The market-leading team at Divjak Topic Bahtijarevic & Krka stands out for its impressive competition and antitrust offering, handling the full range of complex issues and acting for major domestic and international clients. Firm co-founder and competition specialist Mario Krka is a ‘leading expert in the field’, advising on competition compliance mandates in Croatia, and frequently handling cases complicated by Croatian and EU regulatory frameworks. Corporate and IP infringement work is another core strength of the team. Advising on mergers and takeovers, Dominik Glavina also provides daily contractual assistance and advises on conditional clearances. Assisting with state aid and merger control matters, Ana-Maria Sunko Perić is another key contact in the group.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team is agile, responsive, with in-depth knowledge and commercially oriented.’

  • ‘Mario Krka is a leading expert in the field.’

  • ‘DTB competition team led by Mario Krka is an outstanding team with vast experience in a wide range of competition topics. They are knowledgeable, efficient, provide easy to grasp advice and are pleasant to work with.’

  • ‘Mario Krka is an outstanding lawyer with knowledge and experience in all matters related to competition law, able to provide clear advice to most complex competition matters. Ana-Maria Sunko Perić is knowledgeable, reliant and efficient in providing advice in antitrust and merger control matters.’

  • ‘The team is very organised and well-coordinated.’

  • ‘Mario Krka is a great competition lawyer. He is a very experienced professional. In my opinion, Mario Krka is the best competition lawyer in Croatia. He consistently demonstrates meticulous attention to detail in every matter he handles. He has deep knowledge of EU institutions.'

  • 'We have worked with Ana-Maria Sunko Perić, who has extensive expertise in competition. Her dedication to her profession is commendable.’

  • ‘Extremely experienced and accomplished antitrust law team. Professionally at the highest level throughout. Can adapt well to client requirements and find pragmatic solutions.’

Key clients

  • Heineken
  • Google
  • Japan Tobacco International (JTI)

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Mario Krka

Other key lawyers

Dominik Glavina, Ana-Maria Sunko Perić