BDK Advokati recently published Serbia chapters in two 2017 editions of ‘Getting the Deal Through’: Data Protection & Privacy and Trademarks. The chapter in the Data Protection & Privacy publication was written by Bogdan Ivanišević and Milica Basta. The chapter is available for download here. Reproduced with permission from Law Business Research Ltd. Getting the […]
Senior Partner Dragoljub Cibulić participated in the opening panel discussion at 9th Balkan Energy Finance Forum 2016, organized by EEL Events in Belgrade on 31 October. Dragoljub spoke about the prospects of the Serbian renewable energy projects following the adoption of the new regulatory package, as well as about recent developments in the regulatory framework […]
Managing Partner Tijana Kojović participated in the Panel Discussion of Senior Finance Lawyers at the Capital Structure and Restructuring Conference organized by Ernst & Young in Belgrade on 27 October 2016. The conference was attended primarily by senior Serbian bankers. Tijana spoke about the improvements to the secured creditors’ position brought about by the recently […]
Milica Basta, consultant in BDK Advokati’s Data Protection Practice, delivered on 26 and 27 October 2016 a training course to the audience made of professionals from the companies which provide telecommunication services in Serbia. The training course was one in the series of seminars which Milica has held for the personal data controllers within a […]
Associates at BDK Tax, Tanja Vasić and Miloš Krstić, attended the 13th Annual ABA’s Conference: “Tax Planning Strategies, U.S. and Europe” which took place in London from 11-12 April 2013. Presentations covered many hot topics in international taxation such as Debt Equity Characterization and Interest Allocation Issues, Meaning of the Beneficial Owner Today, Recent Cross-Border […]
Dragoljub Sretenović, BDK’s associate in the finance department, spoke to PaymentsCompliance journalists about the recent development in the Serbian payment services market. According to Dragoljub, with the local players breaking into e-money transfers and online payments, the foreign competitors will need to “rethink their way of doing business in Serbia”. The scope of services which […]
On 15 September 2016, the Personal Data Protection Agency in Bosnia and Herzegovina (“Agency”) took a stance that processing of publicly available telephone numbers for the purpose of direct marketing is permissible – for the limited purpose of establishing first contact with the potential consumers. For any further contact, the marketer has to obtain the […]
BDK’s Partner Bogdan Ivanišević and Associate Marko Popović published an article in IPPro The Internet issue 102 (Conference Special). The article, entitled “An event-full photo”, analyses a recent ruling of the Appellate Court in Belgrade which held that the defendant did not infringe the plaintiff’s copyright by republishing online a photo pertaining to a car accident. The Court concluded that […]
BDK Advokati advised Eldorado Gold Corporation, a global gold mining company listed on NYSE, on its acquisition of a 100% shareholding in South Danube Metals, a company owning an exploration license in Karavansalija Mineralised Complex (“KMC“) in southeastern Serbia. KMC project is known for a large magmatic-hydrothermal system with belts of gold, copper, and base […]
Our Law is Fun! series continued this Monday morning with Marko Popović, associate in the BDK’s Intellectual Property team, talking about copyright in selfies. Marko and colleagues discussed who is the author of the Oscar Selfie that went viral and whether a monkey can be author of a selfie. The latter story begins in a […]
