A more vigorous and sophisticated approach of the Serbian competition authority to antitrust enforcement In 2017, the Serbian Commission for the Protection of Competition (“Commission“) moved towards more effective antitrust enforcement. The Commission opened seven investigations and issued fines in five other cases. The average fine was in the proximity of 1% of infringer’s Serbian […]
Montenegrin courts have recently intensified their activities in the competition area. As is well known, the Montenegrin Agency for Protection of Competition (“Agency“) does not have the authority to issue fines but may request from the competent misdemeanour court to do so. In the period from August to October this year, misdemeanour courts in Montenegro […]
On 5 September 2017, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment in the case of Bărbulescu v. Romania (Application no. 61496/08). The judgment will have an effect of stepping up the obligation of employers to respect privacy of communication of employees at work. This is of relevance to Serbian employers as […]
CEE Legal Matters has BDK partner Luka Popović discuss economy and investment opportunities in Montenegro.
Partner Ana Jankov receives the Client Choice award for 2018. The International Law Office and Lexology awarded Ana as an Expert in “Employment and benefits” category for excellent client care and the overall quality of provided legal services. Winners are selected exclusively based on the nominations made by corporate councils which makes the Client Choice […]
Dear clients, colleagues & friends, Our Podgorica office has a new address as of 29 January 2018. We are now at Cetinjska 11, The Capital Plaza. The telephone and fax numbers remain unchanged.
BDK Advokati was one of the sponsors of IFLR European In-House Counsel Summit 2018, which took place on 24 January in London. Partner Ana Jankov held three repeated sessions focused on the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). She spoke about the main novelties the GDPR brings to the corporate world, in particular on compliance self-assessment, […]
BDK Advokati advises Enlight Renewable Energy, as the sponsor, and Electrawinds K-Wind as the borrower, in EUR 142 million project financing of one of the largest wind farms in Serbia – the 104.5 MW Kovačica Wind Farm. This is the Serbia’s first large-scale energy project financing transaction to have successfully reached financial close. BDK Advokati […]
On 15 December 2017, Ana Jankov and Bogdan Ivanišević hosted a meetup on flexible forms of work, in an avant-garde space of ICT Hub in downtown Belgrade. The event gathered HR and in-house lawyers from leading Serbian companies. Ana opened the event with an introduction about the ever-topical distinction between employee and self-employed status, and […]
