Legal 500’s 2015 edition ranks BDK as Tier 1 Serbian firm for Competition; Corporate, M&A and privatisation; and Real estate and construction. The firm’s Intellectual Property practice has also received recognition. BDK is also a ranked firm in the Montenegrin chapter and in the Corporate and M&A section for Bosnia and Herzegovina. Partners Tijana Kojović […]
The last year’s judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the “right to be forgotten” (Google v. AEPD) was surprising, in part because it was a rare instance in which the Court departed from opinion of the Court’s Advocate General (A.G.). In contrast, hardly anybody was surprised by the most […]
Bisera Turković, BDK associate in the competition law department, has contributed a guest post for the Montenegrin Portal Analitika. Bisera gives a fresh insight into competition policy as Montenegro moves ahead with European integration plans. Read the full article here.
The Montenegrin Data Protection Agency recently joined the club of the authorities in Europe who have publicly taken a position on whether their national data protection laws apply to Facebook. The Montenegrin law, said the agency in an opinion published on 15 July, does not apply. Unlike some other DPAs, however, the Montenegrin one offered virtually no explanation […]
Recent amendments to the Labour Law give additional protection to female employees who are pregnant or have recently given birth. The amendments came into force on 8 April 2013 (Zakon o izmenama i dopunama zakona o radu, “Sl. glasnik RS” br. 32/2013). Prior to the amendments, an employment contract concluded for a fixed period could […]
BDK’s Associate in the finance department Dragoljub Sretenović was quoted by the PaymentsCompliance, a subscription – based global payments industry publication, in an article discussing Serbia’s new Law on Payment Transactions that kicks in today. To read Dragoljub’s comments on what the new law means for businesses that deal with payments, follow the link.
The Law on The Prevention of Illegal Business (Zakon o sprečavanju nelegalnog poslovanja, „Official Gazette of Republic of Montenegro“ no.29/13) came into force on 23 June 2013. Its nature is largely declaratory, aimed at showing the declared intent of the state to fight corruption and black market. “Illegal Business” is defined as conducting business without prior […]
BDK’s Senior Partner Vladimir Dašić gave a presentation in the 8th SEE Private Equity & Mergers and Acquisitions Forum that took place in the Metropol Palace Hotel on 24 September in Belgrade. Vladimir discussed investment opportunities in Serbia across prominent sectors such as energy, TMT, healthcare and agriculture. To view the presentation, please follow the link.
BDK’s Partner Dragoljub Cibulić and Managing Associate in Montenegro Luka Popović have advised Akuo Energy, the French producer of renewable energy, on the development of the first wind power plant at Krnovo, near the town of Niksić in Montenegro. The construction works commenced in July and are expected to be completed until the end of […]
The Serbian Commission for Protection of Competition has announced on its website that in the second week of July it had conducted its first dawn raid on several locations in Belgrade. The coordinated dawn raids were made within an investigation related to “distribution of e-cigarettes and e-liquid”. The allegation is that the investigated market participants have engaged […]
