One of the long-term aims proclaimed in the Montenegro’s tourism development master plan is to develop country’s high-end tourism offering. As high-end tourism requires high-end hotels, a number of regulatory incentives has been introduced in order to foster their development, such as construction-related duties reliefs and VAT exemptions. A recently adopted strategic planning document for […]
Milica Basta, senior associate at BDK Advokati, was one of the speakers at the Forum Media data protection conference held on 23 April 2019 in Belgrade. At the event, which gathered a large number of Serbian companies, Milica held a presentation on requirements that Serbian new Data Protection Act imposes on local businesses. She emphasized […]
The new Health Protection Act (Zakon o zdravstvenoj zaštiti “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 25/2019) and Health Insurance Act (Zakon o zdravstvenom osiguranju “Official Gazette of RS“, no. 25/2019) have come into force on 11 April 2019. Status of health institutions According to the Health Protection Act, the general legislation on corporates will apply also […]
The 2019 edition of Legal 500 EMEA guide ranks BDK Advokati as Band 1 firm in Serbia in Banking and finance, Commercial, corporate and M&A, Competition, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Projects and energy and Real estate and construction. We are in Band 2 in Intellectual Property in Serbia. Our practices in Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina are also ranked. Managing partner Tijana Kojović is confirmed as leading individual […]
Our Managing Partner Tijana Kojović chaired the second panel at XI Belgrade Arbitration Conference, devoted to the taking of evidence in arbitration. The panel had three segments: witness statements, expert evidence and admissibility of evidence. Dr. Andreas Lienhard, associate and member of Pestalozzi’s Litigation & Arbitration Group had a presentation on witness statements. Aleksandra Petrović, […]
Serbian residents are generally allowed to acquire shares in foreign companies. However, the Serbian Capital Markets Act (“CM Act“) prohibits cross-border public offers of shares directed at Serbian residents. Public offer is defined as any notice providing sufficient information on the conditions of the offering and the securities being offered so to allow offerees to […]
We proudly announce that Belgrade Airport Concession is the winning deal in Serbia. This is the second accolade for this prestigious transaction, after it has won last week 2018 European Airports Deal of the Year award by IJGlobal. CEE Legal Awards contest also brought 2018 Deal of the Year award to our Montenegrin practice, for […]
Brexit is not a topic even remotely as hot in Serbia as it is in the European Union. This is not surprising given that Serbia is not a Member State. The impact of Brexit on the UK-Serbia relations in the financial sector will be modest because the EU passporting system for banks and financial services […]
IJ Global, the market intelligence platform covering the global infrastructure finance, has awarded its prestigious IJ Global Awards at the annual awards ceremony held on the 21 March 2019 at the Natural History Museum, London. The magnificent venue was appropriate setting to mark the achievements of global infrastructure and project finance professionals. The Belgrade Airport […]
BDK Advokati has contributed a Serbia chapter to “Chambers Global Practice Guide Copyright 2019”, one of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guides. Each country chapter, including the chapter on Serbia, provides detailed answers to 71 questions concerning the categories of copyrightable works, authorship and copyright ownership, economic and moral rights, exceptions to copyright, neighboring […]
