The Montenegrin Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and the Free Access to Information (“Agency”) published on 22 March 2016 on its website a decision that deals with data leakage from the police database. The Agency reacted in response to a request by six individuals whose names, surnames, and photographs had been published in a Montenegrin newspaper in […]
Dragoljub Sretenović, associate in the Finance department of BDK Advokati, joined the SmithNovak panel on Single Credit transactions at the Workout & Restructuring Conference held on 19 May in Vienna. Dragoljub spoke on the general market environment affecting the sales and resolution of non-performing loans (NPL) in Serbia. Other speakers on the panel included experts […]
In a decision adopted on 24 March 2016, the Montenegrin Agency for Protection of Competition (“Agency“) found that the local water supply company from Budva “DOO Vodovod i kanalizacija” abused its dominant position on the market for water supply and waste water treatment and conduct on the relevant geographic market of the Municipality of Budva. […]
Bogdan Ivanišević, partner and co-head of BDK’s Life Sciences and Healthcare sector group, and Slobodan Trivić, associate in the same group, authored the Serbia chapter of the 2016 edition of The Life Sciences Law Review. The chapter provides a comprehensive overview of Serbian regulatory framework covering pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. Download the Serbia […]
Our banking and finance specialist, associate Dragoljub Sretenović, will be speaking at the Workout & Restructuring conference organized by SmithNovak in Vienna on 19 and 20 May. Dragoljub will participate in the panel discussion on Single Credit Transactions and will share his insight on the legal considerations relating to the investments in NPLs on the […]
The EU state aid rules are scattered among a number of documents, most of which represent soft law (notices, guidelines and similar documents issued by the European Commission). Harmonization with the EU State aid acquis therefore proved to be a challenge. In 2014, Montenegrin Government decided to face this challenge by following the Croatian example. The Government […]
Bogdan Ivanišević, head of BDK Advokati’s IP practice, gave a lecture on copyright and photography, as part of the international festival Belgrade Photo Month. Bogdan spoke on 26 April 2016 to the audience made of professional photographers, lawyers, university professors, and other photography enthusiasts. He shared the stage with Imre Szabó, Serbia’s leading photojournalist whose […]
The Law on Efficient Use of Energy (Zakon o efikasnom korišćenju energije, Official Gazette of Serbia no. 25/2013) (the “Energy Efficiency Law”), adopted by the Serbian Parliament on 15 March 2013, brings foundation for the development of the ESCO (energy service company) industry in Serbia. The legislation is based in the EU Directive 2006/32/EC. Taking into account […]
The 2016 European edition of Chambers and Partners ranks BDK Advokati as Band 1 firm in Serbia in Banking & Finance, Corporate/Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Employment and Real Estate. BDK Advokati is also ranked as a Band 1 firm for Corporate/Commercial in Montenegro. Our Intellectual Property practice in Serbia climbs from Band 3 to Band 2. […]
BDK Advokati has advised Chinese Hesteel on the acquisition of core assets from the state-owned Steel Mill Smederevo in the process of privatization. The Asset Purchase Agreement has been signed today. The purchase price for the assets of the Still Mill Smederevo is EUR 46 million, which makes this transaction one of the largest privatization […]
