The competition team in Petrikic & Partneri AOD in cooperation with CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz's Belgrade office fields experts in merger control, antitrust and state aid issues. The team is particularly experienced in multi-jurisdictional matters, while its sector expertise covers retail, FMCG ,telecoms, life sciences and financial services, along with energy, agriculture and automotive. The practice is headed up by Srđan Janković, whose career includes working at the Serbian Competition Authority.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The Belgrade team ensures that clients receive top-level quality of service in the entire region.’
‘A significant advantage of working with CMS is that their competition team covers a broad range of topics, including antitrust, merger control, trade law, commercial law, advertising and unfair trading practices.’
- ‘Recognised as one of the best firms for conducting internal investigations.’
- ‘The team is very engaged - huge expertise in this field. Extremely good cooperation and mutual understanding - as external lawyers they understand business and companies’ way of working.’
- ‘They make a great effort to understand clients’ needs and therefore provide the necessary advice, which combines international experience and excellent knowledge of local laws.’
- ‘Srđan Janković has extensive experience in the telecoms market; and beyond the high-level legal expertise, he provides very hands-on business advice and pays great attention to the specific situations of clients.’
- ‘Srđan Janković- the cooperation is always very professional and smooth.’
‘Srđan Janković is known for his good judgement, which helps him give solid and reliable advice.’
Key clients
- Actis
- Ahold Delhaize
- Danubia Holding
- Apcom Distribution
- A1 Serbia
- A1 Telekom Austria
- Kärcher
- Janssen Serbia
- KT&G
- Kansai Helios Coating
- Rail Cargo Austria
- Brenntag
- Sfakianakis Group
- Commerzbank
- CA Immo
Work highlights
- Advised (alongside legal teams in Belgrade, Podgorica and Sarajevo) Actis on the Serbian, Montenegrin and Bosnian aspects of the acquisition of a carved-out tower portfolio from Telekom Srbija, which included obtaining merger clearances.
- Advising the Serbian subsidiary of Ahold Delhaize on antitrust and merger-related matters.
- Advising Danubia Holding on the competition side to restructuring its portfolio, and the sale and acquisition of various companies in Serbia, Slovenia and Croatia.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Srđan Janković