Karanovic & Partners‘ corporate and commercial team is consistently mandated for high-end transactions in Serbia, as well as throughout the SEE. Founding partner Dragan Karanović heads up the corporate and commercial practice, which showcases corporate, commercial, real estate and energy law specialist, Miloš Vučković; and Marjan Poljak, whose track record includes numerous M&A transactions. The department further includes ’excellent lawyer’ Miloš Jakovljević; Ivan Nonković, who advises on M&A, takeovers, privatisations and restructurings; and corporate and commercial law practitioner Goran Radosevic. Other active advisers are Sava Drača, Marko Ćulafić and Jelena Zelenbaba.
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‘Communication with these lawyers is excellent. They are dedicated to what they undertake and they are professional.’
‘Provides coverage to the client at all times, and the billing policy is value for money.’
‘Very up to date on the technological side, using the relevant tools to provide professional and fully compliant services. Good internal organisation, providing the client with only one or two people as contact points.’
‘Miloš Jakovljević is an excellent lawyer, who always provides strong technical, yet commercial and creative, solutions for issues. He is very knowledgeable and has great insight of the market and the industry.’
‘Ivan Nonković has excellent client communication skills, is to the point, and has the required legal experience to manage M&A deals.’
‘Ivan Nonković has a good understanding of the international aspects of a deal and makes valuable proposals during the negotiation process.’
‘Sava Drača is an excellent lawyer. He has the experience and knowledge to manage M&A deals, as well as excellent communication skills. On time with the deliverables and his legal texts are clear and understandable.’
‘Marko Ćulafić has great experience in M&A and is a highly valuable contributor to matters. His proactive attitude, prompt responsiveness and professionalism are great assets to clients.’
Key clients
- Accenture
- Pfizer
- ElevenEs
- Inditex Group
- Sanofi
- PPF
- Wolt
- GE Healthcare
- DS Smith
- Saudi Aramco
- Colt Technology Services
- Penta FinTech
- OTP Hungary
- Wargaming
Work highlights
- Advises Pfizer on a wide range of legal matters, including commercial issues.
- Advised Accenture on the acquisition of umlaut, an engineering consulting and services firm headquartered in Germany.
- Advised ElevenEs, a brownfield start-up with an existing R&D centre that aims to pioneer LFP (cobalt free) cathode battery technology to commercialise LFP battery cells for electric vehicles, on all aspects of its business activities.
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Dragan Karanović, Miloš Vučković, Marjan Poljak