- Banking & Finance
- Competition / Antitrust
- Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions
- Employment
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation & Bankrupcy
- Real Estate
- Tax
- Telecom & Media
Nikolic Kokanovic Otasevic offers specialist knowledge and advice in a wide range of practice areas.
To find out more about our practice groups and areas of expertise, please select relevant practice area from the menu on the left.
We provide advice on all legal aspects of banking and financial products, including syndicated lending, acquisition finance, corporate and project finance, real estate finance, and in financial regulatory matters.
We assist clients in understanding and navigating heavily regulated local banking and foreign exchange areas, and provide creative advice in introducing new solutions in developing local capital markets.
Contact:
Djuro Otasevic
djotasevic@nko-law.com
Cedomir Kokanovic
ckokanovic@nko-law.com
Djordje Nikolic
djnikolic@nko-law.com
We work closely with our clients to develop business solutions in all aspects of competition and anti-trust regulation. During merger and acquisition procedures, at all times we consider competition law aspects, and in structuring transactions we provide advice on optimal solutions from competition law perspective.
We have significant experience in guiding our clients through the complex procedure for obtaining merger clearance and successfully representing our clients before the competition authorities.
Given the fairly recent enactment of modern anti-trust and competition legislation, we assist our clients in understanding the impact of these regulations on their day-to-day operations, in particular regarding execution of distribution and customer agreements. We counsel our clients how to best avoid restrictive and prohibited practices, and achieve benefits of significant market share, without violating anti-trust rules.
Contact:
Djuro Otasevic
djotasevic@nko-law.com
Our expertise covers a wide range of corporate and transactional work, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, takeover bids, management buyouts, joint ventures, privatization, etc. Our focus is on effective advice, clear-headed strategies and profitable outcomes for our clients’ business.
We have assisted clients from a wide range of sectors, including energy & mining, real estate, telecom & media, insurance, food industry, wholesale and retail, etc. Sector-specific knowledge, and a profound understanding of local practices and the local market, helps us find innovative solutions tailored to our clients’ needs in the fast growing markets of Serbia and Montenegro.
Our experience in this area stems from reliable and time efficient incorporation of new companies, as well as complex due diligence undertakings and lengthy and tough negotiations in connection with various models of acquisitions and joint ventures.
Contact:
Djuro Otasevic
djotasevic@nko-law.com
Cedomir Kokanovic
ckokanovic@nko-law.com
Djordje Nikolic
djnikolic@nko-law.com
Our firm is at the forefront of employment law in all its diversity. We have successfully handled senior executive employment, negotiations of collective agreements, drafting employment rulebooks and by-laws, resolving employment issues related to large-scale company acquisitions and restructurings, advising clients on proper procedures for hiring and dismissing employees, as well as drafting and advising on employment agreements and other documentation.
In providing our advice, we consider not only the current legislation, but also latest governmental opinions and legislative interpretations, as well as the court practice updates, since such opinions and practice may have considerable practical impact on our clients’ businesses.
Contact:
Cedomir Kokanovic
ckokanovic@nko-law.com
Djordje Nikolic
djnikolic@nko-law.com
We act for clients across all the key parts of the Energy and Natural Resources segment. Our experience includes providing services in mining, oil, gas and other energy sectors.
We act for renowned international mining companies doing business in Serbia, and we are familiar with the issues that are likely to arise in transactions in this industry. We provide legal advice and other assistance in respect of application of mining legislation and other relevant legislative and regulatory regimes applicable on mining projects and in respect of liaising with relevant government departments and regulatory agencies, as well as regarding acquisition, management and disposal of mining assets and interests, including due diligence reviews.
Our lawyers can provide valuable insight to international and local clients on rapidly changing and increasingly appealing energy market in Serbia and Montenegro, by sharing their knowledge of legislation and local practices, as well as their experience gained in advising leading companies on the market (LPG and gasoline trade, hydro power plants, etc.). Our experience also includes providing legal advice on a developing market of renewable energy sources in Serbia.
Contact:
Djuro Otasevic
djotasevic@nko-law.com
Cedomir Kokanovic
ckokanovic@nko-law.com
Our team is actively engaged in all aspects of intellectual property matters, both in terms of advisory services, contractual matters and dispute resolution. We advise clients with respect to all aspects of intellectual property with a specific focus on copyright, trademarks, patents and know-how. We are experienced in preparing and negotiating intellectual property related agreements and assisting clients in intellectual property disputes.
Contact:
Djordje Nikolic
djnikolic@nko-law.com
Nikolic Kokanovic Otasevic provides advice aimed to avoid disputes and prevent litigation. We regularly make all efforts to settle disputes amicably taking into consideration client’s business goals and the legal and reputational risks at stake.
Where litigation cannot be avoided, our experienced litigators represent clients before the Serbian and Montenegrin courts as well as before domestic and international arbitrations.
Significant part of our practice is related to enforcing creditors’ claims in bankruptcy and advisory work related to local and international bankruptcy proceedings.
Contact:
Cedomir Kokanovic
ckokanovic@nko-law.com
We provide full range of legal services relating to development, engineering, construction, leasing, management, structuring, financing, acquisitions and disposals of commercial, residential and other properties.
Real estate market in Serbia experienced a major growth in the last decade. However, any real estate transaction in Serbia may still be associated with a number of risks, including legal, sometimes caused by out-dated legislation and sometimes by inconsistent practice of local authorities. Our experience in applying the regulations in this area, and dealing with the authorities, helps our clients, in particular foreign investors, to achieve their goals, comply with the local regulations, and minimize the associated costs and risks.
Contact:
Djordje Nikolic
djnikolic@nko-law.com
Insightful taxation analysis and experience is required to deliver effective commercial outcomes in today's complex environment. Our aim is to provide precise, commercially-informed advice in all taxation areas.
Corporate clients involved in all types of transactions and circumstances (including mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, investments and divestments) depend on us to provide solutions to their problems rather than just answers to their questions. They trust us to identify tax solutions that can work within the relevant commercial parameters.
Our specialists draw on a sound knowledge of property, contract and corporate law and are able to work side-by-side with financial and accounting advisors of the client, in order to achieve commercially viable solutions.
Contact:
Djordje Nikolic
djnikolic@nko-law.com
Cedomir Kokanovic
ckokanovic@nko-law.com
By applying a deep understanding of telecom & media trends, developments and innovations, our goal is to remain closely aligned with clients’ strategic drivers and prerogatives. Rapid innovation and convergence in this area, together with an ever-changing regulatory environment, means that telecom & media organizations, must constantly re-evaluate their business models and strategies. By providing informed, commercial, strategic and practical advice, we are able to add significant value to our clients’ telecom & media transactions and day-to-day operations.
Our experience includes handling of some of the major telecom transactions in Serbia and in Montenegro, advising on highly specialized telecom issues, as well as providing full legal services related to greenfield investments in media sector. Our good relations with regulatory agencies derive from our participation in several projects related to reform and improvement of legislation relevant to this area of practice.
Contact:
Cedomir Kokanovic
ckokanovic@nko-law.com
Djuro Otasevic
djotasevic@nko-law.com
