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Table of conTenTs
ABOUT US
NETWORKS
EXPERTISE
EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE, CAPABILITIES
RECOGNITION
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ABOUT US
Lawyers for Business and Commerce
We are leading Serbian multi practice law firm. With 40 dedicatedlegal professionals we encompass years of experience in wide range
of practice areas at local and regional market transactions.
Our expertise in resolving complex business, commercial andregulatory legal issues and successful leading and completing oflandmark M & A transactions is recognized at the market. JPM is
continuously ranked in Tier 1 by leading independent benchmarkingdirectory Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000.
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NETWORKS
TLA
Vienna-based alliance of leading law firms operating in theAdriatic region. It is an association of independent businesslaw firms with an excellent reputation obtained both locallyand internationally, providing a full range of legal services toforeign and domestic clients hailing from various industriesin establishing, building and maintaining their presence inthe Adriatic region. TLA members are the most prominentlaw firms with local market understanding and internationalexpertise. They have been carefully selected based on theiroutstanding achievements as confirmed by their top-tierranking in the leading global legal directories.
LEX MUNDI
The world’s leading network of independent law firms within-depth experience in 100+ countries worldwide. As partof the Lex Mundi global network, we can provide our clientswith preferred access to more than 21,000 lawyers aroundthe world - all from a single point of contact. Individually,each Lex Mundi member firm is a leader in its local market.Collectively, Lex Mundi firms provide global legal resourceswith unmatched depth and breadth. Working with other LexMundi firms, we are able to handle seamlessly our clients’most challenging cross-border transactions and disputes.
EXPERTISE
CORPORATE / M&AAdvising leading Serbian and international companies on all aspects of buying and selling companies and businesses, often involving a cross-border element.
COMMERCIALServicing domestic and international clients in every sector on a broad range of commercial work.
BANKING & FINANCEStructuring of the most difficult, demanding and innovative deals and providingthe highest quality legal advice to all types of clients.
COMPETITION & ANTITRUSTDeveloping creative and innovative solutions to secure our client’s objectives incompetition and regulatory practices.
REGULATORY & PROCUREMENTAssisting clients to structure, negotiate and implement public private partnershipsin Serbia and SEE.
DISPUTE RESOLUTIONOur Dispute Resolution group acts for a wide range of clients, particularly thosein the corporate and financial sectors.
MEDIA AND TELECOMMUNICATIONSWe advise on the full spectrum of transactions carried out in the Media and Telecommunications sector.
BUSINESS COMPLIANCEProviding interactive high-profile, complex and technically demanding adviceto clients across a broad range of business sectors.
EMPLOYMENT LAWDeveloping and application of practical solutions to the variety of new legislativeand regulatory changes.
REAL ESTATEOur Real Estate practice ranges from specific property and related transactionsto the property issues that arise in commercial transactions.
ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTUREEnergy sector companies continue to face complex and challenging decisions.We recognize these issues and are well equipped to provide our clients with theoriginal solutions that they require.
IP & ITAdvising on all aspects of the creation, exploitation protection and enforcementof IP rights.
TAXOur work involves leading-edge, novel and creative types of transactions.
PRIVACY / DATA USE AND SECURITYExtensive experience in advising clients from different sectors on all aspects ofdata protection, audit and compliance.
a great serbian firm that represents big commercial companies, and has
brilliant communication skills.”
CORPORATE / M&A
JPM assists leading international and serbian companies on all aspects of buying and selling companies and businesses, often
involving a cross-border element.
We advise clients on large, innovative transactions across all markets. JPM represents international corporations, financial institutions and entities from various industries in
establishing, building and maintaining their business presence in Serbia and SEE.
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Client Brief Deal Description
Delta Real Estate and Hemslade Trading Limited
advising on the sale of its ownership quota in companies that own and operate the Delta City Shopping Malls in Belgrade and Pod-gorica to Hyprop Investments Ltd (South Africa) and Homestead
Group Holdings Ltd. Deal value EUR 202.75 million.Danube Foods Group Provided full legal support to warrantors during the transaction
including negotiations on representations and warranties and disclosure exercise. Transaction value: EUR 575 million
VEOLIA CENTRAL EUROPE & EASTERN ZONE
Advising Veolia in PPP Project for treatment and disposal of separately collected residual municipal waste generated in 13 municipalities of the City of Belgrade, as well as treatment and disposal of construction and demolition waste generated across the entire territory of the City of Belgrade
Lone Star/Hudson Advisors
Acquisition by the client of Centrice real estate portfolio (real estate portfolio of retail properties (64%) and office buildings (36%) with a total lettable area of approx. 339,000 sqm., located in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia) which has been put up for sale by HETA Asset Resolution AG.
Providing legal support for the Serbian jurisdiction. Holcim Group Advising Holcim in relation to divestment of the Lafarge and Hocim
subsidiaries due to the merger. JPM has provided full legal support to Holcim Group in relation to sale of Holcim Group’s business carried on in the Republic of Serbia. Worldwde transaction value over 40 billion EUR
Hewlett Packard Advising the Client in purchase of assets, take-over of third party contracts, licenses, and on hiring required human resources from an affiliate of major Austrian bank, providing outsourced services to local subsidiaries in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
“Srbijagas” - State Owned Gas Distribu-tion Company
Advising the State Owned Gas Distribution Company in mandatory restructuring requested in the course of harmonization with Directives of the EU in the field of energy.
Perutnina Ptuj, Slo-venia
Advising Perutnina Ptuj Group, Slovenia, a leading regional poultry producer, with respect to the restructuring and sale of the group which consists of 18 companies in six countries (Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Romania and Austria).
Major UAE group active in agriculture sector
Acquisition of several Serbian companies from the agricultural sector
Confidential Advising the lenders in connection with the acquisition of the SBB/Telemach Group, leading pay-tv and broadband operator in Southeast Europe.
KBC Bank Sale of KBC Banka: Telenor purchased 100% of KBC Banka’s shares, while Société Générale Srbija acquired KBC Banka’s key assets and deposits.This has been the first asset deal in the Serbian banking industry.
Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Serbia
Drafting the Act on taking over the property and obligations of certain banks for the purpose of preservation of financial stability of the Republic of Serbia, on the ground of which two P&A transactions have been carried out over Nova Agrobanka a.d. and Razvojna banka Vojvodine a.d.
Ministry of Finance and Economy of the Republic of Serbia
Legal assistance in exercising assignment of a portion of the property and a portion of the obligations of Nova Agrobanka a.d. into the Bank Poštanska Štedionica a.d., which was the first P&A transaction carried out in the Republic of Serbia subject to the Act on taking over the property and obligations of certain banks for the purpose of preservation of financial stability of the Republic of Serbia.
Ministry of Finance and Economy, Au-tonomous Province of Vojvodina, National Bank of Serbia and Deposit Insurance Agency
Advice on drafting of the Act on the Development Fund of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina for the purpose of applying the Act on taking over the property and obligations of certain banks for the purpose of preservation of financial stability of the Republic of Serbia to Razvojna banka Vojvodine a.d.
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Client Brief Deal Description
MRI Group Pte Ltd, Singapore
Providing legal services in formation of new Serbian subsidiary and purchase of 100 % stake in an existing Serbian subsidiary active in oil business from the previous owner
Ministry of Finance and Economy, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, National Bank of Serbia and Deposit Insurance Agency
Legal assistance in exercising assignment of a portion of the property and a portion of the obligations of Nova Agrobanka a.d. into the Bank Poštanska Štedionica a.d., and a portion of the property to the Development Fund of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, which was the second P&A transaction carried out in the Republic of Serbia subject to the Act on taking over the property and obligations of certain banks for the purpose of preservation of financial stability of the Republic of Serbia.
Hemslade Trading Limited, Cyprus Delta Holding
Acting as the legal advisor for the Seller in the sale of 100% of Delta Maxi Group, Serbia’s largest food retailer. The largest food retailer in Serbia has been sold to foreign strategic investor. The largest private transaction in Serbia ever. Due to the complexity of the deal and necessary corporate, asset, labour and financial restructuring, several departments of JPM have been involved in this project simultaneously. Deal value 932,5 million Euro. The transaction is considered to be the largest private transaction in Serbia ever.
MetLife Advising MetLife in the process of the transfer of a respective portion of its insurance portfolio to Wiener Stadtische Insurance a.d. Belgrade.
Apsara Limited Advising Cyprus company Apsara Limited in purchase of 11 % of shares of Victoria Group A.D, leading Serbian agroindustrial holding company
Government of the Republic of Serbia –Ministry of Infrastructure
Advising in the restructuring of state owned air carrier (JAT Airlines) with the goal of entering into a strategic partnership with another international air carrier
State Owned Gas Distribution Company Srbijagas Novi Sad
Acting as a legal advisor in implementation of energy project related to the Joint Venture Agreement, incorporation of the JVC in Banatski Dvor and in drafting of the necessary legal documentation required for the ordinary course of business and operations the JVC Banatski Dvor and restructuring of assets deal thereof
Republic of Serbia Advising on corporate restructuring of Zastava Group a.d. in relation to the in-kind participation of Republic of Serbia in the joint venture company with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. Italy
Republic of Serbia Advising in the negotiations leading to the execution of the agreement on sale and purchase of 51% of shares in NIS (national oil company) with Gazpromnjeft, Russia)
MK Group Advising MK Group on acquisition of Carnex Company
Salford Capital Partners
Advising Salford Capital Partners in the sale of two Serbian diaries.
Salford Capital Partners
Advising Salford Capital Partners in the sale of Knjaz Milos leading Serbian mineral water producer
“The strength of JpM JanKovic, popovic & MiTic team is ‘its
knowledge, its commitment, its ability to think “outside the box”
and its ability to relate to and guide a european-style company through
the serbian experience”
BANKING & FINANCE
JPM structures difficult, demanding, innovative deals while providing legal advice of the highest standard
to all types of clients.
In an industry undergoing unprecedented change, we offer effective representation, practi-cal advice and clear guidance to our banking clients. Our strength is our experience gained
since 1991. Our clients are major European and Serbian banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions, creditors and borrowers.
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Client Brief Deal Description
Met Life Rendering full legal assistance to the seller, relating to assignment of the insurance portfolio to the insurance company Wiener Städtische osiguranje a.d.o. Beograd, including representation before the National Bank of Serbia, in the procedure of approval of the assignment also before the Competition protection Commission.
KBC Group Providing full legal services to the seller (in cooperation with international law office Baker & McKenzie) in respect of sale of 100% ownership of KBC Banka a.d. to telecommunications company Telenor Serbia, while Societe Generale Bank will take over 81000 of KBC Bank’s clients
BRA (Bank Rehabil-itation Agency) of Republic of Serbia
Acting as legal advisor in privatization of Credy Banka a.d., Kragujevac
Zepter Komerc Banka a.d.
Acting as legal advisor to shareholders of Zepter Banka d.d. in sale of majority stake in Zepter Banka d.d. to Volksbank AG, Austria
Zepter Banka a.d. Beograd
Acting as legal advisor of shareholders of Zepter Banka a.d. in sale of majority stake of Zepter Bank a.d. Belgrade to OTP Bank Rt, Hungary
Zepter Osiguranje a.d., Serbia
Acting as legal advisor of shareholders of Zepter Osiguranje a.d. in sale of majority stake in Zepter Osiguranje a.d. to Uniqa International, Austria
Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor, Slovenia
Advising potential Buyer in relation to the acquisition of a Serbian bank, obtaining of the NBS approval for acquiring of the ownership interest in the bank, drafting of the legal due diligence of the bank
Banca Intesa, Italy Advising potential Buyer in relation to the acquisition of a Serbian bank, obtaining of the NBS approval for acquiring of the ownership interest in the bank, drafting of the legal due diligence of the bank
Gazprombank (Open Joint-Stock Company), Russian Federation
Performance of legal due diligence procedure over a Serbian bank
KBC INSURANCE, Belgium
Advising in privatization of biggest insurance company in Serbia “DDOR” Novi Sad, including performance of legal due diligence procedure and negotiating the transaction documents
Agricultural Bank of Greece, Greece
Advising in acquisition of minority interest in AIK Banka a.d. Nis
Credit Agricole S.A., France
Advising on acquisition through capital increase of Meridian Bank a.d. Novi Sad, including performance of legal due diligence and drafting and negotiating the transaction documents
General Electric Consumer France, UK
Performance of legal due diligence procedure over Eksim Banka a.d. Beograd
Ö s t e r re i c h i s c h e Volksbanken AG, Austria
Advising in acquisition of Trust Banka a.d. Beograd, including performance of legal due diligence and drafting and negotiating the transaction documents
Bank Austria, Austria
Advising on the privatization of one of the biggest Bosnian Banks - Union Banka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Client Brief Deal Description
Stateowned gas distribution com-pany Srbija gas and OA Sogaz, Russian Federation
Incorporation of the insurance company Sogaz, obtaining the NBS approval, registration with the Serbian Business Registers Agency
Bank Austria Credi-tanstalt, Austria
Providing legal support in the incorporation of HVB Bank Bos-nia and Herzegovina d.d. – drafting all incorporation documents, drafting and negotiating documentation for obtaining all neces-sary permissions from the competent authorities
Bank Austria Creditanstalt, Austria
Providing complete legal support in establishment of HVB Bank Yugoslavia a.d. (now UniCredit Bank a.d.), – drafting all incorpora-tion documents, drafting and negotiating all documentation for obtaining necessary permits from the National Bank of Yugosla-via, drafting and negotiating agreements in respect to Bank’s seat, obtaining Operating license from the National Bank of Yugoslavia
Raiffeisen Zen-tralbank, Austria
Providing complete legal support in establishment of Raiffeisen-bank Jugoslavija A.D. (now Raiffeisenbank a.d.), first bank with 100% foreign capital in Yugoslavia – drafting all incorporation doc-uments, drafting and negotiating all documentation for obtaining necessary permits from the National Bank of Yugoslavia, drafting and negotiating agreements in respect to Bank’s seat, obtaining Operating license from the National Bank of Yugoslavia
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oTher legal suPPorT To banks and insurance coMPanies
Client Brief Deal Description
Stateowned gas distribution company Srbija gas and OA Sogaz, Russian Federation
Daily support on corporate and commercial issues
KBC Banka a.d. Beograd Providing legal opinion in regard to the approval for reconstruction/adaptation of business premises in Leskovac.
KBC Banka a.d. Beograd Representation in the administrative court proceedings, in regard to the cancelation of approval for reconstruction/adaptation of the business premises in Leskovac
KBC Banka a.d. Beograd Representation in the damage compensation court proceedings, related to the Leskovac business premises issue
Intesa San Paolo, Italy Advising on merger of “Panonska Banka” and “Banca Intesa”
Panonska Banka, Serbia Advising on a squeeze out procedure (before merger with Banca Intesa a.d. Beograd)
Meridian Banka a.d. Novi Sad (member of Credit Agicole Group), Serbia
Acting as a legal advisor in drafting of bylaws and relevant banking procedures Providing legal advice on various competition law matters.
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Client Brief Deal Description
Victoria Group a.d. and its subsidiaries
Client representation in negotiations for the execution of the loan agreements with the IMF and the EBRD
Raiffeisenbank Austria d.d., Raiffeisen Bank International AG, UniCredit Bank Austria AG and Zagrebačka Banka d.d.
Member of team lead by law firm Clifford Chance advising stated banks mandated lead arrangers in connection with the senior debt financing for the acquisition of Droga Kolinska d.d. by Atlantic Grupa d.d. The acquisition is financed by a combination of capital increase, together with mezzanine financing provided by EBRD and the acquisition financing package arranged by the mandated lead arrangers
Messer Group GmbH Member of team led by law firm Norton Rose advising Messer Group GmbH in connection with refinancing of its existing financing. The refinancing included entering into a new senior facility agreement as well as a new notes purchase agreement
Alpine / Porr Providing legal comments, clarifications and remarks on the Lender’s Direct Clarification Agreement (LDCA) to be executed between the Deutsche Bank, the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Concession Company – Sever-Jug d.o.o. Beograd in the course of providing of the financing and procuring bankability of the concession on construction, operation and maintenance of the highway route from Horgos to Pozega
HypoVereinsbank – Member of UniCredit Group, Germany
Resolving issues whether all preconditions for the activation of an international cross-border bank guarantee are provided according to the local laws
IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Germany
Providing legal advices and issuing legal opinions regarding cross border credit facilities
Bayerische Hypo und Vereinsbank AG, Germany
Providing legal advices and redrafting of commercial agreements
IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Germany
Providing legal advices on securing collateral on cross border credit facilities
Bayerische Hypo and Vereinsbank AG, Germany
Advising on general legal and diverse contractual matters regarding Credit Facility Agreements granted to several domestic companies
BANCA INTESA, Italy advising on credit facilities
HSH NORDBANK AG, Germany Advising on securing credit facilities granted to local banks
GE Consumer Finance, USA (British Branch)
Advising on contractual matters
EBRD (British Branch) Advising on general legal issues and diverse contractual matters regarding Credit Facility Agreements to several domestic banks
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ProJecTs in inTernaTional financing
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“Jankovic, popovic & Mitic has a reputation for ‘thorough work’”
PRIVACY / DATA USE AND SECURITY
JPM has extensive experience in advising clients from different sectors on all aspects of data protection, audit and compliance.
Sensitive data is vulnerable to security breaches and misuse. Disclosure of such data can result in large fines and seriously damage a company’s public image. But the rules protecting
customer and employee data are complex and vary by industry and jurisdiction. We help clients protect the privacy of their data and comply with all privacy and data use
and security requirements.
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Client Brief Deal Description
Microsoft Corpo-ration Inc., United States of America
Full legal assistance in drafting data protection rulebooks, drafting consent on processing of personal data by Microsoft doo and other companies within Microsoft Group and representation in notification procedures before the Commissioner and issuance of approval for transfer of data abroad;
Organization and presentation of workshop „Can I trust the Cloud?” to Microsoft’s clients and resellers. Providing information on data protection aspect of using Office 365 in the Cloud.
KBC Bank BV, The Netherlands
Full legal assistance to Seller (in cooperation with international law office Baker &McKenzie) related to protection personal data of clients of the KBC Banka a.d. in transaction of sale 100% shares of KBC Banka a.d. to Telenor Srbija d.o.o. and sale of part of the portfolio KBC Banka a.d. to Societe General Serbia a.d.
Eaton Corporation, United States of America
Processing of Eaton Electric doo employees personal data by Eaton Electric doo and companies within Eaton Group, for the purpose of management of labour force, i.e. implementation of a project related to the upgrade of the “Oracle Human Resource Management System” and related data protection compliance in Serbia - full legal assistance in drafting of documents and in registration procedures before the Commissioner and issuing of approval for transfer of data abroad.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.,
Full legal assistance to Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (in cooperation with Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren BV Belgium) for the purpose of implementation of Guest Star system ( automatic tool for tracking guest wishes and solving objections and problems of guests of hotels with Starwood Group,) i.e. Metropol Palace Hotel in Serbia – drafting of documents and representation in data processing and data transfer proceedings before the Commissioner
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International
Full legal assistance in procedures for processing and transfer data of patients and other staff involved in clinical trials and pharmacovilligance within EUCAN Program – drafting of documents and representation in procedures before the Commissioner for issuance of approval for transfer of data in United States of America, Japan, Germany and Great Britain
Hewlett-Packard Legal assistance to Client in implementation of „background investigations“ i.e. data processing of potential employees and employees of Hewlett Packard doo by third person assuming collection of personal data from the relevant institutions and processing data in order to establish and maintain employment by Hewlett Packard doo as a potential employer or employer
OPEL Southeast Europe (member of General Motors Group)
On-line advertising - marketing opt-in alignment / OSR forms; online service requests to customers (in cooperation with international law firm Noerr – branch in Budapest– drafting consent and privacy policy, advising on conditions for data processing and data transfer to EU and Non-EU Countries
Holcim Legal assistance to Client in implementation of „whistleblowing procedures“, i.e. rules for notifying on wrong doing in Holcim doo Popovac and its subsidiaries
British American Tobacco
Legal assistance to Client in implementation the “Open Internet” project, which includes access to the internet of employees in British American Tobacco a.d Vranje. The project included internal procedures for the purpose of efficient control of accessing external websites by employees to prevent the disclosure of the confidential information
D. Swarovski KG Full legal assistance to the client in proceedings of processing and transfer data of employees in Swarovski Subotica doo for the purpose of management of labour force on the global level – drafting of documents and representation in proceedings before the Commissioner; advising client on application security measures in production factory in Subotica
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Client Brief Deal Description
BASF Group Full legal assistance to the client in the organization and implementation science competition „Chain Reaction „by Basf Srbija doo, in which participate high school chemistry teachers and high school students from Serbia. Drafting of documents and representation in proceedings before the Commissioner; implementation of “Global Convention”, defining the HR data protection and data security standards for the processing, use and forwarding of personal data for the BASF Group
Club Loutraki S.A. Full legal assistance to the client in the implementation of laws governing personal data protection in casino and on-line gambling within the subsidiary client Grand Casino doo – drafting of documents and representation in proceedings before the Commissioner
Confidential clients Advising two pharmaceutical companies on the issues related to treatment of data of their employees in Serbia in the process of their worldwide merger
White & Case London Advising a White & Case’s client on general rules of the Serbian data protection regime
MRI Group Pte Ltd, Singapore
Providing legal services in formation of new Serbian subsidiary and purchase of 100 % stake in an existing Serbian subsidiary active in oil business from the previous owner
COMMERCIAL
a well-drafted contract is often the basis for a fruitful business relationship. a carefully prepared agreement can anticipate and
avoid many problems.
JPM has broad knowledge of Serbian and international contract law, standard agreements and industry customs in most industrial sectors. We review, localize, draft and negotiate a broad spectrum of agreements and general business terms, such as supply, manufacturing and purchasing, distribution, agency and franchise, consultancy and services, joint ventures
and others.
„straightforward answers and quick turnaround time“
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Client Brief Deal Description
Kika Leiner Austria Advising and preparing general terms of sale, rules on sales and dis-counts, preparing agreements with suppliers.
German Hypo Vereinsbank, mem-ber of the UniCredit
Advising on cross-border collaterals relating to a credit facility and the issuance of relevant legal opinion for the said purpose.
Croatian Privredna Banka Zagreb, mem-ber of the Italian Inte-sa San Paolo Group
Reviewing cross-border credit facility agreements
Microsoft Corporation Advising in localization of Microsoft Corporation’s global contract for the Serbian market.
Habitex, Belgium Advising on establishing collateral on real estate in favor of the Habitex company.
Beiersdorf, Germany - Serbian subsidiary
Advising on drafting and localization of sets of agreements and do-cuments regarding the obtaining transportation and warehousing services, as well as other complementary FMCG contracts needed for daily business.
Microsoft Corporation Advising and reviewing on diverse IT contracts
Reinke Manufactu-ring Company, Inc.
Advising the US based Reinke irrigation systems manufacturing com-pany with regard to their FIDIC contract in Serbia
BASF Advising, reviewing and adapting diverse commercial contracts for the Serbian subsidiary of the German BASF.
Hewlett Packard Advising and assisting in negotiations, by drafting up diverse legal opinions and annexes to HP existing agreements with a large Serbian petrol company.
Boston Consulting Group
Advising on Serbian public procurement rules.
Daimler Financial Services
Advising on diverse legal/commercial matters
Chinese Shandong Hi-Speed Group
Advising on FIDIC based projects in Serbia.
China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation
Advising and drafting consortium agreements and reviewing the documentation necessary for the participation in big scale construction contracts.
Bauhaus AG, Germany • legal analysis of existing and corrections and preparing new agreements with suppliers;
• preparing general terms of sale
• localization and preparation of a new draft of several real estatesale agreements for the purpose of opening department storesin Serbia, and taking part in negotiations for acquiring landin Belgrade and writing/concluding “turn key” constructionagreements for a Serbian subsidiary
Doppelmayr Seilbahnen GmbH Aussenstelle Korneuburg, Austria
preparing agreement on supply of ski slope / ski lift equipment
Microsoft Corporation Localization of global software product marketing agreements, as well as accompanying services for software maintenance are the bulk of our work for various companies affiliated with the MICROSOFT CORPORATION. Within such tasks, review of localization of OSL agreements, use rights for licensed products, various volume licensing agreements, business agreements and service agreements also holds a prominent place
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Client Brief Deal Description
Raiffeisenbank Aus-tria d.d., Raiffeisen Bank International AG, UniCredit Bank Austria AG and Zagrebačka Banka d.d.
Acting as member of legal team lead by law firm Clifford Chance which has been advising the Clients with respect to the senior debt financing for the acquisition of Droga Kolinska d.d. by Atlantic Grupa d.d. The acquisition has been financed by a combination of capital increase, together with mezzanine financing provided by EBRD and the acquisition financing package arranged by the mandated lead arrangers
Embassy of theFederal Republic of Germany
Negotiating and preparing a draft construction agreement, building agreement, supervision agreement and lease agreement for the new Embassy building
Kika Möbel Handels-gesellschaftm.b.H. / Kika d.o.o.
Negotiating and writing a combined agreement on acquiring land and sale-purchase of a mall building under construction in Belgrade
US Department of State / US Embassy in Serbia
Localization and preparing a new draft agreement on sale-purchase of real estate and all accompanying documents between the US Go-vernment and Serbia for the purpose of implementing the develop-ment project aimed at constructing the new US Embassy building in Belgrade
FMTG - Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group
Preparing a new draft construction agreement and localization of the general terms and conditions of the construction agreement for constructing a hotel in Belgrade
OMV Preparing a draft and negotiating real estate sale-purchase agree-ments for various greenfield projects throughout Serbia for the pur-pose of acquiring land for construction of gas stations for a Serbian subsidiary
Intermol Preparing draft initial agreements on sale-purchase of real estate for construction of gas stations in Vojvodina, for a Serbian subsidiary of MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas company
State owned gas dis-tribution company Srbijagas
Advising Client in negotiations with EBRD regarding the Facility Agreement related to energy projects State owned gas distribution company Srbijagas has taken part to
Eaton Electric assistance in obtaining long-term lease on governmental develop-ment land in Sremska Mitrovica for construction of a production plant
Victoria Group a.d. and its subsidiaries Soja Protein a.d. and Victoriaoil d.o.o.
Representing the Client in negotiations with EBRD regarding execu-tion of two Facility Agreements and Security Documents with respect to the construction, equipment and placing into operation of two biomass-fired boilers.
Victoria Group, Soja Protein a.d., Victoria Logistic d.o.o., Victo-riaoil d.o.o. and Fertil d.o.o.
Representing the Client in negotiations with IFC regarding execution of Facility Agreement and Security Documents.
State owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
Representing the Client in negotiations with Deutsche Bank regarding the LMA Facility Agreement related to energy project South Stream
Swarovski Advising on diverse legal/commercial matters
Newyorker Advisingon diverse legal/commercial matters
Rehau Advising on diverse legal/commercial matters
MMC Advising on diverse legal/commercial matters
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„a strong team: fast and available.“
REAL ESTATE
our real estate team is a one-stop shop for real estate and construction projects.
We advise investors on all aspects of buying and selling commercial, industrial and residential properties; developing greenfield real estate projects, with a focus on planning, zoning and
regulatory issues; negotiating and drafting financing agreements; contractor tendering procedures and drafting construction agreements (FIDIC or tailor-made); advising landlords, tenants and facility management companies on commercial agreements; and advising on all
legal matters related to construction in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
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Client Brief Deal Description
Delta Real Estate and Hemslade Trading Limited
advising on the sale of its ownership quota in companies that own and operate the Delta City Shopping Malls in Belgrade and Podgorica to Hyprop Investments Ltd (South Africa) and Homestead Group Hold-ings Ltd. Deal value EUR 202.75 million.
Lone Star/Hudson Advisors
Acquisition by the client of Centrice real estate portfolio (real estate portfolio of retail properties (64%) and office buildings (36%) with a total lettable area of approx. 339,000 sqm., located in Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia) which has been put up for sale by HETA Asset Resolution AG. Providing legal support for the Serbian jurisdiction.
VEOLIA CENTRAL EUROPE & EASTERN ZONE
Advising Veolia in PPP Project for treatment and disposal of separately collected residual municipal waste generated in 13 municipalities of the City of Belgrade, as well as treatment and disposal of construction and demolition waste generated across the entire territory of the City of Belgrade
Lidl, Serbia, Super-marketi
Advising one of the biggest European food retail chains in their ac-quisitionof real estate for development of their retail stores through-outSerbia.
Kaufland, KG, Ger-many
Advising one of the biggest European food retail chains in their acqui-sition of real estate for development of their retail stores throughout Serbia.
Srbijagas, stateowned company for production, storage and distribution of natural gas
construction of Serbian section of South Stream Pipeline. The project has been implementing the Bilateral agreement between Republic of Serbia and Russian Federation. The services provided up to now en-compassed the negotiations and preparation of contracts and the ac-companying documents leading to the execution of the Joint Venture
JPM lawyers Ms. Jelena Gazivoda, Mr. Uroš Marković and Mr. Nikola Vukotić have been members of working group drafting the Law on determination of public interest and special procedures of expropria-tion and acquiring of documentation for the purpose of realization of construction of system for transport of natural gas “South Stream” (“Official Gazette of the Republic of Serbia”, No. 17/13).
Srbijagas, state owned company for production, storage and distribution of natural gas
Construction of underground gas storage Banatski Dvor. The project has been implementing the Bilateral agreement between Republic of Serbia and Russian Federation. The services provided up to now encompassed the negotiations and preparation of contracts and all accompanying documents leading to execution of the Joint Venture Agreement related to the construction of the Underground Gas Stor-age Facility Banatski Dvor with Gazpromexport, Russia, preparation of gas transportation and gas storage contracts, obtaining of energetic licenses for performance of operations of storage of natural gas and operating of the gas storage as well as preparation of various corpo-rate documents and internal acts of the company Underground Gas Storage Deposit (UGSD) Banatski Dvor d.o.o. Novi Sad.
IKEA d.o.o., Belgrade Advising one of the biggest international retail chains in their acquisi-tion of real estate for development of their retail stores in major cities throughout Serbia.
H & M Hennes & Mau-ritz GMBH, Austria
Drafting and negotiation of a number of lease agreements for the H&M stores throughout Serbia.
Swarovski Interna-tional Holding AG, Switzerland and Swarovski d.o.o. Subotica
Development of the new glass-accessory production facility in Sub-otica. The services provided up to now encompassed all legal services related to acquisition of land and drafting of the construction agree-ments for the development of the new facility.
Bauhaus AG, Ger-many
Preparation of a new draft of several real estate sale agreements for the purpose of opening department stores in Serbia, and taking part in negotiations for acquiring land in Belgrade and writing/concluding “turnkey” construction agreements for a Serbian subsidiary.
Client confiden-tial – transaction in progress
Preparing of the first draft of the agreement based on FIDIC General Terms and Conditions (FIDIC Yellow Book) for the construction of inf-rastructure of public interest.
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Client Brief Deal Description
Client confidential Development of new medical devices production facility. The services provided encompassed all legal services related to acquisition of land and support in the course of negotiation of the agreement on awarding of non-refundable funds executed with the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development and preparation of the company’s corporate resolutions thereof.
Preparing and localization of FIDIC General Terms and Conditions (FIDIC Red Book) for the construction of new production plant; adjustment of the FIDIC General Terms and Conditions for dismounting, transport and mounting of the equipment from existing production plant to new production plant.
Delta Holding Cross-over with M&A department in respect of the sale of 100 % of Delta Maxi Group, Serbia’s largest food retailer, to Delhaize Group SA from Belgium.; drafting of legal due diligence and restructuring of assets within Delta Maxi Group.
Farley Investors d.o.o. (local affiliate of PSP Farman Holding)
Advising Farley Investors d.o.o. in negotiation with Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank in relation to the financing of construction of the residential project West 65 in Novi Beograd
Embassy of Japan in Serbia
Legal opinion and legal advice on resolving registration issues and conversion of the right of use to right of ownership over the construc-tion land – location of new embassy
Embassy of Japan in Serbia
Legal opinion and legal advice on relocation of the non-registered un-derground pipeline on location of new embassy
FMTG - Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group
Advising in procedures of obtaining construction documentation, drafting of construction agreement and other related legal services for development of hotel and office facilities in Belgrade.
FMTG - Falkensteiner Michaeler Tourism Group
Representation in procedure and support in negotiations for concluding of hotel management agreement with Public company for development of mountain tourism Stara Planina. Transaction represents successful public-private partnership transaction. FMTG shall operate the hotel owned by state owned public company for fifteen years and improve mountain tourism in Serbia.
Holcim (Srbija) d.o.o. Popovac
Development of the new cement production facility. Further to this, next step in development of this project should be obtaining of the permanent construction permit, which would enable the increase of the production capacities.
Knauf d.o.o. Zemun Development of new construction material production facility in Zemun. The services provided encompassed all legal services related to acquisition of land and development of premises in Serbia, as well as contracting, and acquiring construction and other necessary permits for the subject new production facility.
Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany
Negotiating and drafting of the Designing agreement, Construction agreement, Supervision agreement, as well as Lease agreement for the new building of the Embassy.
Drafting of the agreements for demolition of the old embassy building in Belgrade
Kika Möbel Negotiating and drafting of a combined agreement on acquisition of land and sale-purchase of a building under construction– KIKA store in Belgrade
US Department of State/ American Embassy in Serbia
localizing and redrafting the real estate purchase agreement and of all the connected documents between the Governments of USA and Serbia for the purpose of the execution of the development project for the construction of the new Embassy building of the USA in Belgrade. Acquisition of several properties in Belgrade for housing purposes. Currently advising in course of the sale of the old embassy compound in Belgrade.
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
our dispute resolution group acts for a wide range of clients, par-
ticularly those in the corporate and financial sectors.
JPM’s team of experienced litigators who obtain real, measurable results for our clients when
other methods and, in some cases, other firms have not produced an acceptable outcome.
The strength and quality of our litigation practice is in practical business knowledge we have
gained from serving clients in almost every industrial and service sector, from start-ups in
emerging fields to leaders of mature industries.
“
JpM is the largest local firm and deserves its place”
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Client Brief Deal Description
Leading European Bank
Representation in one of the most prominent European disputes between German and Austrian entities, related to recognition and enforcement of a foreign Court judgment against debtor’s assets located in Serbia.
Slovenian Electric Power Company
representation in arbitration case for collection of claims.
Leading European bank
representing in litigation proceedings against German and Serbian companies for the reimbursement of illegally obtained funds.
Major International Insurance company
advising regarding potential damage compensation claim (request for compensation of non-material damage due to the death of a patient during clinical trial).
Alita AB Imoniu grupe, Lithuania
Representation in the arbitration proceeding before Foreign Trade Court of Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Serbia
Siemens IT Solutions and Services
Representation in the arbitration proceeding against state institution of the Republic of Serbia related to the agreement on providing soft-ware services
WARNER BROS. In-ternational Television Distribution Inc,
advising and representing in litigation and enforcement proceedings against the major Serbian TV broadcasting company operating in se-veral former Yugoslav countries, for collection of claims based on bre-aches of licensee agreements.
AZVI Spain Advising and representing AZVI in resolution of various disputes ari-sing of construction of Zezelj Bridge in Novi Sad
One of the leading gaming operators in Europe
Representing the client in the potential arbitration proceedings against Republic of Serbia before International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (‘’ICSID’’ ) in Washington for the breach of Settlement agreement
Farley Investors Serbia
Legal advice to Farley Investors related to dispute with Hypo Alpe Adria bank arising on non-performance of contractual obligations and infliction of damages
Consortium of companies active in renewable energy sector
Representing the client in the potential arbitration proceedings against Republic of Serbia before International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (‘’ICSID’’ ) in Washington and London Court of International Arbitration, UK for the breach of the agreement.
One of the leading international retail chains
Representation before the ICC in Paris regarding the termination of the construction contract and compensation of damages caused by non-fulfillment of contractual obligations
Subsidiaries owned by investment funds
Representation in the ICC arbitration proceedings related to the sale of the stake in Serbian company
Republic of Serbia/ Privatization Agency
Representing the Privatization Agency in the arbitration proceeding against UNIWORLD Holdings Ltd., USA, related to the privatization of Srbijaturist a.d. Niš
One of Europe’s leading cement producers
Representation in proceedings related to property issues in connection with construction work
KBC Banka a.d. Beograd
Representation in the damage compensation litigation proceeding
MB Leasing GmbH Representation in legal proceedings regarding truck rental and related processes
Gazprombank JSC Representation in proceedings for recognition and enforcement of an arbitration award
One of Europe‘s leading banks
Representation in proceedings related to the quality of construction work
One of the leading Serbian companies for investment and construction
Representation in proceedings for compensation of damages caused by poor quality of construction
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“one of the best-organised law firms in the market”
COMPETITION & ANTITRUST
We offer creative solutions to secure our client’s objectives in com-petition and regulatory practices.
The JPM Competition Law department was established in response to the growing needs of our clients due to the significant interference of competition rules in their business.
Our competition lawyers have broad experience assisting clients from various industries in all competition issues.
We review transactions and agreements and support clients before the Serbian competition
authority, and that of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Client Brief Deal Description
Hewlett Packard Advising of Hewlett Packard in the merger control procedure regarding the acquiring of assets, taking over required third party contracts, licences and hiring required human resources from affiliate of Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank International AG
Invensys plc Advising in the merger control procedure before the Serbian competition authority regarding the acquiring of the entire issued share capital of Invensys plc by Schneider Electrics SA.
AstraZeneca PLC (United Kingdom)
Advising of AstraZeneca in the merger control procedure regarding the formation of a new entity that will be jointly controlled by AstraZeneca UK Limited and Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd., and will pursue the clinical development
Microsoft Corporation Advising and representation of Microsoft Corporation in the merger control procedure before the Serbian competition authority regarding the acquisition of sole control by Microsoft of Nokia’s smartphone and feature phone business, as a part of worldwide transaction
MRI Group (Singapore) Advising MRI Group in the merger control procedure before the Serbian competition authority regarding the acquiring of petrol stations in Serbia.
Koncern Bambi a.d. Advice on various competition law issues, custom-made training in competition law, analysis of contracts and drafting of the competition guidelines.
Danube Foods Group B.V. (Netherlands)
Representation and advice on proceedings before the Serbian competition authority against companies Imlek a.d. Beograd and Mlekara Subotica a.d. Subotica, members of DFG group, due to the alleged abuse of a dominant position on the Serbian dairies market (DFG as a dominant buyer of the row milk).Representation and advice on proceedings before the Supreme Court of the Republic of Serbia/Administrative Court (drafting an action against decisions of the Serbian competition authority which ruled that DFG had abused dominant position by execution of the restrictive agreements with the farmers and by imposing unfair practice).
Providing legal advice on various competition law matters.
Fresenius Medical Care d.o.o. (Serbia)
Providing legal advices in few competition law issues, particularly concerning commercial contracts. Drafting and working on the company’s antirust compliance program. Still pending.
JP Srbijagas Novi Sad (Serbia) Advice and representation of Public Company JP Srbijagas before Serbian competition authority in merger control procedure concerning the establishment of Joint Venture Company with Gazprom Germania GmbH. Unconditional merger clearance has been obtained.
KBC Group (Belgium) Advice and representation of KBC Group before competition authorities in Serbia and Montenegro in merger control proceedings in several transactions, i.e. acquisition of brokerage companies Senzal a.d. Beograd and Hipobroker a.d. Beograd , acquisition of A Banka a.d. (banking sector), etc. Unconditional merger clearances have been granted.
Knjaz Miloš a.d. (Serbia) Providing legal advices in various competition law issues, particularly concerning commercial contracts.
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NKBM d.d. Maribor (Slovenia) Advice and representation of NKMB, second biggest Slovenian bank before the Serbian competition authority in merger control proceeding concerning the acquisition of sole control over the state owned bank, Credy banka a.d. Kragujevac, Serbia. Unconditional merger control clearance has been obtained.
Danube Foods Group B.V. (DFG Group)
Representing and rendering of the advice to Imlek a.d. Beograd and Mlekara a.d. Subotica, as the defenders in the first private enforcement proceedings in Serbia, initiated by the farmers on account of the alleged abuse of the dominant position by the said diaries.
PPD International Holdings Inc. (USA)
Advice and representation of Pharmaceutical Product Development, leading global contract research organisation before Serbian competition authority in merger control procedure concerning the purchase of 100% of the shares in AbCRO, Inc USA. Unconditional merger control approval by the Serbian competition authority has been granted.
Prestige international company active in food sector
Advice on Serbian merger control regime, particularly in relation to the rules and practice on merger remedies with regard to a planned acquisition.
Syngenta group (Switzerland) Advice and representation in the merger control proceeding before Serbian competition authority regarding the acquisition of the seeds business of Maribo Seeds S/A (belonging to the Nordzucker group) by Syngenta Crop Protection AG and affiliates. Unconditional merger control clearance has been obtained.
Veolia Transport GmbH (Germany) Advice and representation before Serbian competition authority regarding the acquisition of the bus transportation companies Litas a.d. Pozaravac and Luv Braca Sarac d.o.o. Beograd. Unconditional merger clearances have been obtained.
Holcim (Srbija) d.o.o., a part of Holcim group, one of the world’s leading suppliers of cement and aggregates
Implementation of the company’s antitrust compliance program including a competition auditing of the company and drafting the competition compliance report in that respect. Advice on various competition law issues, particularly concerning possibility of private enforcement of competition law before relevant courts in Serbia.
International company and its subsidiary in Serbia active in the consumer goods sector
Advice with regard to leniency application before the Serbian competition authority. The case is still pending.
Major international beverage producer and its subsidiary in Serbia
Advice with regard to leniency application before the Serbian competition authority.
Major international soft drinks producer
Advice on various competition law matters, particularly concerning franchise and distribution contracts from the aspect of Serbian rules.
Telenor d.o.o. Beograd (Serbia) Advice on various Serbian competition law issues.
Wrigley Poland sp. Z o. o. (Poland) Advice on various Serbian competition law issues, particularly concerning distribution contracts.
SBB d.o.o. (Serbia), biggest broadband provider in Serbia
Representation of SBB in several court proceedings before Serbian Supreme Court (drafting an action against decree of Serbian competition authority determining the abuse of the dominant position on the broadband market).
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EMPLOYMENT LAW
We develop and implement practical solutions to legislative
and regulatory changes.
JPM’s Employment Law practice is well versed in the ever-changing world of employment
law. We help executives, managers and human resource professionals stay abreast of em-
ployment laws and help them develop policies and procedures that promote constructive
employee relations and reduce liability in the workplace.
“They are really good at giving accurate, precise information
and clear advice.”
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SELECTED RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS
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Client Brief Deal Description
Piraeus Bank AD Beograd
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the redun-dancy plans and preparation of the documentation for 2014. – pre-paration of the Redundancy program, Decisions, Act on organization and systematization of job positions, resolutions on termination of employment and various decisions.
KBM BANKA AD Kragujevac
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the docu-ments for year 2013- preparation of the Program on redundancy, de-cisions rendered by the Managing Director, amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolution on termination and various decisions.
KBC SECURITIES AD Beograd
Advising in matters concerning employment issues and preparation of all labor documents, employment contracts, management con-tracts, etc.
ERSTE BANKA AD Novi Sad
Advising in matters concerning employment issues.
NLB BANKA AD
Beograd
Advising in matters concerning employment issues and court repre-sentation.
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the redundan-cy plans and preparation of the documentation.
UNICREDIT PARTNERdoo Beograd
Advising in matters concerning employment issues and preparation of all labor general and individual acts: labor rule book, employment contracts, management contracts, decisions and resolutions.
UNICREDIT RENT doo Beograd
Advising in matters concerning employment issues and court repre-sentation.
CREDY AGRICOL BANKA /MERIDIJAN BANKA AD
Advising in matters concerning employment issues and preparation of all labor general and individual acts: labor rule book, employment contracts, management contracts, decisions and resolutions.
HYPO ALPE-ADRIA-LEASING doo Beograd
Advising in matters concerning employment issues and court repre-sentation.
IT SECTORClient Brief Deal Description
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Providing of day-to-day legal support
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE doo
Providing of day-to-day legal support
HEWLETT PACKARD doo
Providing of day-to-day legal support
ASSECO SEE Providing of day-to-day legal support.
COMUTEL doo Providing of day-to-day legal support.
ALFA DIGITAL Providing of day-to-day legal support.
TOMTOM doo Providing of day-to-day legal support.
DIGITAL PRINTIG CENTER
Providing legal support upon the client’s request
KONICA MINOLTA POSLOVNA REŠEN-JA SE DOO
Advising on labor related issues – mobbing case representing and advising, mutual agreements conclusions, mutual termination, nego-tiating and settling in the cases of debts towards the employees, etc.
SELECTED RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT PROJECTS
BANKING SECTOR
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Client Brief Deal Description
TELENOR Negotiation with trade unions representatives at Telenor related to concluding of the Company’s Collective agreement, advising on rights and obligations of the employees and the Company. The Com-pany’s Collective agreement at Telenor was concluded on April 2008.
KNAUF INSULATION doo
Negotiation with trade unions representatives at Knauf Insulation related to Company’s Collective agreement, advising on rights and obligations of the employees and the Company. The Company’s Collective agreement at Knauf Insulation was concluded on February 2010.
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE SRBIJA doo
Preparation of Company’s Collective Agreement. Advising on rights and obligations of the employees and the Company. .
NEGOTIATIONS WITH TRADE UNION – STRIKEClient Brief Deal Description
DROGA KOLINSKA Negotiation with trade union and legal support to the client to resolve issues related to the announced strike in a subsidiary on August 2010.
IPM Negotiation with trade union and legal support to the client to resolve issues related to the general strike for the year 2009 and 2010. Advising on rights and obligations of the employees and the employer in compliance with the Labor Law and Company’s Collective agreement.
AD GRANICAR GAKOVO
Negotiation with trade union and legal support to the client to resolve issues related to the general strike for the year 2009. Advising on rights and obligations of the employees and the employer in compliance with the law.
Client Brief Deal Description
Contitech Fluid doo Subotica
Preparation of all of the employment acts, general and single acts, as follows: Rulebook, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in Contitech Fluid doo Subotica.
EATON ELECTRIC doo Advising in matters concerning employment issues and preparation of all labor general and individual acts: labor rule book, employment contracts, management contracts, decisions and resolutions.
MUEHLBAUER doo Advising in matters concerning employment issues and preparation of all labor general and individual acts: labor rule book, employment contracts, management contracts, decisions and resolutions.
NORMA GRUPA JUGOISTOCNA EVROPA doo
Advising in matters concerning employment issues and preparation of all labor general and individual acts: labor rule book, employment contracts, management contracts, decisions and resolutions.
KNAUF INSULATION doo
Preparation of the Program on Releasing from Liability (hereinafter: Amnesty Program), implemented for the first time in Republic of Serbia - Preparation of the legal documents necessary for the implementation of the Amnesty Program - the decisions and minutes of the Board of Directors, the decisions rendered by General Manager, individual acts relating to employees, employee statements, resolutions, statements by the media, attendance at the meetings related to the Amnesty program with representatives of management, employees and third parties, cooperation with KPMG, which was hired by Knauf Insulation Ltd for testing and application of Amnesty program.
NEGOTIATIONS WITH TRADE UNION – COMPANY’S COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
other
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Client Brief Deal Description
KNAUF INSULATION doo
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the redundancy plans and other documents - preparation of Decision rendered by the Board of Directors, Proposals and final Redundancy Plans, Amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolutions, various decisions, documentation for trade unions and employment services, communication with official bodies.
XELLA SRBIJA doo Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the redundancy plans and other documents - preparation of Decision rendered by the Managing Director, Proposals and final Redundancy Plan, Amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolutions, various decisions, documentation for trade unions and employment services, communication with official bodies.
NECKERMAN doo Beograd
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the redundancy plans and other documents - preparation of Decision rendered by the Managing Director, Proposals and final Redundancy Plan, Amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolutions, various decisions, documentation for trade unions and employment services, communication with official bodies.
PODRAVKA doo Beograd
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the redundancy plan and other documents - preparation of Decision rendered by the Managing Director, Proposals and final Redundancy Plan, Amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolutions, various decisions, documentation for employment services, communication with official bodies.
MANTACORE doo Beograd
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the redundancy plan and other documents - preparation of Decision rendered by the Managing Director, Proposals and final Redundancy Plan, Amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolutions, various decisions, documentation for employment services and communication with official bodies.
ZITOPRODUKT ad Zrenjanin
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation redundancy plan and other documents - preparation of Decision rendered by the Managing Director, Proposals and final Redundancy Plans, Amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolutions, various decisions, documentation for trade unions and employment services, communication with official bodies.
SINALCO SRBIJA doo
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the documents for year 2010 on the basis of final Redundancy Plan - preparation of resolutions on employment termination, various decisions, documentation for employment services and other authorities.
REHAU doo Beograd Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the documents (individual cases) - preparation of decisions rendered by the Managing Director, amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolution on termination and various decisions.
HOME ART & SALES SERVICES AG
Negotiation with trade unions at Centrotexstil Belgrade and union representatives of the Republic of Serbia regarding the social (redundancy) plan, as the Annex of the Sales purchase contract with Home Art & Sales Services AG, preparation and correction of the plan.
VEOLIA TRANSPORT Negotiation with trade unions at Litas Pozarevac and union representatives of the Republic of Serbia regarding the social (redundancy) plan, as the Annex of the Sales purchase contract with Veolia Transport, preparation and correction of the plan.
KBM BANKA AD Kragujevac
Advising on manpower redundancy and preparation of the documents - preparation of the Program on redundancy, decisions rendered by the Managing Director, amendments to the Act on organization and systematization, resolution on termination and various decisions
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redundancy Plan, social Plan and negoTiaTions
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Client Brief Deal Description
MICROSOFT
SOFTWARE
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in Microsoft Software doo Beograd and conducting the procedure of engaging foreigners).
H&M HENNES & MAURITZ doo BEOGRAD
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in HENNES & MAURITZ doo BEOGRAD and assigning of the employees to work abroad).
REHAU doo BEOGRAD
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in REHAU doo BEOGRAD and conducting the procedure of engaging foreigners).
Konica-Minolta Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations
Avon Cosmetics SCG Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in Avon Cosmtics SCG and conducting the procedure of engaging foreigners).
TomTom doo BEOGRAD
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in TomTom doo BEOGRAD and conducting the procedure of engaging foreigners).
EATON ELECTRIC doo SREMSKA MITROVICA
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in EATON ELECTRIC doo SREMSKA MITROVICA and conducting the procedure of engaging foreigners).
BEIERSDORF doo BEOGRAD
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in BEIERSDORF doo BEOGRAD and conducting the procedure of engaging foreigners).
GIZ GMBH –representative office
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in GIZ).
NEW YORKER SRBIJA doo BEOGRAD
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in NEW YORKER SRBIJA doo BEOGRAD).
SWAROVSKI SUBOTICA DOO SUBOTICA
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in SWAROVSKI SUBOTICA DOO SUBOTICA).
HEWLETT PACKARD doo BEOGRAD
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in HEWLETT PACKARD doo BEOGRAD).
DEICHMANN TRGOVINA OBUĆOM doo BEOGRAD
Advising on all labor related issues -preparation of all general and individual acts (rulebooks, decisions, resolutions, agreements, etc. in order to regulate the employment relations in DEICHMANN TRGOVINA OBUĆOM doo BEOGRAD).
legal advise day To day on labor issues
ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
energy sector companies continue to face complex and challenging decisions. We know the issues and are well equipped
to provide clients with creative solutions.
From companies to trade associations, JPM provides strategic and sophisticated legal services, guidance and advocacy to advance our clients’ interests in Serbia and abroad. In recent years, our work has included a wide range of energy sectors, including oil and gas
exploration and production, LNG, electric power generation (including wind, solar and waste-to-energy) and biofuels.
“lawyers help us a lot, and not only with legal issues – you can trust them with the hardest and most
complicated problems.”
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Client Brief Deal Description
Client confiden-tial – transaction in progress
Full legal support to the client in development of a gas cogeneration plant in Serbia (includes: obtaining of all permits and authorizations necessary for construction and use of the future plant; obtaining of all licenses necessary for connecting and operation of the future plant; acquisition of title over the land; preparation of supply agree-ment, EPC contract, O&M agreement, PPA, financing agreements and local security agreements); The project is in progress and is strictly confidential;
Zon Energie, Netherlands
Rendering of legal advice in relation to the real estate and construction matters in course of construction and installing of renewable energy production and supply systems on properties throughout Serbia. Drafting of supply agreements with the tenants. Drafting of consulting services agreement and EPC agreement for design, procurement and installation of 5 photovoltaic power plants within a retail park complex
Republic of Serbia Advising the Republic of Serbia in the negotiations leading to the execution of the agreement on sale and purchase of 51% of shares in NIS (leading oil company in Serbia) with Gazpromnjeft, Russia as well as representing the interests of the Republic of Serbia in the course of preparation of the constitutive session of the General Meeting of NIS after the take-over of the controlling package of shares by Gazpormnjeft, Russia. Deal value 400 million Euro.
State-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
Advising state-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas in the negotiations and preparation of contracts and the accompanying documents leading to the execution of the Joint Venture Agreement related to the construction of the section of gas pipeline South Stream through the Republic of Serbia with Gazprom, Russia. Deal value in excess of 1,5 billion Euro.
South Stream Serbia AG, Switzerland
Advising joint-venture company founded by Russian Gazprom and State owned gas distribution company Srbijagas on various commercial issues related to Serbian Law.
South Stream d.o.o. Novi Sad
Advising daughter company of South Stream Serbia AG Switzerland on various legal issues related to the construction of Serbian section of South Stream gas pipeline.
State-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
Advising state-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas in negotiations and preparation of contracts and all accompanying documents leading to execution of the Joint Venture Agreement related to the construction of the Underground Gas Storage Facility Banatski Dvor with Gazpromexport, Russia. Deal value ca. 60 million Euro.
State-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
representation of Client in the capacity of legal counsel in the negotiation and preparation of contracts for long-term supply of natural gas between JP Srbijagas and Yugorosgaz
State-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
Advising Client in regard to the conclusion of the international long-term agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Serbia on gas deliveries to Serbia.
State-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
Advising Client in negotiation and execution of the agreement on preparation of project documentation for construction of South Stream-Serbian section.
State-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
Advising Client in regard to the agreements with numerous state institutions in the course of preparatory works for the initiation of construction of South Stream-Serbian project (including but not limited to the agreements with Institute Jaroslav Cerni, Srbijavode, Srbijasume, etc.)
State-owned gas distribution company Srbijagas
Advising Client in the course of negotiation and execution of the agreements on gas transportation and gas storage agreements executed with Gazprom Export, Srbijagas and Underground Gas Storage Facility Banatski Dvor
energy ProJecTs
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INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
Client Brief Deal Description
Srbijagas, state owned company for production, storage and distribution of natural gas
Advising on the joint venture with Gazprom, Russia in connection with the construction of the Serbian part of the South Stream gas pipeline
Srbijagas, state owned company for production, storage and distribution of natural gas
Advising on the joint venture with Gazprom, Russia in connection with the development of Banatski dvor gas storage facility
China Shandong International, China
Rendering of legal advice in relation to the real estate and construction matters in the course of construction of corridor XI - Highway
Azvi S.A. Spain + Taddei S.p.A. Italy
Advising in regard to construction of Zezelj Brigde across the Danube River in Novi Sad
AKTOR A.T.E (Greece) Advising Serbian branch office in relation to construction of the several lots of the pan-european highways E-75 and E-80
FCC Construccion S.A., Spain;
Alpine Bau GmbH, Austria;
PORR Solutions
Advising in connection with the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of Horgos-Pozega Highway project in Serbia (highway concession), including legal services and assistance in preparation of the bid, assistance during the negotiation with the Government of Republic of Serbia as well as advising North – South Motorway LLC, a SPC company in course of implementation of the Concession Contract
Alpine Bau GmbH, Austria
Advising in connection with the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of several highway sections in the Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina (highway concession), including legal services and assistance in preparation of the bid, assistance during the negotiation with the Government of Republic of Srpska
IASON Group Advising on waste management PPP projects with number of Serbian municipalities in all projects’ phases, including entrustment of the certain communal activities to the Strategic Partner, as well as design, construction, operation and maintenance of the regional landfills and the selection centres
.A.S.A. International Environmental Services GmbH, Austria
Legal advice in acquiring one of leading Internet and telecom provider in Serbia
Dalkia International Advising with respect to the potential PPP project concerning distribution of gas and heating energy (management of city heating system) in Municipality Zrenjanin, Serbia (Pilot Project for Serbia)
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IP & IT
We advise on all aspects of creating, protecting, exploiting
and enforcing iP rights.
JPM’s Intellectual Property practice group has experience in all aspects of the emerging
technology spectrum. With our guidance, clients can establish, protect and enhance the
value of their IP portfolios. Our client roster is diverse, ranging from start-ups to established
industry leaders.
“The firm is certainly at the top of the market. it has a big team who
are all very hard-working.”
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Client Brief Deal Description
H&M Hannes and Mauritz
Advising the client in connection to their “kick off” on Serbian market, especially in connection with wide range of IP issues including brand protection, labelling, advertisement, consumers protection issues, product liability, web domain protection, etc.
Microsoft Software Advising client in matters regarding the copyright protection, drafting of the copyright agreements.
BASF Srbija Prosecuting of trademark applications on behalf of client, advising the client in matters related to the protection of intellectual property in Serbia
Casino Merkur Spielothek
Prosecuting of trademark applications on behalf of client, advising the client in matters related to the protection of intellectual property in Serbia
Puma, Rudolf Dassler Sport
Representing the client in court and administrative proceedings (customs, trade inspection, IP Office) in issues regarding the PUMA trademarks violations
Alltech Legal assistance in prosecution of clients trademarks in Serbia, as well as assistance regarding the licensing issues
Vaillant Trademark protection in Serbia and Croatia, Patent protection in Croatia and Slovenia, Validation of European patents in Croatia and Slovenia
s.Oliver Bernd Freier Representation in administrative proceedings (trade inspection, IP Office) in issues regarding s.Oliver trademarks violations.
Concern
"BAMBI-BANAT"
Prosecuting of trademark applications on behalf of client, advising the client in matters of cancelation of opposed trademarks
Vignal Systems Advising the client in respect to the copyright violation, namely prosecution of the companies which are selling the counterfeit products on the Serbian market
Sinalco International Representing the client in litigations in issues regarding the violations of SINALCO trademarks
Intervet International Managing of the client’s trademark portfolio in Serbia and Montenergo
Telekom Montenegro Representing the client before the Serbian Intellectual Property Office
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• RealEstate
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• Corporate/Commercial
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