‘Providing the most practical and business-oriented legal advice’, BOPA Bojanovic & Partners’ main areas of work range from terminations, restructurings, reorganisations, outsourcing and trade union matters, to industrial action, cross-border recruitment, data protection, immigration, and labour disputes. Heading the group, Nikola Gvoić has ‘outstanding expertise in employment law work’. Gvoić’s expertise covers mass redundancies and layoffs, turnarounds, employee transfers, trade union relations, collective negotiations, and complex labour disputes.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Unmatched excellence and professionalism.’

  • ‘They always strive to understand the client’s business thoroughly and somehow always manage to make even complicated situations seem easy.’

  • ‘Clients gladly recommend the BOPA employment team to others, since they could not wish for better lawyers to be their reliable partner for companies’ business operations.’

  • ‘A very strong and experienced team that is capable of providing the most practical and business-oriented legal advice.’

  • ‘Clients really feel like they have the best team in their corner since the focus and determination always ensure positive outcomes for clients.’

  • ‘Nikola Gvoić has a clear understanding as to what points should be negotiated in order to achieve the most beneficial result for the client and its business operations.’

  • ‘Clients are always surprised at how convincing Nikola Gvoić can be and how he manages to diffuse tense situations.’

  • ‘Nikola Gvoić is always very hands-on and provides quick and clear advice, even in highly complex and sensitive situations when clients need very pragmatic solutions. A well-rounded employment lawyer with outstanding expertise in employment law work.’

Key clients

  • Thermo Fisher
  • Databricks
  • NCR
  • Ariston
  • Gen Digital
  • Sycomp
  • Disney
  • WorkMotion
  • Croud
  • AmDocs
  • Epson
  • Amp.up
  • Sony
  • Yandex
  • Gettaxi
  • Amerisource Bergen
  • KaVo Dental
  • Asics
  • Hayat Biotech
  • Oyster
  • Amazon
  • Novo Nordisk
  • Lidl
  • Ardagh Group
  • Fevo, Inc
  • Fivetran
  • Altium
  • Xiaomi
  • Emirates
  • Wizz Air
  • Elementor
  • Alumil
  • Euralis (Caussade Semences Serbia)
  • Erricson
  • E-Search
  • Gastrans
  • Danone

Work highlights

  • Advised Thermo Fisher’s Serbian affiliate on a complex high-level manager termination.
  • Advised Databricks on setting up its Serbian entity, which included the preparation of employment-related documents and policies.
  • Advised Gen Digital on setting up new employment policies and practices after the merger of NortonLifeLock Inc and Avast.

Lawyers

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Practice head

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Nikola Gvoić