We are proud to announce that Karanovic & Partners has joined Ius Laboris, the world's premier global network of human resources law firms. The Employment practice of Karanovic & Partners in Serbia joined this prestigious organisation to reinforce its international HR advisory services for domestic and international companies.

"The employment practice of Karanovic & Partners has been advising multinational companies, international organisations and diplomatic missions on the Serbian market for over a decade and joining a global employment law alliance is an important step for us in strengthening the multi-jurisdictional and HR law integrated consultancy approach for our clients." stated Milena Jakšić Papac, Head of Employment Practice Group, of Karanovic & Partners.

Dragan Karanović, a Founding Partner of Karanovic & Partners, commented: "We prepare our lawyers to meet the challenges of increasing pressures in their practice development, as we have been managing some of the largest cases on the market and in the region. The exposure that our employment law experts have through the global Ius Laboris alliance – in terms of know-how, co-operation, global projects and exposure, will have a great impact on the new labour law services offering of our employment law practice."

Sam Everatt, Executive Director of the global employment law alliance Ius Laboris, added: "The new affiliation is part of the alliance's strategy of strengthening the global footprint in key regions and we are very pleased to welcome Milena and her employment practice team in the Alliance. We have worked with Milena's team on many multinational projects advising on all aspects of employment and labour law and look forward to providing our clients with a stronger presence in Southeast Europe. Milena is also President of the HR committee of the Foreign Investors Council in Serbia and we are sure she will have a leading role in the alliance as well."

Ius Laboris is the world's largest, integrated alliance of human resources and pensions law firms. It provides clients with highly specialized advice and support worldwide, as well as access to over 1,400 of the world's best human resources law practitioners, based in more than 160 cities in over 50 countries.