It was great to attend the IBA Law Firm Management Academy at King’s College London this week. A combination of excellent content which I look forward to implementing when I get home and a wonderful network of colleagues sharing their experience. Not to forget Professor Richard Susskind’s lecture on “What is the future of the Lawyers?”, taken from his book the “The future of the Professions”, which was inspiring.

Apatinska Pivara and Trebjesa (members of Molson Coors Group), two of the largest breweries in Serbia and in Montenegro, are partnering up with Diageo Ireland, one of the best known and largest beverage producers in the world. The Competition authorities of Serbia and Montenegro have adopted exemptions of arestrictive agrement to allow for its distribution.

NSTLAW competition team, Associate Mitar Simonovic and Legal Trainee Teodora Markovic, alongside Senior Partner Nenad Stankovic, provided comprehensive legal support for the individual exemption proceedings led before both the Serbian and Montenegrin competition authorities, supporting Apatinska Pivara and Trebjesa grow and widen their portfolio for the enjoyment of all beer lovers in both Serbia and Montenegro.

The firm has been invited to be the exclusive country contributor to the CEE Legal Matters Comparative Legal Guide: White Collar Crime 2022 for Serbia. The White Collar Crime Guild 2022 provides critical information on the legal framework regarding bribery and corruption in the CEE region. It allows for a comparison between jurisdictions as to how bribery is defined, if there is criminal liability for corporate entities, what are the sanctions and limitation periods, whether are there any defenses, and what is the role of anti-corruption compliance. In short an essential guide for corporate in house counsels and alike to ensure they are compliant in multiple jurisdictions.

For more details, please follow the link below:

https://ceelegalmatters.com/white-collar-crime-2022/white-collar-crime-serbia-2022

We are pleased to announce that two Serbian companies Lotika and TMB Diamond Voćar established a partnership for the production of the organic food and beverages.

This cooperation results from the common goal of Lotika, its owner professor Emir Kusturica (movie director), and TMB Diamond Voćar, owned by Tešo Marković, to provide health-safe food and drinks.

Lotika is a company well-known for its unique way of pursuing hospitality and tourism in Mokra Gora region in Serbia (Mecavnik) , as well as cultural activities (Küstendorf Film and Music Festival), whereas TMB Diamond Voćar doo is a sister company of DOO TMB Diamond Pančevo (link), renowned in organic fertilizers and plant protection business.

NSTLAW provided assistance in establishing an adequate legal frame for the partnership and in coming up with a tailor-made legal model. The team was led by Nenad Stankovic, Partner, together with Andjelka Radovanovic, Senior Associate, and Teodora Markovic, Legal Trainee.