
On 26 November 2021, the National Assembly enacted the amendments to the Expropriation Act (“Amendments“), a legislation that originates from 1995 and has not been significantly updated since 2009. A number of public intellectuals, NGOs and opposition parties have loudly criticized the Amendments. We outline below the most important changes. Notion of public interest By […]
BDK Advokati contributed to the 2021 edition of the Chambers’ Global Practice Guide on gaming law. The authors of the Montenegrin chapter are Luka Popović, partner, and Stefan Đurović, junior associate in BDK Advokati Montenegro. The chapter provides a detailed overview of the permitted online and land-based types of games of chance in Montenegro, licencing […]
