Senior Partner Vladimir Dašić gave a presentation on differing practices in private equity v. strategic investors’ M&A activity in the SEE region, such as the use of escrow arrangements, Locked Box Accounts and Warranty Insurance. To view the presentation, please follow the link. The SEE Private Equity and M&A Forum was held in Belgrade on 6th […]
Unlike the Serbian capital, which has seen somewhat of an irregular summer temperature wise, the Serbian Competition law arena has been sizzling hot lately, with the past few months marked by substantial activity in the fields of anticompetitive agreements, mergers, abuse of dominance, and even dawn raids. To top it all off, the Serbian Commission […]
The honor of holding the first presentation as part of BDK’s Law is Fun! series fell upon Irena Kalmić, attorney-at-law in BDK’s employment team. Her presentation, entitled “Fifty Shades of Dress Code”, focused on the recent US case EEOC v. Catastrophe Management Solutions (11th Cir., Sep. 2016). In that case, the issue was whether an […]
The consortium of Eni (Italy) and Novatek (Russia) signed on 14 September 2016 a Concession Contract for the Production of Hydrocarbons with the Montenegrin Government. Under the contract, the consortium receives a concession for exploration and production of oil and gas in four blocks offshore of Montenegro. BDK advised Eni during the negotiations and closing […]
The Serbian Competition Commission (“Commission“) has suspended the proceeding against Infostan Tehnologije, a public company providing unified utilities billing to the residents of the capital city of Belgrade. The Commission has found that in September 2015 the households not bound by any insurance agreement received Infostan bills which, in addition to the utility costs, included a […]
Bisera Andrijašević, associate in the competition law team of BDK Advokati, authored Serbian and Montenegrin chapters of the 2016 edition of Getting the Deal Through: State Aid, edited by Ulrich Soltész from Gleiss Lutz. The chapters provide comprehensive overviews of regulation of state aid in Serbia and Montenegro. Topics covered include approval and disapproval rules […]
Milica Basta, consultant in BDK Advokati’s Data Protection Practice, delivered two training courses in the period between 8 and 13 September 2016 to diverse groups of personal data controllers, as part of a project launched by the Serbian data protection authority (DPA). Milica spoke on 8 and 9 September to the audience made of professionals […]
The record of public enforcement of competition law in Montenegro is modest, despite the efforts which the national Agency for Protection of Competition has put in various investigations. Part of the problem lies in the dysfunctional enforcement dualism. The Agency is competent to establish the infringements of competition and propose fines. Imposition of fines, however, […]
The Law on Efficient Use of Energy (Zakon o efikasnom korišćenju energije, “Sl. glasnik RS”, no. 25/2013) (“Law“), in force since 23 March 2013, introduces new requirements on real estate developers and owners which will increase the costs of construction and transactions with real property. Energy Inspection Report Starting from 1 January 2014, owners of […]
On 12 July 2016, the European Commission formally adopted a new scheme for trans-Atlantic data flows – the European Union – United States Privacy Shield. The scheme includes some important improvements compared to the rules that governed the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US in the previous fifteen years. Before diving into […]
