Joksovic, Stojanovic & Partners

The firm: Joksovic, Stojanovic & Partners was founded in 1987 by Milan Joksovic, currently name partner with Petar Stojanovic, who joined the firm in 1999.

The firm has consistently grown in size, expanding its practice areas especially since 2000 – the commencement of the privatisation process in Serbia. The firm currently has 13 partners, specialising in different fields of law.

Areas of practice: JSP is a full-service law office, serving an international and domestic business and private clientele.

The principal field of practice is corporate and commercial law where JSP offers services in domestic and international corporate affairs. The firm is recognised for its expertise in work with an international element, which includes foreign investments in Serbia and in Montenegro, mergers and acquisitions, investment through the privatisation process, the establishment of enterprises and representative (branch) offices, investment in domestic enterprises, joint venture agreements, greenfield and brownfield investment, and a wide range of commercial contract issues. The firm’s office represents foreign clients in resolution of disputes and litigation before courts in Serbia and in Montenegro and international arbitrations. JSP provides services in various fields of law, including civil, labour, immigration, real estate, property, intellectual property and patent, telecommunications, competition, energy, capital markets, international private law and information technology (IT).

JSP’s broad client base includes corporate, governmental and private entities. The firm provide continuing, long-term legal advice to a large number of international corporate clients. The firm is selected as counsel of choice by the German and Austrian embassies in Belgrade, and is listed as recommended attorneys by several other embassies in Serbia.

JSP maintains a network of established connections with renowned law offices around the world and co-operates with investment banks and other financial institutions, all in the field of privatisations, international tenders and foreign investing in Serbia and in Montenegro.

Milan Joksovic holds the position of counsel of choice of the German and Austrian embassies in Belgrade and has an established relationship with other embassies and foreign trade chambers in Serbia. He continuously advises many international corporate clients in Serbia and Montenegro. He specialises in international commercial and company law, but also covers the fields of contracts, investment, insurance, transportation and arbitration.

Petar Stojanovic specialises in the field of corporate and commercial law, especially with respect to foreign investment in Serbia and Montenegro. His extensive experience in the field ranges from the first privatisation in Montenegro, to his engagements by the Privatisation Agency of the Republic of Serbia, Deposit Insurance Agency of the Republic of Serbia and foreign investors in numerous privatisation and international tenders and/or restructuring procedures. In that sense, as a senior partner in JSP he is the project manager in the fields of privatisations and restructuring, M&As, joint venture and public-private partnership, projects and real estate development projects. In addition to the above mentioned, Petar Stojanovic is experienced in the following fields: capital markets, telecommunications, real estate, labour law and international arbitrations.