Advising on a broad range of banking and finance services, the client base of Prica & Partners‘ ’very flexible’ banking and finance practice ranges from banks, financial institutions, insurance companies and real estate investment firms to private equity funds, corporations, state-owned enterprises, asset managers, and debt collectors. Managing partner and team head Mihajlo Prica has longstanding banking and finance expertise, and Tijana Lalić specialises in banking, finance, insurance and financial services.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very flexible and excellent response times.’
  • ‘Both collaboration and professionalism are at high levels.’
  • ‘Requests are treated very smoothly and they understand clients’ situations. Overall, a very positive experience.’
  • ‘Approach to clients, prompt and complete resolution of arising issues, comprehensive involvement in the project, and good operational assistance.’

  • ��Differ from competitors in that they are always open to discussions (both orally and in writing), and very prompt at getting in touch with detailed and elaborate comments.’

Key clients

  • Stopanska banka AD - Skopje
  • Banca Intesa
  • The China Development Bank, Fujian Branch
  • ING Bank N.V.
  • Fortenova Grupa d.d.
  • Istrabenz Plini
  • Crédit Agricole
  • Eurobank Direktna
  • ProcreditBank
  • Hungarian Export Promotion Agency

Work highlights

  • Successfully represented Eurobank Direktna a.d. Belgrade (ex Piraeus Bank) against the Republic of Serbia in damages proceedings before the High Court of Belgrade, which involved proving a mistake of the state authorities.
  • Advised Fortenova Grupa d.d, a Croatian company, Poslovni Sistem Mercator d.o.o, a Slovenian company, and Mercator-CG doo, a Montenegrin company (all part of Fortenova Group) on the Montenegrin aspects of a €1.2bn financing.
  • Assisting The China Development Bank, Fujian Branch, with granting a new loan facility to Zijin Bor Copper.

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Practice head

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Mihajlo Prica, Tijana Lalić